Homeschooling

[dawgball]

nj -- my guess would be that it is illegal in some states because it takes from their state taxes that they are allowed to collect. Every student is worth a certain dollar amount, and if the children are not in the public system then they lose out on that money.

That's just one possibility as to why it is illegal, but I am not saying that is fact.

 

[SixFive]

although I'm sure many here would consider me a bible thumper, and I live in the state with the MOST liberal home-schooling laws in the country, I don't think home-schooling is the way to go for many of the reasons already listed in this thread. I think the kids miss out on important relationships, and the #1 reason I think it's not a good idea is I don't think most parents are competent to teach. They don't just give away teaching certificates, you know! I think that it's really selling the kid short and putting them at extreme disadvantages by homeschooling.

That said, I know several children who are home-schooled and are very well adjusted. However, I think I know more who are not.

 

[taoist]

This will probably offend some people in here, but here goes. I would just like to hear peoples opinions on homeschooling children or homeschooled people you know. I dont understand it at all, and every homeschooled person I know, or come in contact with just seems OFF (psycho?) to me. I know kids that are homeschooled, and adults that have been homeschooled....and something is just not right them(and the parents that homeschooled them?).
This Pennsylvania story of late(18 yr old and 14 yr old---18 yr old killed 14 yr olds parents and ran to Indiana)--they were both homeschooled( big surprise). These people have no social skills, are sheltered, intraverted, shy, so on. I have a friend that his wife homeschools his kids, I just wanna strangle her. Homeschooled people are usually heavy into christianity(in my experience). I could go on and on...
Thoughts? :shrug:

...completely agree. All of the ones I have met are totally socially inept.... I would never allow my children (if I ever have any) to be homeschooled.

 

[Box and one]

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein all have one thing in common, their parents all home schooled them.


What about our children? Would home schooling make our children advance to the same level as these great men in history? Is home schooling really for us and for our children?



Mostly parents will choose home schooling because of educational reasons rather than ideological reasons. They are fed up with overcrowded classrooms where their children do not receive the one on one attention that they need, some schools have low academic abilities, and some schools show a lack of concern for their children?s personal safety.

Reasons such as this have encouraged many parents to home school their children themselves.


Parents who advocate home schooling say that their children do learn more effectively at home because they are able to learn practical life experiences, such as in Mathematics they can be taught things such as planning a budget, home shopping and balancing checkbooks. These lessons can help them to learn the importance of money management etc.

How effective has home schooling really proven to be? Some studies have shown that most children who home school have an I.Q, which is above the national average of their country.


However home schooling does also have its critics. Many school officials show concern over the lack of quality education that some parents give to their children. For this reason a lot of schools in some districts are not cooperative with parents who decide to home school their children. While some schools do cooperate with parents who home school, many remain skeptical, they fear that parents may not be capable of providing adequate home schooling for their children.


Another concern of educational professionals is that they feel that parents do not have the needed qualifications to teach their children at home. However, Home schooling advocates will tell you that as parents you don?t need any formal qualifications to teach your child at home. All parents need to do is to know how to direct their child to the right resource channels, i.e. research books found in your local public library.


Parents and children could have the opportunity to both learn together. And if a subject is out of the parent?s league, then professional tutors can be hired to reach our children that subject.


Another concern to take into consideration is the importance of not isolating our children from others. They need to have regular association with their own peers. In many lands home scholars often set up support groups, where the children can get together on a regular basis to perform plays, etc., and this can provide them with the much needed association together.


Another concern to take into consideration is the expense of Home schooling. Yes it can be very expensive; things such as textbooks, etc., don?t come cheap now. So if you choose to home school your child then this could very well work out for their benefit. However, like anything, serious consideration and careful planing need to take place first. Then your child might just turn out to be our next Thomas Edison.

Thought you guys might want to read this.Gives a few pro's and con's.
At my school we just had two brothers transfer to the HS.They are 15 and 16.Father is a pastor and they were home schooled for religious reasons.
Both boys took placements tests to see what grade do we put them in.Both scored high and were placed in 10th and 11th.They must pass the NY state regents in 5 subjects to graduate though.
On the flip side of that..lyr we had another home schooler who was 17.He came in with a 4th grade reading level.Ended up being classified by CSE. CPS was involved and my school is comtemplating filing an educational neglect charge on the parents.
So everyone is different...

 

[Hokie Fan]

My Freaking kids would drive me up a gosh darn wall after second period math..
I would hold a road trip to the TV and catch some Zoey 101 to make sure they stay adjusted with "Normal" Malibu set private school kids that we all run into on a day to day basis.
On to the Discovery Channel for Science .. nap time (for me of course) History Channel... everyone now.. for History...
Oprah for African American Studies....
Bonanza reruns to juxtapose the Old west to the New west
Seriously.. I would kill my youngest by mid terms..
By the way who would you see for parent teacher night????

 

[BahamaMama]

Hokie Fan just explained my opinion fairly well.......LOL

not only do kids seem to come out of it emotionally *unadjusted* they at least have somewhat of a reason for it, cuz their parents are likely a bit *nutso* themselves!!!!!


my gosh, can't imagine NOT being ready to send the children OFF to school (even if it is nice imagining them coming back home in the afternoon) that time for the parents AWAY is a necessity for both parents AND children!!!

 

[Blazer]

The lesson is only as effective as the teacher.

I think back about school and my expirences. I had some highs and some lows but all in all I had expirences that a home schooled individual could not expirence.

Friends, enemies, loves, rivals, buddys, clicks, the five minute break between classes when you try to walk by your girlfriend's locker to pass a note then you have to jog across the campus so you wont be late for Physics, smoking in "the pits", Homcoming games, Prom, the rumor about the girl who got the carrot stuck, pep rallys, Health class, Senior Week, Senior skip day, Tornado drills, Playing on a team with the same kids you were in class with, talking about Kevin's hot mom, mindless cafe catter, breakups, class elections, group projects, science fairs, art, mascots, :mj21: , rolling the math teachers house, cheat sheets, copying homework, learning the alma matter, school newspapers, dreaming about the hot girl four grades older (and much more developed) than you, music, pool parties, sleepovers.....

I'm sorry but homeschoolers just don't get it. I'm sure being with mom for 8 hrs a day has its advantages, but the disadvantage of missing all the little things isn't worth the trade off.

 

[taoist]

I agree Blazer!!! ...home schooled children miss out on too many of the social aspects of growing up.


Hey, Scott4USC seems like he was home schooled.... That in and of itself should be enough to prevent everyone on this board from wanting to home school his or her children.... LOL :mj07: :mj07:


j/k Scooter....

 

[Wineguy]

Have 4 kids next door that are home schooled. The kids are OK, it"s the parents that are wacko and everyone in the neighborhood acknowledges that. Unfortunately, the kids ask my kids about school, how fun it is, etc. and they are the one's that are neglected activities other kids have. And, our schools are some of the best in the state here in Roswell, GA. Parents teach them 3 hours a day, then they have bible study 4 hours a day. Too much.