Homeschooling

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

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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Now there not slow..they can be ver smart..lol. And I didnt give them as a general example of ALL the homeschooled kids either.

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

Did you skip english class by any chance?

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Nope!:carrot:

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

Did you skip english class by any chance?

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I dont skip school.

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Originally Posted by stangs13

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.

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Perhaps, but I'm still not sure how you can use that criteria for public school accomplishments when American math scores are so pitiful. I believe my homeschool student is "average" when it comes to world standards in math, which places him above most public school students. The only thing I have to base that on is my public school experience, observing the other public schools in my area, discussions with public school teachers, and the amount of work I put into teaching my son including pouring through different curriculums and testing.

So besides your slow cousins, tell me what other criteria you've used to determine homeschooling as a nonviable option?

Is math really necessary? I count on my fingers anyway... :)

All the kids I knew of who were homeschooled were all a little strange. I know I'd be a little off if I had to hang out with my mom all day every day for the first 17 years of my life too...

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Is math really necessary? I count on my fingers anyway... :)

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Do you wear open-toed sandals in case you have to do higher math? :nerd:

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Do you wear open-toed sandals in case you have to do higher math? :nerd:

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I don't find that I ever need to count above 10! :D

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

All the kids I knew of who were homeschooled were all a little strange. I know I'd be a little off if I had to hang out with my mom all day every day for the first 17 years of my life too...

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Amen brother!

I for one am a single parent so homeschooling is not an option and even if I was a stay at home mom I, 1. do not have the patience for it 2. My son is very active in sports (football and basketball). And I know here homeschoolers can attend public school for sports but it's not the same.
I also feel the fun of high school like homecoming, prom etc is lost when homeschooled.

But that is like discipline, each parent and family have to decide what works best for them. There are pros and cons to both public and homeschool I don't think you can say one is better than the other. It's all in what works for you.

As far a s test scores and who does better in college etc that is a hard one to pin down also. I know public, home and private schoolers who do way above average, average and poor. Not so much where your schooled but what's in side of you and your motivation. You can succeed for anywhere.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

I don't find that I ever need to count above 10! :D

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Ah, but what about those times when you need to know 100?