dclay

You seem ignorant on the subject of homeschooling and rude as well.

QUOTE=CaliforniaBride]Bit of a sweeping generalisation.[/QUOTE]

snowbunny

If you have one parent who is absolutely dedicated to teaching and to running the kids around to various socialisation opportunities, then this can be a wonderful option. I do realise that many here only have one parent eligible to work.

As a single mum there is no way I could do this and work. I have often stayed up well into the night looking at the material that comes home from school and reading textbooks so I can discuss viewpoints with my daughter (eg evolution vs creation). I think that if you can discuss and challenge what goes on in the classroom then that's half the battle against the system turning out little non-thinking robots.

Many homeschoolers in Texas are doing it because the schools are "too secular" and are limiting their children's exposure to any sort of debate or free thinking. If you homeschool your child here, and then take them to homeschooling socialisation functions, you may get a very cold welcome.

rincewind

Geez, start a new thread why don't you

Bob

innit...there's been enough old threads pulled up over the last couple days, hard enough catching up without all this old shite being regurgitated.

snowbunny

Dude, you have to have somewhere to make the posts to hit 20k

dclay

If you're not interested don't read - it's really that simple....

AdobePinon

Yeah, Bob, what's taking you so long?

Bob

well you did pull up a thread that's donkeys old and gone through the ringer already...

Bob

aye, bad ain't it...but been busy in the real world, job interviews and all that

rincewind

First of all, I'll do what I like.

Second, nice way to introduce yourself to the forum by digging up an old thread that was finished with and posting a slanderous comment such as:

I hope you stick around, it will be fun to watch you pick the wrong members to screw with and then watch you burn.

Now, get back under your bridge Troll, daylight is here.

Ray

It ..already did....

rincewind

Just another mother trying to justify turning her kids into close minded agoraphobics. Let's hope her kids don't turn out to be so self-centered. But what are the odds

TouristTrap

Now you've gone and done it.

rincewind, I don't know what crawled up your arse regarding homeschooling, but it is obvious that you are extremely uninformed when it comes to the subject, since you insist on making the kind of remark like the one I quoted above.

It is a proven fact, and that from various studies, that the majority of homeschooled kids are emotionally, academically, intellectually, and even socially, yes you read that, socially ahead of their peers. Why? Because they interact with all age groups throughout their day and not only with kids their own age.

Yes, there are many, probably thousands that are not doing that well at it, but look at the public school system and see the millions that are not being educated either. Should you not be more concerned about the millions of public high schoolers who can't put a sentence together, write like 4 year olds and can't even point to Alaska on a map?

Homeschooling has been mainstream in this country since the late 70's, and has stood the test of time. I personally have a physiotherapist friend who didn't set foot in a classroom till her freshman year of college. Nothing wrong with her. Lead a very social life, until her marriage a couple of years ago. Most of the Ivy Leagues, including Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley etc..are pursuing and accepting homeschoolers.

John Taylor Gatto was New York State's teacher of the year twice and New York City's Teacher of the Year 3 times. He has written some excellent books on the 'Dumbing Down of America' and how the educational system in this country is basically kaput and failing the kids.

I have given my kids a classical liberal arts education, something they'd not have received in p/s.

Apart from the regular schooling, they take labs with other homeschooled kids directed by a high school science teacher, and they get to actually do their own experiments (something they'd never do in public school and something I thoroughly enjoyed in my own h/school years), play sports, drama club, support groups every week, where they go on various field trips. We have a geography meet once a month, where we try to get folk from various countries to come in and give them a talk and make them an ethnic meal to go with the country, etc. Play with neighborhood kids every afternoon and weekend that they're free. In other words, they all live a normal life.

As I told someone elsewhere, if you have not done any real amount of research on this subject, read some books on the subject, then you are opiniating from an ignorant point of view.

rincewind

Done what? Voiced an opinion?

Excuse me for having thoughts on this subject. Oh that's right, if I don't have kids that I'm home schooling then my opinion means nothing. Well pardon me.

I'm sorry if my opinion ruffles your feathers but I don't agree with home schooling....period. You can spout facts and figures all you want to. I just don't agree with it.

When will these home schooling advocates realize that posting long winded essays won't change my focus on the matter?

If it works for you, pat yourself on the back for being a good parent and ignore opinions of people like me.

Ray

Well I have to go along with Rincewind here ..No!! I have never studied the subject .. But I was a PT youth worker for 16 years ..and my experience does NOT go the way that Izibear has stated ...