One reason I plan to home-school....

[mrsajones]

When the time comes, here's one good reason I plan to home-school:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_tcyPV7Vg

[fjccommish]

"When we keep sending our children to Caesar for education, we need to stop being surprised when they come home as Romans."

I love that quote.

Part of the problem is that our government forces us all to pay for state education, even if we don't have kids or if we home school them or send them to private schools.

Not everyone can afford paying taxes for education, then paying for private education on top of that. The government makes it twice as economically hard to educate our children.

[blazer]

I home school my children and I love it!

[countmein]

Blazer, I think we were hatched from the same egg and separated at birth. The similarities in our lives is almost eerie.

[RWReaganfan]

"When we keep sending our children to Caesar for education, we need to stop being surprised when they come home as Romans."

I love that quote.



From the video, the crowd apparently did not like it very much. That was this speaker's "hook" and he did not deliver. The speaker comes across as just another angry black man delivering a rant against the "man". I was not impressed.

[RWReaganfan]

When the time comes, here's one good reason I plan to home-school:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_tcyPV7Vg

Mind if I ask you a few questions?

What about socialization?

What are the legal requirements in your state?

Where are you going to get your curriculum?

Most people who advocate homeschooling fall short in one, two or all three of these areas. Their kids are social outcasts, they violate the laws, or their curriculum is a joke or non-existant.

If you can homeschool and be successful, more power to you! However, do not deceive yourself into thinking you can do it alone. I hate to break it to you, but most of you are not as smart as you think you are, and most of you suck at being a teacher.

I am a teacher, and I know my limitations. Fortunately, I do not suck at teaching in my area. By the same token, I would never attempt to teach things about which I chose to know very little.

[Safiel]

Mind if I ask you a few questions?

What about socialization?

What are the legal requirements in your state?

Where are you going to get your curriculum?

Most people who advocate homeschooling fall short in one, two or all three of these areas. Their kids are social outcasts, they violate the laws, or their curriculum is a joke or non-existant.

If you can homeschool and be successful, more power to you! However, do not deceive yourself into thinking you can do it alone. I hate to break it to you, but most of you are not as smart as you think you are, and most of you suck at being a teacher.

I am a teacher, and I know my limitations. Fortunately, I do not suck at teaching in my area. By the same token, I would never attempt to teach things about which I chose to know very little.

1. The socialization myth has been thoroughly busted. Home schooled kids socialize as kids have socialized for hundreds of years, that being in the everyday activities of living. In fact, I would say that the excessive exposure to peers of their own age is harmful. Children socialize best in a natural mix of people. Also, there is an unwarranted assumption that home school kids are kept in isolation. My kids were friends with regularly schooled kids as are most home schooled kids.

2. It is important to know the legal requirements of your state, not because the state has any business interfering in how you educate your children, but simply to keep your *** out of trouble. I changed states for that very reason, moving from a more restrictive state to a less restrictive state.

3. Before you can answer question 3 as posed, first you must know your child's learning style and aptitudes. Each kid is unique and each may respond best to a different learning system. I used a method and curriculum that is very similar to that found in the commercial curricula known as the "Robinson Curriculum" and the "A2 Curriculum." This particular method has the method of being very flexible and allows you to accommodate both your child's strengths and weaknesses.

The Internet and modern communication methods mean that home schooling families are never alone. Cooperative schooling means that even if YOUR not proficient in a certain area, another parent likely is.

I raised and home schooled three children. Got through it just fine. All three have post graduate degrees and have professional occupations. And they all are quite well adjusted from a social point of view.

I do agree that you do have to be well prepared and have a plan. You should be preparing and researching while your kids are in diapers or even before they are born.

[blazer]

Blazer, I think we were hatched from the same egg and separated at birth. The similarities in our lives is almost eerie.

of course we are sisters! :hug:

[Polkfan]

Not everyone can afford paying taxes for education, then paying for private education on top of that. The government makes it twice as economically hard to educate our children.

It's not the job of the government to pay for your luxury items.

[RWReaganfan]

1. The socialization myth has been thoroughly busted. Home schooled kids socialize as kids have socialized for hundreds of years, that being in the everyday activities of living. In fact, I would say that the excessive exposure to peers of their own age is harmful. Children socialize best in a natural mix of people. Also, there is an unwarranted assumption that home school kids are kept in isolation. My kids were friends with regularly schooled kids as are most home schooled kids.

2. It is important to know the legal requirements of your state, not because the state has any business interfering in how you educate your children, but simply to keep your *** out of trouble. I changed states for that very reason, moving from a more restrictive state to a less restrictive state.

3. Before you can answer question 3 as posed, first you must know your child's learning style and aptitudes. Each kid is unique and each may respond best to a different learning system. I used a method and curriculum that is very similar to that found in the commercial curricula known as the "Robinson Curriculum" and the "A2 Curriculum." This particular method has the method of being very flexible and allows you to accommodate both your child's strengths and weaknesses.

The Internet and modern communication methods mean that home schooling families are never alone. Cooperative schooling means that even if YOUR not proficient in a certain area, another parent likely is.

I raised and home schooled three children. Got through it just fine. All three have post graduate degrees and have professional occupations. And they all are quite well adjusted from a social point of view.

I do agree that you do have to be well prepared and have a plan. You should be preparing and researching while your kids are in diapers or even before they are born.

I agree with most of your post with the exception of your comments on socialization and curriculum. Homeschooled children who return to the public school classroom are NOT socialized to that environment. I base my comments on having taught numerous students that were once homeschooled. They have numerous issues in getting along with the other students, their relationships with their teachers, and adjusting to a structured environment. They often fail to realize that the world does not revolve around them.

Other parents use the homeschooling laws to allow their children to dodge mandatory attendance laws, as they have no curriculum and do not actual instruction. Doing research for graduate school and as an assistant principal, I have seen ample evidence of this to know that the problem is widespread.

I congratulate you for your success in raising your children and homeschooling them. I did the same with my three turning out very well in public schools.

Thank you for your comments!

[PyramidBuilder]

Honestly, I thought the guy made a very good point. Though it's not necessarily the role of the federal government to teach religion through the schools, there is no Constitutional reason for these schools to exist in the first place. Religious people can't make God the basis for our lives when the school can't advocate one teaching over another. Secular is different from atheistic but both have the effect of moving children away from the beliefs of their parents and community (of course, this is precisely the "socializing" effect many love and isn't completely bad).

Still, going to High School made me socialize with people that I might not have met normally - mostly ne'er-do-wells and addicts :). Not exactly the typical home school crowd. I still count it school as a positive experience since I got to see the good in everybody, even people who did or believed things I disagreed with.