Homeschooling

I went to public school from kindergarten through 7th grade.. I was extremely shy and introverted, had hardly any friends and was depressed most of the time.

From 8th grade on I was homeschooled.. I am completely different now. I held a job as a tour guide for a year (and even enjoyed it) and now I am very much better adjusted socially and have a great job for someone my age. Most people don't believe that I was once so painfully shy anymore.. public school was a sucky place to get people skills if you ask me.

I think that it is a good option for some people. The only time it makes me worry, is when parents do it to purposely shelter their kids from the world and from those with different beliefs/ideals than they have. I went to a religious school for all of elementary, and some of highschool, before I started being able to think on my own and realize that its beliefs were not for me at all.

I look at it this way, as stay at home parent I am home schooling my child right now, any parent is home schooling in a way, so why stop once they reach "school aged?" I'm going to school Raigen from home until she tells me she wants to go to attend school with other children. I'll show her the options, and pros and cons for both (if I can find any for home schooling) and let her decide.
But as a parent I feel better schooling her myself, I think it's important to let your child lead you into what is right for them, not what is right for everyone else's or whats the "norm."
I wish I wouldnt of attended public school, I thin kI would of done alot better in a smaller class size....been able to learn and do at my own pace and not have to strive to fit in. I'm going to try it with her, maybe she will do alot better in situations that I failed in and want to go to school with other children...we'll see.

We homeschool our youngest, 7yr old. He's doing way better now than at our local elementary. He's doing 4th grade work in all subjects. Sometimes he says the work is too easy.

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Hmm... interesting. We've homeschooled for the past 6 years, although our two sons are now in a co-op school. Our eldest is scoring above average in all subjects, and has skipped two grades in math. He also has no problem socializing at school. Maybe I should post an ad for home root canals now?

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It is avrage(sp) for a kid to skip a few grades in math. Or any subject for that matter. And i socalize really good in school . You have a better chance of going to college too. My cousins are in homeschool. Those kids are very very behind. And cant handle themselves with other kids therre age...very immature...and are very unsocialable.

Just my .2 pennies.

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Originally Posted by stangs13

It is avrage(sp) for a kid to skip a few grades in math. Or any subject for that matter. And i socalize really good in school . You have a better chance of going to college too. My cousins are in homeschool. Those kids are very very behind. And cant handle themselves with other kids therre age...very immature...and are very unsocialable.

Just my .2 pennies.

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How can it be "average" for a child to skip a few grades in school? The last I checked, Americans were far behind global standards on all subjects especially math. Also, I believe homeschoolers have a much better chance at entering college than public school students. Statistically, homeschoolers outperform public school students on all subjects.

With that said, I have seen homeschool students that were behind their public school counterparts academically and I have also seen a number of homeschool students that were socially inept. But I have also seen the same thing with public and private school students.

My point is that one shouldn't generalize and try to put an entire educational sector into a tiny stereotype. Homeschooling is a viable option for a variety of different circumstances and individuals, and it's gaining a pretty large foothold in this country. There is a lot to be said for one-on-one education especially with class sizes becoming larger and the educational system becoming more bureaucratic. In addition, there are a ton of resources and options available for homeschool familes from support groups to weekly reviews from county teachers and school districts.

Hmm... I think that was four cents worth. :2cent: :2cent:

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

I look at it this way, as stay at home parent I am home schooling my child right now, any parent is home schooling in a way, so why stop once they reach "school aged?" I'm going to school Raigen from home until she tells me she wants to go to attend school with other children. I'll show her the options, and pros and cons for both (if I can find any for home schooling) and let her decide.
But as a parent I feel better schooling her myself, I think it's important to let your child lead you into what is right for them, not what is right for everyone else's or whats the "norm."
I wish I wouldnt of attended public school, I thin kI would of done alot better in a smaller class size....been able to learn and do at my own pace and not have to strive to fit in. I'm going to try it with her, maybe she will do alot better in situations that I failed in and want to go to school with other children...we'll see.

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I think you are right on.

Plus that it helps kids to figure out what they truly have a passion for in life.. so they can focus on learning the things that will actually be useful to them instead of spending time on something that holds no interest for them. Much of the stuff they teach in public schools isn't even used by most adults.

If I wasn't homeschooled I probably wouldn't have had the time to find my passion for keeping snakes.. among other things.

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Originally Posted by stangs13

It is avrage(sp) for a kid to skip a few grades in math. Or any subject for that matter. And i socalize really good in school . You have a better chance of going to college too. My cousins are in homeschool. Those kids are very very behind. And cant handle themselves with other kids therre age...very immature...and are very unsocialable.

Just my .2 pennies.

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Did you skip english class by any chance?

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Originally Posted by stangs13

It is avrage(sp) for a kid to skip a few grades in math. Or any subject for that matter. And i socalize really good in school . You have a better chance of going to college too. My cousins are in homeschool. Those kids are very very behind. And cant handle themselves with other kids therre age...very immature...and are very unsocialable.

Just my .2 pennies.

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Also, it's not exactly smart to use your two slow cousins as an example of how ALL home schooled children are.
I think my cousins are pretty stupid too, and they all went to public school..graduated and live on there own!
And it is NOT average for a child to skip grades...especially math!
Homeschooling is hard for people to understand, if you havent read up on it...seen it in action or even thought for a moment that it is a possiblilty...then you wont respect the decision to do it.
Plus, its all up to the teacher (usually a parent...some times not)on how the child turns out, if the parent is doing it so they wont have to get up early....or do anything then of coarse the child will fall behind and become "slow" compared to other children there age.
Homeschooling is amazing because you can customize the material to the child, say you dont like math...well it would be my job as the parent to intergrate it into your learning with out the direct approach most schools take. Also a fact, you can take a 6 hour public school day and turn it into less then 1-2 hours if you want, family vacations can be turned into fieldtrips, you learn at your own pace...which every child is eager to do....but with homeschooling your not sitting in a sterile environment being force taught and judged by peers and teachers (grading)

You need to look up how many famous celebrities and people that influence us on a daily basis were home schooled.....its shocking!

In my state homeschooling became legal in the 80's due to a fathers passion to home school his 6 children...he actually went to jail for doing it before it was legal, because he didnt understand why he wasnt able to do it...when asked by police if they went to school he said "yes....our school" he helped make it legal and at that time you didnt have to actually start school until you were 7 years old....I think its nuts to send our 5 year olds to school....this is why I will homeschool Raigen...I mean every day I am with her...teaching her life lessons....she knows more sign language then I do!! So I like to think that so far I've done an amazing job with her. I hated public school, but I wont use my problems with it to keep her out...she'll have the option to "try it on for size" and if she says "yes I like it" then I'll let her go, I'm also not worried about her social development..I run a moms group, we go to local parks each week, take fieldtrips each month, go to the beach, go for hikes, take care of the small zoo we have in our home, go to the movies etc.
She is over social..I've never owrried once in the fast paced world we live in the she could become anti-social because she is homeschooled....do you become a hermet during spring break? Christmas Break? And summer vacation?

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Originally Posted by xdeus

How can it be "average" for a child to skip a few grades in school? The last I checked, Americans were far behind global standards on all subjects especially math. Also, I believe homeschoolers have a much better chance at entering college than public school students. Statistically, homeschoolers outperform public school students on all subjects.

With that said, I have seen homeschool students that were behind their public school counterparts academically and I have also seen a number of homeschool students that were socially inept. But I have also seen the same thing with public and private school students.

My point is that one shouldn't generalize and try to put an entire educational sector into a tiny stereotype. Homeschooling is a viable option for a variety of different circumstances and individuals, and it's gaining a pretty large foothold in this country. There is a lot to be said for one-on-one education especially with class sizes becoming larger and the educational system becoming more bureaucratic. In addition, there are a ton of resources and options available for homeschool familes from support groups to weekly reviews from county teachers and school districts.

Hmm... I think that was four cents worth. :2cent: :2cent:

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I have LOTS AND LOTS of friends who have skipped grade levels in math. I could if I wanted too. Im just saying...many kids jump grade levels.