Homeschooling: Your Views, Please

[Againsheila]

You beat me to it.

It is maddening when people make up their own version of reality. It's so far beyond absurd to say that that "technology has not replaced travel to conferences and seminars one iota". In fact, it has replaced it a billion iota's.

People may not be traveling to conferences, workshops and seminars as much as before because those events are now often done online. However, that doesn't mean they are better than real life experience or even as good. Corporations do it that way because it saves them money, not because the experience is superior. It's all about money: it's cheaper, and you get what you pay for.

And let's get back to reality here: this discussion has nothing to do with home schooling: people involved in home schooling do not have access to this type of technology and most likely will not have it anywhere within the near future. If, and it is very iffy, the homeschooling network develops any programs that use such technology, it will be very far in the distant future.

What the heck are you talking about? Homeschoolers were among the first to have computers and access to the internet. I know, way back when, I homeschooled my oldest for a time. They also have play days and scheduled field trips with other homeschoolers. Parents even take turns teaching the kids whatever subject they are strongest in. Plus, when homeschooled children go on trips, the educating doesn't stop, no, it increases. You learn about Custer's last stand AT Custer's last stand. You learn about Lewis and Clark while following at least part of their trail. You learn while visiting Museums and historic sights across the country, or just in your own back yard.

They get to attend the local schools for band, music, sports, etc.

And thanks to our high schools, they have access to early start, a free 2 year community college education in your last 2 years of high school. Paid for by your local school district. They're thrilled because you did all the work and all they have to do is pay for 2 years of community college and they get to claim your child in their "success" statistics.

 

[Esmeralda]

It is maddening when people make up their own version of reality. It's so far beyond absurd to say that that "technology has not replaced travel to conferences and seminars one iota". In fact, it has replaced it a billion iota's.

People may not be traveling to conferences, workshops and seminars as much as before because those events are now often done online. However, that doesn't mean they are better than real life experience or even as good. Corporations do it that way because it saves them money, not because the experience is superior. It's all about money: it's cheaper, and you get what you pay for.

And let's get back to reality here: this discussion has nothing to do with home schooling: people involved in home schooling do not have access to this type of technology and most likely will not have it anywhere within the near future. If, and it is very iffy, the homeschooling network develops any programs that use such technology, it will be very far in the distant future.

What the heck are you talking about? Homeschoolers were among the first to have computers and access to the internet. I know, way back when, I homeschooled my oldest for a time. They also have play days and scheduled field trips with other homeschoolers. Parents even take turns teaching the kids whatever subject they are strongest in. Plus, when homeschooled children go on trips, the educating doesn't stop, no, it increases. You learn about Custer's last stand AT Custer's last stand. You learn about Lewis and Clark while following at least part of their trail. You learn while visiting Museums and historic sights across the country, or just in your own back yard.

They get to attend the local schools for band, music, sports, etc.

And thanks to our high schools, they have access to early start, a free 2 year community college education in your last 2 years of high school. Paid for by your local school district. They're thrilled because you did all the work and all they have to do is pay for 2 years of community college and they get to claim your child in their "success" statistics.

All that is another issue. That is not what I was referring to. You probably need to read the last 2 or 3 pages of the thread.

 

[Againsheila]

People may not be traveling to conferences, workshops and seminars as much as before because those events are now often done online. However, that doesn't mean they are better than real life experience or even as good. Corporations do it that way because it saves them money, not because the experience is superior. It's all about money: it's cheaper, and you get what you pay for.

And let's get back to reality here: this discussion has nothing to do with home schooling: people involved in home schooling do not have access to this type of technology and most likely will not have it anywhere within the near future. If, and it is very iffy, the homeschooling network develops any programs that use such technology, it will be very far in the distant future.

What the heck are you talking about? Homeschoolers were among the first to have computers and access to the internet. I know, way back when, I homeschooled my oldest for a time. They also have play days and scheduled field trips with other homeschoolers. Parents even take turns teaching the kids whatever subject they are strongest in. Plus, when homeschooled children go on trips, the educating doesn't stop, no, it increases. You learn about Custer's last stand AT Custer's last stand. You learn about Lewis and Clark while following at least part of their trail. You learn while visiting Museums and historic sights across the country, or just in your own back yard.

They get to attend the local schools for band, music, sports, etc.

And thanks to our high schools, they have access to early start, a free 2 year community college education in your last 2 years of high school. Paid for by your local school district. They're thrilled because you did all the work and all they have to do is pay for 2 years of community college and they get to claim your child in their "success" statistics.

All that is another issue. That is not what I was referring to. You probably need to read the last 2 or 3 pages of the thread.

They also learn through skyping with people in other countries. They follow blogs from fellow homeschooling while they post about their trips and their education. They communicate with people all over the world and what's more, they do it with parental supervision. It's not like they're looking at porn on the school computer.

 

[Unkotare]

Indeed, a major part of the corporate work that I do is facilitating electronic tools (recording, streaming, etc) for corporate and CE (continuing education) seminars. The technology is certainly by now widely available to skip the physical travel and do a Go-to-Meeting. You can sit in, you can stream, you can watch/listen to a lecture that was given earlier, you can even interact live. It's easy to do.

Has any of this technology slowed the practice of traveling to conventions and seminars? Not one iota. In fact, what's been declining, or at least at a plateau, is the technology side. Over the years no matter how much it's been used in myriad forms, the technological connection has failed to be seen as anything more than a weak substitute for being there -- something to fall back on when you couldn't be there.

There simply is no substitute for the real thing.

Ridiculous.

There are substitutes for practically everything. Your analysis is supported by nothing: certainly not common sense. For example, travel budgets and corporate spending for travel has"not changed one iota?" Really? You've a comparative study? I haven't seen many corporate memos insisting employees maintain their level of travel for the past 20 years regardless of cost! In fact, the number of teleconferences and on-line meetings has increased exponentially. I'll bother to find the data that you have not, but I doubt it would change opinions mired in as much illogical confusion as yours seems to be.

As I just told the other guy, this is what I do. I'm at twenty to thirty such conferences a year, personally. Yes, the attendance at these things is absolutely crucial to what we do, because that's my clients' customer base, so I know it inside and out.

You know when we had a dip in physical attendance? Just after 9/11, for about a year. Other than that, I guarantee you, people are NOT staying home and going the virtual route instead. What are they using it for? They're supplementing what they have in personal attendance, they're using them as study notes (probably the most common use), sometimes they're sharing with colleagues. But when the National Association of Putting Things on Top of Other Things has its seminar, those who really need to know how it's done still go in person for hands on old fashioned human interaction and networking.

And I absolutely guarantee you, the virtual technology industry has slimmed down what it's tried to do -- because the overall concept is just not selling on any scale that indicates any kind of shift. It already hit its plateau and is gasping for air. I can give you a list of people I know, right here, right now, who are not even working in that industry any more, because there's just not enough work to sustain them. I'm lucky enough to still have some clients -- far less than in the recent past, but not because there isn't interest in the conferences; that attendance is still healthy and growing. It's because there just isn't enough interest in the virtual for that approach to grow. It's shrinking. And to be specific I'd say the point where we reached a peak and it became clear the virtual industry would have to cut back to a more sustainable level was about two to three years ago.

So again, I don't come on this message board and regurgitate a slew of links telling you guys how to lay bricks or whatever you do. K?

You would think such a self-proclaimed expert would have access to all sorts of facts to support his claims...


Interesting...

 

[Pogo]

Once again, this is a completely false statement. Nothing could be further from the truth. Technology has become a massive industry for virtually attending conventions and seminars. It's just an indisputable fact.

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Look dood --- I WORK in this industry, K?. I KNOW what it's doing; I KNOW what the providers of these technologies are doing-- they're consolidating, they're going into other businesses, they're laying people off, they're doing a lot less than they've done in the past. It doesn't matter how many links you can dredge up to make a biased sample fallacy; I'm in the middle of it and I KNOW what the trends are. It affects me and the people I work with directly. It affects what kind of business my clients can do directly. And that means it affects what kind of work load I have -- directly.

I know what it's doing now, what it was doing two years ago, five years ago, ten years ago, twenty, and thirty. I'm not sitting in my barcalounger scratching Google; this is what I actually do. It's my business to know this stuff.

And when I say I know, I mean I know what this or that particular trade group did last year, year before, year before that in terms of attendance. I have to know that, and what the patrons of them think. I interact with them directly; I know what they think of the options they have. Directly from their mouths. K? You can dig up random lists of virtual meetings, you can also dig up lists of internet radio stations. Doesn't mean either one of them has an appreciable audience.

We've been through years of anticipating what the future of this industry would look like with changing technology and designing ways to be in front of it and adapting, especially on the question of whether our customer base would shift from physical presence to virtual so we could be ready for it. And it hasn't happened. Virtual still exists but in the big picture question of whether there would be a shift to it, the answer is NO. It's still, as I said in the first place, a pale imitation of the real thing.

Don't sit there and try to tell me my own business. Sheesh.

And yet he supported his claim with data, whereas you just whined "because I said so!"

Interesting...

NO, he regurgitated some cherrypicked links of people holding virtual meetings, which proves only that they exist. Nobody disputes they exist. He's got a biased sample fallacy. My point in bringing this up was that, however easy such technology has become and however much it can do, it has not replaced, and is not replacing, the option of physical presence. The fact that something simply exists doesn't in any way indicate it's trending. In this case - it ain't.

This just in: television didn't kill radio either. Who knew.

 

[Unkotare]

Look dood --- I WORK in this industry, K?. I KNOW what it's doing; I KNOW what the providers of these technologies are doing-- they're consolidating, they're going into other businesses, they're laying people off, they're doing a lot less than they've done in the past. It doesn't matter how many links you can dredge up to make a biased sample fallacy; I'm in the middle of it and I KNOW what the trends are. It affects me and the people I work with directly. It affects what kind of business my clients can do directly. And that means it affects what kind of work load I have -- directly.

I know what it's doing now, what it was doing two years ago, five years ago, ten years ago, twenty, and thirty. I'm not sitting in my barcalounger scratching Google; this is what I actually do. It's my business to know this stuff.

And when I say I know, I mean I know what this or that particular trade group did last year, year before, year before that in terms of attendance. I have to know that, and what the patrons of them think. I interact with them directly; I know what they think of the options they have. Directly from their mouths. K? You can dig up random lists of virtual meetings, you can also dig up lists of internet radio stations. Doesn't mean either one of them has an appreciable audience.

We've been through years of anticipating what the future of this industry would look like with changing technology and designing ways to be in front of it and adapting, especially on the question of whether our customer base would shift from physical presence to virtual so we could be ready for it. And it hasn't happened. Virtual still exists but in the big picture question of whether there would be a shift to it, the answer is NO. It's still, as I said in the first place, a pale imitation of the real thing.

Don't sit there and try to tell me my own business. Sheesh.

And yet he supported his claim with data, whereas you just whined "because I said so!"

Interesting...

NO, he regurgitated some cherrypicked links of people holding virtual meetings, which proves only that they exist. Nobody disputes they exist. He's got a biased sample fallacy. My point in bringing this up was that, however easy such technology has become and however much it can do, it has not replaced, and is not replacing, the option of physical presence. The fact that something simply exists doesn't in any way indicate it's trending. In this case - it ain't.

This just in: television didn't kill radio either. Who knew.

I note the continued absence of support for your position beyond "listen to me! waaaa!"

 

[Dragonlady]

Im all for it. Parents have to do what is best for their children.

I have a batle about to begin up here.The NDP appear to to Seize menno children

What they are doing is seizing children because the state does not beleive in gay marriage. So the state is seizing children for re indoctrination.

Right here in Manitoba.

The state doesn't believe in gay marriage????? Canada legalized gay marriage more than 10 years ago.

 

[Esmeralda]

What the heck are you talking about? Homeschoolers were among the first to have computers and access to the internet. I know, way back when, I homeschooled my oldest for a time. They also have play days and scheduled field trips with other homeschoolers. Parents even take turns teaching the kids whatever subject they are strongest in. Plus, when homeschooled children go on trips, the educating doesn't stop, no, it increases. You learn about Custer's last stand AT Custer's last stand. You learn about Lewis and Clark while following at least part of their trail. You learn while visiting Museums and historic sights across the country, or just in your own back yard.

They get to attend the local schools for band, music, sports, etc.

And thanks to our high schools, they have access to early start, a free 2 year community college education in your last 2 years of high school. Paid for by your local school district. They're thrilled because you did all the work and all they have to do is pay for 2 years of community college and they get to claim your child in their "success" statistics.

All that is another issue. That is not what I was referring to. You probably need to read the last 2 or 3 pages of the thread.

They also learn through skyping with people in other countries. They follow blogs from fellow homeschooling while they post about their trips and their education. They communicate with people all over the world and what's more, they do it with parental supervision. It's not like they're looking at porn on the school computer.

This is still not a response regarding the idea to which I was referring, which is, essentially, the virtual class room. As well, I find it interesting that all of your examples regarding what home schooled children do are the same things public school children do, and I'm thinking: so what?

 

[P@triot]

Indeed, a major part of the corporate work that I do is facilitating electronic tools (recording, streaming, etc) for corporate and CE (continuing education) seminars. The technology is certainly by now widely available to skip the physical travel and do a Go-to-Meeting. You can sit in, you can stream, you can watch/listen to a lecture that was given earlier, you can even interact live. It's easy to do.

Has any of this technology slowed the practice of traveling to conventions and seminars? Not one iota. In fact, what's been declining, or at least at a plateau, is the technology side. Over the years no matter how much it's been used in myriad forms, the technological connection has failed to be seen as anything more than a weak substitute for being there -- something to fall back on when you couldn't be there.

There simply is no substitute for the real thing.

Once again, this is a completely false statement. Nothing could be further from the truth. Technology has become a massive industry for virtually attending conventions and seminars. It's just an indisputable fact.

ICPSC Postpones 2014 Conference, Introduces Virtual Seminars - Concrete Construction

Virtual Conference | AIHce2014

The Virtual Assistant VAvirtuoso Seminars Are Back for 2014! :: Romero Communications

IT Virtual Tradeshows - IT Virtual Seminars | ISACA

Look dood --- I WORK in this industry, K?. I KNOW what it's doing; I KNOW what the providers of these technologies are doing-- they're consolidating, they're going into other businesses, they're laying people off, they're doing a lot less than they've done in the past. It doesn't matter how many links you can dredge up to make a biased sample fallacy; I'm in the middle of it and I KNOW what the trends are. It affects me and the people I work with directly. It affects what kind of business my clients can do directly. And that means it affects what kind of work load I have -- directly.

I know what it's doing now, what it was doing two years ago, five years ago, ten years ago, twenty, and thirty. I'm not sitting in my barcalounger scratching Google; this is what I actually do. It's my business to know this stuff.

And when I say I know, I mean I know what this or that particular trade group did last year, year before, year before that in terms of attendance. I have to know that, and what the patrons of them think. I interact with them directly; I know what they think of the options they have. Directly from their mouths. K? You can dig up random lists of virtual meetings, you can also dig up lists of internet radio stations. Doesn't mean either one of them has an appreciable audience.

We've been through years of anticipating what the future of this industry would look like with changing technology and designing ways to be in front of it and adapting, especially on the question of whether our customer base would shift from physical presence to virtual so we could be ready for it. And it hasn't happened. Virtual still exists but in the big picture question of whether there would be a shift to it, the answer is NO. It's still, as I said in the first place, a pale imitation of the real thing.

Don't sit there and try to tell me my own business. Sheesh.

Well then, like a lot of liberals, you are really bad at what you do - because you are completely clueless.

I can tell you FIRST HAND that unequivocally, technology is being used for seminars, conferences, and meetings to save the time and money on unnecessary travel and I proved it with links. You can't back up one single thing you've said. You're entire diatribe is "trust me, I'm an expert". Sorry chief, I don't trust liberals - they have a long and disgusting history of egregious lies.

Furthermore, if you really do work in the seminar industry, it explains your completely absurd, biased, and desperate anti-technology position. You're ranting like a lunatic about it not being a "real" experience because it's going to put you out of business. Sorry my friend, but the links trump your "trust me" stuff.

 

[P@triot]

You beat me to it.

It is maddening when people make up their own version of reality. It's so far beyond absurd to say that that "technology has not replaced travel to conferences and seminars one iota". In fact, it has replaced it a billion iota's.

People may not be traveling to conferences, workshops and seminars as much as before because those events are now often done online. However, that doesn't mean they are better than real life experience or even as good. Corporations do it that way because it saves them money, not because the experience is superior. It's all about money: it's cheaper, and you get what you pay for.

And let's get back to reality here: this discussion has nothing to do with home schooling: people involved in home schooling do not have access to this type of technology and most likely will not have it anywhere within the near future. If, and it is very iffy, the homeschooling network develops any programs that use such technology, it will be very far in the distant future.

Another liberal making up their own version of reality because they are completely unaware of what is going on in the real world....

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[P@triot]

Look dood --- I WORK in this industry, K?. I KNOW what it's doing; I KNOW what the providers of these technologies are doing-- they're consolidating, they're going into other businesses, they're laying people off, they're doing a lot less than they've done in the past. It doesn't matter how many links you can dredge up to make a biased sample fallacy; I'm in the middle of it and I KNOW what the trends are. It affects me and the people I work with directly. It affects what kind of business my clients can do directly. And that means it affects what kind of work load I have -- directly.

I know what it's doing now, what it was doing two years ago, five years ago, ten years ago, twenty, and thirty. I'm not sitting in my barcalounger scratching Google; this is what I actually do. It's my business to know this stuff.

And when I say I know, I mean I know what this or that particular trade group did last year, year before, year before that in terms of attendance. I have to know that, and what the patrons of them think. I interact with them directly; I know what they think of the options they have. Directly from their mouths. K? You can dig up random lists of virtual meetings, you can also dig up lists of internet radio stations. Doesn't mean either one of them has an appreciable audience.

We've been through years of anticipating what the future of this industry would look like with changing technology and designing ways to be in front of it and adapting, especially on the question of whether our customer base would shift from physical presence to virtual so we could be ready for it. And it hasn't happened. Virtual still exists but in the big picture question of whether there would be a shift to it, the answer is NO. It's still, as I said in the first place, a pale imitation of the real thing.

Don't sit there and try to tell me my own business. Sheesh.

And yet he supported his claim with data, whereas you just whined "because I said so!"

Interesting...

NO, he regurgitated some cherrypicked links of people holding virtual meetings, which proves only that they exist. Nobody disputes they exist. He's got a biased sample fallacy. My point in bringing this up was that, however easy such technology has become and however much it can do, it has not replaced, and is not replacing, the option of physical presence. The fact that something simply exists doesn't in any way indicate it's trending. In this case - it ain't.

This just in: television didn't kill radio either. Who knew.

If it wasn't being used, it wouldn't exist chief. The people bringing you that technology would be out of business.

You said (and I quote), "it hasn't replaced attending seminars and conferences one iota". And the reality is, it has replaced them a billion iota's. Every single day, all over the world, people attend virtually because it saves a fortune on travel and lodging and produces the exact same results.

I couldn't understand your completely irrational position until you said this is your industry. That explains why you are shitting your pants. You need to convince people of the fallacy that being there in person creates some earth-shattering experience while attending online fails to deliver the basic knowledge transfer.

 

[P@triot]

All that is another issue. That is not what I was referring to. You probably need to read the last 2 or 3 pages of the thread.

They also learn through skyping with people in other countries. They follow blogs from fellow homeschooling while they post about their trips and their education. They communicate with people all over the world and what's more, they do it with parental supervision. It's not like they're looking at porn on the school computer.

This is still not a response regarding the idea to which I was referring, which is, essentially, the virtual class room. As well, I find it interesting that all of your examples regarding what home schooled children do are the same things public school children do, and I'm thinking: so what?

They do something public schools don't - they actually educate children rather than indoctrinate them.

They also do something else that public schools don't - they save money as opposed to throwing away hundreds of billions of dollars on greedy unions, waste, fraud, and abuse.

So to summarize, homeschooling produces exponentially better results while spending hundreds of billions less.

 

[Esmeralda]

It is maddening when people make up their own version of reality. It's so far beyond absurd to say that that "technology has not replaced travel to conferences and seminars one iota". In fact, it has replaced it a billion iota's.

People may not be traveling to conferences, workshops and seminars as much as before because those events are now often done online. However, that doesn't mean they are better than real life experience or even as good. Corporations do it that way because it saves them money, not because the experience is superior. It's all about money: it's cheaper, and you get what you pay for.

And let's get back to reality here: this discussion has nothing to do with home schooling: people involved in home schooling do not have access to this type of technology and most likely will not have it anywhere within the near future. If, and it is very iffy, the homeschooling network develops any programs that use such technology, it will be very far in the distant future.

Another liberal making up their own version of reality because they are completely unaware of what is going on in the real world....

K12 | Online Public School, Online High School, Online Private School, Homeschooling, and Online Courses options

LMAO You are an idiot. You will say anything, no matter how ludicrous.

What you give as examples: this is not home schooling, this is people taking online course through the public sector. Lots of people do this and are not considered being home schooled. They are taking online courses. People have been doing this for years and years: it is not home schooling where your parents are teaching you. It is public sector.

 

[P@triot]

People may not be traveling to conferences, workshops and seminars as much as before because those events are now often done online. However, that doesn't mean they are better than real life experience or even as good. Corporations do it that way because it saves them money, not because the experience is superior. It's all about money: it's cheaper, and you get what you pay for.

And let's get back to reality here: this discussion has nothing to do with home schooling: people involved in home schooling do not have access to this type of technology and most likely will not have it anywhere within the near future. If, and it is very iffy, the homeschooling network develops any programs that use such technology, it will be very far in the distant future.

Another liberal making up their own version of reality because they are completely unaware of what is going on in the real world....

K12 | Online Public School, Online High School, Online Private School, Homeschooling, and Online Courses options

LMAO You are an idiot. You will say anything, no matter how ludicrous.

What you give as examples: this is not home schooling, this is people taking online course through the public sector. Lots of people do this and are not considered being home schooled. They are taking online courses. People have been doing this for years and years: it is not home schooling where your parents are teaching you. It is public sector.

I'm an idiot? Sweetie, first of all, look at your quote highlighted above. You ignorantly stated "people involved in homeschooling do not have access to this type of technology". Oops....

Second, this is homeschooling you dolt. The children sit at home - hence they are homeschooled. It doesn't matter whether a parent teaches them, a private tutor, or a public school teacher instructs them over the internet. If they are learning from home you dolt, they are being homeschooled.

God Almighty....

 

[Esmeralda]

Another liberal making up their own version of reality because they are completely unaware of what is going on in the real world....

K12 | Online Public School, Online High School, Online Private School, Homeschooling, and Online Courses options

LMAO You are an idiot. You will say anything, no matter how ludicrous.

What you give as examples: this is not home schooling, this is people taking online course through the public sector. Lots of people do this and are not considered being home schooled. They are taking online courses. People have been doing this for years and years: it is not home schooling where your parents are teaching you. It is public sector.

I'm an idiot? Sweetie, first of all, look at your quote highlighted above. You ignorantly stated "people involved in homeschooling do not have access to this type of technology". Oops....

Second, this is homeschooling you dolt. The children sit at home - hence they are homeschooled. It doesn't matter whether a parent teaches them, a private tutor, or a public school teacher instructs them over the internet. If they are learning from home you dolt, they are being homeschooled.

God Almighty....

First, you were talking above about virtual classrooms. The site you posted is not virtual classrooms, it is same old same old online courses, which people have been taking for 20 years. They are provided by the public sector: essentially, they are public schooling. These courses are not an example of home schooling: they are an example of people sitting at home with their computers and taking an online course, a course provided by the public sector, the same courses provided in public school, and by your standards, they are the same liberal indoctrination that home schooling is trying to avoid. These online courses are not the understanding or definition of home schooling. You are an idiot. Just plain and simple: an idiot.

 

[Againsheila]

People may not be traveling to conferences, workshops and seminars as much as before because those events are now often done online. However, that doesn't mean they are better than real life experience or even as good. Corporations do it that way because it saves them money, not because the experience is superior. It's all about money: it's cheaper, and you get what you pay for.

And let's get back to reality here: this discussion has nothing to do with home schooling: people involved in home schooling do not have access to this type of technology and most likely will not have it anywhere within the near future. If, and it is very iffy, the homeschooling network develops any programs that use such technology, it will be very far in the distant future.

Another liberal making up their own version of reality because they are completely unaware of what is going on in the real world....

K12 | Online Public School, Online High School, Online Private School, Homeschooling, and Online Courses options

LMAO You are an idiot. You will say anything, no matter how ludicrous.

What you give as examples: this is not home schooling, this is people taking online course through the public sector. Lots of people do this and are not considered being home schooled. They are taking online courses. People have been doing this for years and years: it is not home schooling where your parents are teaching you. It is public sector.

Depends, there are public schools that offer internet academies. They oversea your education and there are meetings at least once a month with the teacher and again with the other students.

Then there are the courses your child takes online but is (your child) not registered in a public school. The parent then is responsible for overseeing the child's education and they are required to meet all the home school regulations.

 

[Againsheila]

LMAO You are an idiot. You will say anything, no matter how ludicrous.

What you give as examples: this is not home schooling, this is people taking online course through the public sector. Lots of people do this and are not considered being home schooled. They are taking online courses. People have been doing this for years and years: it is not home schooling where your parents are teaching you. It is public sector.

I'm an idiot? Sweetie, first of all, look at your quote highlighted above. You ignorantly stated "people involved in homeschooling do not have access to this type of technology". Oops....

Second, this is homeschooling you dolt. The children sit at home - hence they are homeschooled. It doesn't matter whether a parent teaches them, a private tutor, or a public school teacher instructs them over the internet. If they are learning from home you dolt, they are being homeschooled.

God Almighty....

First, you were talking above about virtual classrooms. The site you posted is not virtual classrooms, it is same old same old online courses, which people have been taking for 20 years. They are provided by the public sector: essentially, they are public schooling. These courses are not an example of home schooling: they are an example of people sitting at home with their computers and taking an online course, a course provided by the public sector, the same courses provided in public school, and by your standards, they are the same liberal indoctrination that home schooling is trying to avoid. These online courses are not the understanding or definition of home schooling. You are an idiot. Just plain and simple: an idiot.

You read the site wrong. You CAN get a public education through them, or you can do your own mode of study, take the classes you want, etc, and get your own "homeschooled" education. Personally, I'd go with the homeschooled part. I signed my eldest up for our "Internet Academy" when it started and they were teaching "new" math. He couldn't understand how to multiply decimals. I showed him how I did it and he said, "Oh, that's easy!" He got all his answers right, but when he had the interview with the teacher and told him how he got the answers, he flunked the course. We got out of the Internet Academy real fast.

 

[Againsheila]

LMAO You are an idiot. You will say anything, no matter how ludicrous.

What you give as examples: this is not home schooling, this is people taking online course through the public sector. Lots of people do this and are not considered being home schooled. They are taking online courses. People have been doing this for years and years: it is not home schooling where your parents are teaching you. It is public sector.

I'm an idiot? Sweetie, first of all, look at your quote highlighted above. You ignorantly stated "people involved in homeschooling do not have access to this type of technology". Oops....

Second, this is homeschooling you dolt. The children sit at home - hence they are homeschooled. It doesn't matter whether a parent teaches them, a private tutor, or a public school teacher instructs them over the internet. If they are learning from home you dolt, they are being homeschooled.

God Almighty....

First, you were talking above about virtual classrooms. The site you posted is not virtual classrooms, it is same old same old online courses, which people have been taking for 20 years. They are provided by the public sector: essentially, they are public schooling. These courses are not an example of home schooling: they are an example of people sitting at home with their computers and taking an online course, a course provided by the public sector, the same courses provided in public school, and by your standards, they are the same liberal indoctrination that home schooling is trying to avoid. These online courses are not the understanding or definition of home schooling. You are an idiot. Just plain and simple: an idiot.

Do you ever get tired of not knowing what you are talking about?

 

[thanatos144]

I'm an idiot? Sweetie, first of all, look at your quote highlighted above. You ignorantly stated "people involved in homeschooling do not have access to this type of technology". Oops....

Second, this is homeschooling you dolt. The children sit at home - hence they are homeschooled. It doesn't matter whether a parent teaches them, a private tutor, or a public school teacher instructs them over the internet. If they are learning from home you dolt, they are being homeschooled.

God Almighty....

First, you were talking above about virtual classrooms. The site you posted is not virtual classrooms, it is same old same old online courses, which people have been taking for 20 years. They are provided by the public sector: essentially, they are public schooling. These courses are not an example of home schooling: they are an example of people sitting at home with their computers and taking an online course, a course provided by the public sector, the same courses provided in public school, and by your standards, they are the same liberal indoctrination that home schooling is trying to avoid. These online courses are not the understanding or definition of home schooling. You are an idiot. Just plain and simple: an idiot.

You read the site wrong. You CAN get a public education through them, or you can do your own mode of study, take the classes you want, etc, and get your own "homeschooled" education. Personally, I'd go with the homeschooled part. I signed my eldest up for our "Internet Academy" when it started and they were teaching "new" math. He couldn't understand how to multiply decimals. I showed him how I did it and he said, "Oh, that's easy!" He got all his answers right, but when he had the interview with the teacher and told him how he got the answers, he flunked the course. We got out of the Internet Academy real fast.

It is odd that after millennia they decide to change math..... Di they want kids who can't count.?

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[Againsheila]

First, you were talking above about virtual classrooms. The site you posted is not virtual classrooms, it is same old same old online courses, which people have been taking for 20 years. They are provided by the public sector: essentially, they are public schooling. These courses are not an example of home schooling: they are an example of people sitting at home with their computers and taking an online course, a course provided by the public sector, the same courses provided in public school, and by your standards, they are the same liberal indoctrination that home schooling is trying to avoid. These online courses are not the understanding or definition of home schooling. You are an idiot. Just plain and simple: an idiot.

You read the site wrong. You CAN get a public education through them, or you can do your own mode of study, take the classes you want, etc, and get your own "homeschooled" education. Personally, I'd go with the homeschooled part. I signed my eldest up for our "Internet Academy" when it started and they were teaching "new" math. He couldn't understand how to multiply decimals. I showed him how I did it and he said, "Oh, that's easy!" He got all his answers right, but when he had the interview with the teacher and told him how he got the answers, he flunked the course. We got out of the Internet Academy real fast.

It is odd that after millennia they decide to change math..... Di they want kids who can't count.?

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I think they want kids who follow instructions precisely and don't think for themselves.