homeschooling

[Mike41793]

lmao what was the point of bringing Tebow into this convo?

[olstyn]

I'm not going to say this gently...Most public school teachers have long since given up on actually trying to teach...and the one's that still give a crap are hamstrung by more stupid school district policies than Carter has Little Liver Pills.

As someone who both went through the public school system and has several relatives who teach in it, I take offense to that idea. While there are certainly teachers who are nigh on worthless, there are tons of great ones as well.

Also, good job attacking people who aren't in the conversation to defend themselves rather than answering the question I posed.

[sleepygeckos]

I gotta vote no on homeschooling, if only for the reasons mentioned above - even a completely, should be fired, burnt out teacher is still going to know their material better than the average person. If the idea is to bring up smarter kids who go further than their adults, how do you do that if your capacity is only so high? You can only bring your kids up to your own level, not beyond. (Unless they are really into independent learning, but that happens just fine at Public schools as well.)

I also say Public schools because the state I grew up in had a program that you could attend local colleges during your junior and senior years. The state paid for the classes, materials, and books. This was to encourage the schools to try to keep students there, but for me it was free college! I suppose I should add this disclaimer: I am related to 2 Public and 1 Private school teacher and have taught at the University level a couple of semesters myself. Teaching is a great joy but a HUGE responsibility - IMHO.

[RetiredJedi]

lmao what was the point of bringing Tebow into this convo?

Just as an example of someone famous who is doing quite well after being homeschooled that's all. No big deal, just keeping the conversation going.

[Mike41793]

Just as an example of someone famous who is doing quite well after being homeschooled that's all. No big deal, just keeping the conversation going.

I apologize if that first comment sounded rude, i didnt mean for it to. Im a huge football fan so my thought process was thinking thats like saying, "homechool your kids if you want them to grow up and and be an NFL QB who only completes 46%".

lmfao. now tom brady on the other hand...

[RetiredJedi]

I apologize if that first comment sounded rude, i didnt mean for it to. Im a huge football fan so my thought process was thinking thats like saying, "homechool your kids if you want them to grow up and and be an NFL QB who only completes 46%".

lmfao. now tom brady on the other hand...

No harm, no foul Mike. I'm not a Tebow fan per se' when it comes to football but since the OP was asking what people thought of homeschooling and we homeschooled my daughter when she was young, I just wanted to add someone people see in the news all the time as an example.

[Raptor]

Heh. I don't even know who Tebow is.

[Anatopism]

I gotta vote no on homeschooling, if only for the reasons mentioned above - even a completely, should be fired, burnt out teacher is still going to know their material better than the average person. If the idea is to bring up smarter kids who go further than their adults, how do you do that if your capacity is only so high? You can only bring your kids up to your own level, not beyond. (Unless they are really into independent learning, but that happens just fine at Public schools as well.)

I also say Public schools because the state I grew up in had a program that you could attend local colleges during your junior and senior years. The state paid for the classes, materials, and books. This was to encourage the schools to try to keep students there, but for me it was free college! I suppose I should add this disclaimer: I am related to 2 Public and 1 Private school teacher and have taught at the University level a couple of semesters myself. Teaching is a great joy but a HUGE responsibility - IMHO.

While I see your point, I also know that if given the correct resources to teach, or to learn, you can have your child surpass you. There are things I taught my teachers in school, in a variety of subjects... was this because I was smarter than them? I have no idea. This isn't a measurement of intelligence, but I did know how to research the things I was interested in. There were things I got right away, that I wish we didn't have to spend as much time on, and there were things I was very interested in that I wish we could have gone into more detail about. Can't do that in a structured public school system.

If I ever have children, I can't promise to know everything about every subject, but I can promise to try my best to encourage a sense of curiosity and motivate my child to search for more information.

I absolutely suck at math. I get anxious and panicky when I have to do math... does that mean my child would be bad at math if I were to homeschool them? No, it means I need to do everything I can to make sure they succeed - by improving myself, or by finding a tutor, or another program to supplement home schooling. This also means not showing how anxious math makes me, but projecting a 'lets figure this out together!' type attitude.

Sure, not everybody can be expected to do everything necessary... not everybody knows how to research, or sort through the facts/fiction when researching... but not every history/psychology/english/whatever teacher knows or cares about every detail in their field. Homeschooling, if done in the right hands/minds, can be a much better option than public school.

Having said all that, I'm not sure I would do it, not because of any negatives or pitfalls, but because I don't know if I would be up to the challenge necessary. I can barely keep up with preparing the fresh foods my birds need on a daily basis... let alone the thought of raising kids and staying home with them all day

[Mike41793]

Heh. I don't even know who Tebow is.

lol good one...

[Raptor]

lol good one...

Well, I don't . From what I've gleaned, he's some football person. I don't pay attention to sports, so, yeah.