I found it interesting that it was brought up on the front page of today's edition of the USA Today. The amount of children being home schooled in the year 2003 was 1.1 million, up from 850,000 in 1999. The Top Reasons why people choose Home Schooling 1. Concerned about school environment (31%) 2. To provide religious/moral instructions (30%) 3. Dissatisfied with academic teaching (16%)
sound like good reasons to me. i'm kinda bummed i killed the other thread. it was just getting interesting.
i wold homeschool my daughter cuz once they get into the 4th or 5th grade they start teaching bullshit like D.A.R.E, I want her to know the truth, not what the police say is the truth.... but the real truth! Thats not the only reason to homeschool but I always thought that stuff was bull!
They actually didn't introduce the D.A.R.E. program in my school system until 7th grade, then again times have change in the last seventeen years. I can remember the Police officers asking my class (about 175 kids) how many of us thought we were going to try drugs in high school - I was one of 2 people who raised their hands. I thought it was somewhat bullshit too and that these things should be taught in the home. I had been watching my older brother and many others experimenting throughout high school for years, so I wasn't going to lie that it wouldn't be likely that I'd try them. Well - off topic, but you reminded of this day Funky - thanks for the flashback
I'mgoing to start an ewok village in the tree tops and start homeschooling my children, and everyone else's in the village. They'll learn to live off the land and tons of complicated math. Math and berries. Yep.
they did dare in our schools in the 5th grade... however for some reason i dont remember dare HAHAHA to many drugs i guess!!
shit, I remember dare. I remember them telling us that drug dealers would *give* you drugs in order to get you addicted, then they'd make you pay. Too bad I never ran into those kind of dealers. Seriously, My ex's mother had a daughter in DARE, and they brainwashed her into believing that pot was bad, and that her parents needed help for it or else they couldn't raise her properly. She ended up telling the DARE officer her mom smoked and all hell broke loose. Its just a cheap way for cops to make an easy bust without having to do any work.
i can understand #1... that is something that parents have relatively little control over. #2 is a personal choice that i have no problem with, as long as that perspective is supplemented by different ones, to reinforce a diverse world view. #3 is the reason that i am becoming a teacher. bad teachers drive students away and ruin the educational system's credibility. the solution here, is more effective administration, to create a positive environment... and more dedicated and progressive teachers. i have nothing against homeschooling. if anything, it shows that parents are taking responsibility for the education of their children. but i still believe in public education as a microcosm of the larger world that those children will one day have to participate in.
the only way id put my 2 boys in homeschool would be to protect them from the cruel world of children.kids are so mean to each other,lack of self control i suppose.in any event,DARE doesnt provide knowledge for children,it provides insecurity and pot is simply natures way of saying high
i dont think you put your kids in homeschool, i think its something you do for them i have thought many of times about homeschooling my daughter. i just do not like the things that my brothers would come home telling me. come on. like i needed to know about a tossed salad and such. plus, i think they learn too many facts and not enough about life. sad to me that i will not be able to do it being a single mama
i'm going to try keeping it up as a single mama. but then, i'm also insane. sorry about that little outburst in the other thread. actually i do have a chip on my shoulder - well, i'm getting a divorce, PMSing, and going through caffeine withdrawl all at the same time. my son socializes quite well, but i myself spend all my time in a small darkened room, biting the heads of chocolate bunnies, all of which i name after public schooling parents. especially the MEN! *chomp*
i think homeschooling is an awesome idea, as long as the parents take care to provide appropriate social outlets for the kids. i hated school. i was way ahead of the other kids in certain subjects, and way behind in others. i would have been nice to be able to learn at my own pace. i also hate all the abstinence only, drugs are bad m'kay, conservative shit they teach. in a perfect world, everyone would want their kids to hang with the "right" crowd, and stay out of trouble, but in the real world, you have to prepare them for the way things really are. i think that's the parent's job, not the school's. i would like to try to homeschool my kids, one of these days, when i have them.
i would not mind going to school till 4th grade...then home school till 9th grade...cuz highschool is fun and so is 1st to 4th
kids who are home schooled AND also participate in age appropriatte activities with peers rank higher on both EQ and IQ tests compared to their public schooled peers. Kids who attend top 5 percent private schools score higher than both groups.
you were neither ahead nor behind. you were exactly where you needed to be. it was the school that wasn't keeping up with your learning, not the other way around. you've got to realize that the "right" crowd and "trouble" is going to vary from family to family. for example, if some of the christian homeschoolers i knew started hanging out with anarchist lesbian punks who practice witchcraft, all hell would break loose. on the other hand my kids would probably grow up calling those types "auntie". a typical "lesson" for us: this afternoon my son & i spent hours playing with the "electro wiz" kit he got for solstice - simple experiments with wires & batteries teaching about circuits, making a light bulb light up or a buzzer sound. we made a fan out of a little motor & pinwheel, learned about conductors & insulators, created a switch out of a card with a pair of brads in it & a paper clip, learned how to spell his name & S.O.S. in morse code. as soon as he figured out how to make the lightbulb go on, he started making plans to add working lights & a doorbell to a dollhouse. btw, he'll be 7 in october.
well, some kids just do not do well with the more rigid schedule of public schools. different children are able to retain different information at different hours. you've got morning people and evening people. some people retain math better in the morning, some better after lunch. the great thing about home schooling is that you can schedule the training for when your child seems to best retain it. if you kid needs to get up and run around in circles for an hour after eating, you can let him. you don't have to force your child into a regimen that's not working for him. you can let him get up and run as often as he needs to. teach him math in the morning when he's fresh, or if he has a hard time with english, teach him that first.
im getting homeschooled because of shit with my last principal....but my mom also likes me being homeschooled now because i am graduating after this year(most likely keystonehighschool.com) instead of going through another year and then graduating when im nearly 19.... i still dont have any workbooks or anything, my moms just making me read books i bought a couple days ago right now.
I was homeschooled, for my last 5 years of school, I turned out fine................................i think................
while i can understand this argument, to say that the fact that not all families are able, need to, or want to, continue homeschooling from kindergarten through high school negates the entire concept of home education in its many forms altogether, is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. it is true it can be an overwhelming task, especially for isolated families who have little knowledge of homeschooling or awareness of resources and community to draw upon. for single parents, the task is particularly daunting. "choose your battles," as a friend told me. and there are also parents who are more interested in ego or control than their children's education; they are a relatively small percentage of home educators, but they do exist. however, if a family or parent is able to provide a good education for their child by keeping them home, and has the knowledge, motivation, and resources to do so, i see know reason why they shouldn't be encouraged. homeschooling my son has proved to be an enriching and rewarding experience for both of us. should it get to be an unbearable burden for either of us after the divorce, i will put him in school, for as much as i am a firm believer in the benefits of homeschooling, i am more committed to my child than to any particular system or philosophy. however, i am determined to do my best to provide a quality education for my child, at home, for as long as i am able.
