Homeschooling: Your Views, Please

[Unkotare]

I did that

I let my kids make their own friends. Some I was not too happy with but my kids made good choices and eventually dumped the friends who were bad news
I also let them go out and play without looking over their shoulder
I let them watch the TV shows they wanted to watch not the ones I thought were "good for them"
My kids ate candy and ice cream and drank soda

Good for you. Your family, your business. Most will take another approach.

And they end up with little brats who are culturally illiterate, unsocial and are unabe [sic] to make decisions without asking mommy and daddy

No, they end up with children who don't get hooked on drugs, join gangs, and/or have a child at the age of 15.

 

[nodoginnafight]

Good for you. Your family, your business. Most will take another approach.

And they end up with little brats who are culturally illiterate, unsocial and are unabe [sic] to make decisions without asking mommy and daddy

No, they end up with children who don't get hooked on drugs, join gangs, and/or have a child at the age of 15.

Homeschooling is certainly no guarantee of that

 

[Darkwind]

They turned down My school bus permit. I think home schooling sucks! I wanted to drive the yellow submarine!

 

[Unkotare]

And they end up with little brats who are culturally illiterate, unsocial and are unabe [sic] to make decisions without asking mommy and daddy

No, they end up with children who don't get hooked on drugs, join gangs, and/or have a child at the age of 15.

Homeschooling is certainly no guarantee of that

Certainly not.

 

[rightwinger]

Good for you. Your family, your business. Most will take another approach.

And they end up with little brats who are culturally illiterate, unsocial and are unabe [sic] to make decisions without asking mommy and daddy

No, they end up with children who don't get hooked on drugs, join gangs, and/or have a child at the age of 15.

Why must you bring up the Palins in every thread?

 

[Againsheila]

As long as home schools met state requirements for a public education, go ahead.

That sentiment makes me feel a little wary, because I've heard elsewhere in places like Germany that are unreasonably controlling of homeschoolers. My schooling was from Christian Liberty Academy, although I'm no longer religious.

If we live in our country with a federal constitution and the various state consittutions, then I fully believe the states can craft appropriate vetting protocol for successful education.

I wonder if a home schooled who fails the comprehensive protocal should result in a $5000 or more fine for the parents.

Should only work if the schools are also fined $5,000 for each student that fails.

 

[Unkotare]

Partisan troll, no self-control.

 

[Againsheila]

If there were a school like the one on Little House On The Prairie...that would be awesome.

I admire your Pollyanna attitude.

It was more one on one. Nowadays, tne teacher, trying to teach 30 to 50 kids in one big room? Oh, I wish the olden days were upon us.

What schools are you talking about? My cousin, now deceased, taught 60 kids in 6 different grades in a one room schoolhouse. 2 of her students became US senators.

When my son was in 1st grade his teacher complained she didn't have enough time to send a note home with him because she had 21 other students to worry about.

 

[rightwinger]

Partisan troll, no self-control.

I have limitless self-control

For I am Master of my Domain

 

[Unkotare]

I've taught classes of 50-60 students before. Just requires more organization and planning.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

I've taught classes of 50-60 students before. Just requires more organization and planning.

Off the subject here, but do tell, why did you pick that particular nickname?

 

[Unkotare]

I've taught classes of 50-60 students before. Just requires more organization and planning.

Off the subject here, but do tell, why did you pick that particular nickname?

It's a self-deprecating inside joke with someone else. And no, it doesn't mean what google-translate brings up. It's a regional colloquialism unlikely to be found by angry googlers.

 

[mayrj]

I wish I had the patience to do it because I'm all for it

 

[PaintMyHouse]

I've taught classes of 50-60 students before. Just requires more organization and planning.

Off the subject here, but do tell, why did you pick that particular nickname?

It's a self-deprecating inside joke with someone else. And no, it doesn't mean what google-translate brings up. It's a regional colloquialism unlikely to be found by angry googlers.

Good to know. Still, it fits you perfectly.

 

[Sherry]

The learning I'm speaking of doesn't require the behavior expected at a college lecture. It's the exact opposite as a matter of fact.

Those behaviors that you refer to are much less likely to be exhibited in the classroom environment than they would in social activities. Your argument that kids are more likely to be exposed to challenging interactions with their peers within a classroom setting is rather weak. You seem rigid and unwilling to concede your preconceived notions, but carry on in your perceptions.

I will because they developed over a very long time and are therefore not preconceived. You are fan of home-schooling and I am not. The classroom is not my concern, that's yours. I am concerned with the complete and shared experience of attending a public school, with many kids who might be very unlike you and raised much differently. That has profound value to me, and to us as a society, and I won't be changing my opinions so don't bother trying. I'm rigid on many things, once I know that they work.

I'm not the least bit interested in changing your opinions...I'm simply making observations, and you're not interested in a debate. Your life experience only reflects a segment of reality...you haven't been everywhere and seen everything. I'm not sure you even paid attention to my very first post on this thread, or I doubt you'd be making assumptions about what I'm a fan of, what concerns me, or how I was raised. Bask in your profound "values".

I was and I support schools as clients. Your perception is incorrect. They are like letting the animals run the zoo, which is a great way to learn the laws of the jungle and what exists in the real world, not mom's garage and dinning room table.

I was a teacher. My perception is correct. Again, step into present day, and acknowledge that many parents who choose this route are capable, and some of them aren't even Christians.

"I was a teacher. My perception is correct" is an assumption that begs the question.

You perceive yourself correct because you perceive yourself as a good teacher.

I'm no longer a teacher, but you're the one making an assumption about what I perceive. My comment wasn't to make it about me, but to counter that I have my own set of experiences, which happens to include teaching, which assist in forming my opinions that contradict someone else accusing me of having a false perception. I get to make that determination, thank you.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Bask in your profound "values".

I do at times, since they are just that, however that's not always easy since I live in a shithole country populated by undereducated, unreasoning children pretending to be adults.

 

[Sherry]

Bask in your profound "values".

I do at times, since they are just that, however that's not always easy since I live in a shithole country populated by undereducated, unreasoning children pretending to be adults.

Maybe there are grants you could apply for that would assist you in relocating to a better country.

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Bask in your profound "values".

I do at times, since they are just that, however that's not always easy since I live in a shithole country populated by undereducated, unreasoning children pretending to be adults.

Maybe there are grants you could apply for that would assist you in relocating to a better country.

If you know of any, send them my views. For a mil in cash I'm out of here.

Oh, and I'll need some boxes okay?

 

[Esmeralda]

With home schooling, the children don't get socialization and they don't have trained, educated, professional teachers. However, I think a private school would be preferable to a public school because it is smaller with a better teacher to student ratio. But, I would check out the school carefully before deciding on that. Some public schools are better than private schools. I would never send my child to a religious school, and in the US, most private schools are religious based.

People have the belief that bullying, cliques, and other social problems do not occur in private schools: this is not the fact at all. These things occur in all schools, public and private. However, these are also things that occur in the real world and children need to learn how to deal with them. I would not subject my child to a violent or vicious school experience, but home schooling puts them in an over protective environment that doesn't allow social skills to develop, skills that include coping with reallity.

 

[OKTexas]

I was homeschooled as a child.

There are arguments made for and against it.

Would you please share your views on it here?

I chose not to have children because of what I saw coming in education and other social areas back in the 70's. In my view what ever it takes to keep kids our of the government halls of indoctrination is a good thing. I am encouraging my nephews to home school their children, they still have a couple of years to get set for it and I sure hope they do.