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I know alot who do it for religious reasons as to not let thier children become apart of the "world" but some parents are to lazy to get up in the am or can't handle the kid so they use it as an excuse, they put the child on the computer and say here do this ot just simply do the work for the child and turn it in.
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My late wife and I home schooled our children. My son completed a four year high school program in less than 10 months. He graduated high school with high honors at the age of 15. My daughter, most of you know her as Mistral, graduated at 16. Both of my kids turned out pretty darn good. They were never socially stunted.
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My late wife and I home schooled our children. My son completed a four year high school program in less than 10 months. He graduated high school with high honors at the age of 15. My daughter, most of you know her as Mistral, graduated at 16. Both of my kids turned out pretty darn good. They were never socially stunted.
What most Americans don't realize is that the Department of Education is a joke. Public school curriculum is not directed by the U.S. Dept. of Education, it is in fact directed by the U.S. Department of Labor. Public school is a factory designed to produce mindlessly obedient workers.
True, there are the rare exceptions, students that drive themselves to excellence simply to get the "grades" that get them into college. Unfortunately public education turns out mediocre students that become fry cooks at the local fast food joint or assembly line workers at some menial task industrial job.
Not all public school teachers are bad teachers, they are simply a product of their own environment. I'm not blaming the teachers. I blame the system. I blame the machine, the ideology of public education it's self. Johnny can't read, not because the teacher isn't paid enough, throwing more money at the problem isn't the answer. Johnny can't read because Johnny isn't being challenged enough or Johnny has too many video games and other such distractions.
I on the other hand, am a product of public education, because my parents couldn't afford to send me to private school. They couldn't home school me because they were both working to keep a roof over our heads, food on the table and clothes on my back. I have worked in a factory job, several to be exact. I have served in the military and only after that service was I able to attend some college for a short time.
Admittedly, not all parents are suited to home school their children, but statistically, home schooling is preferable to public schooling for a variety of reasons. And there are some universities that prefer to have home schooled applicants over publicly educated applicants.
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I think both have an advantage over each other. Public schools are good for social experience, communication with people, sharing knowledge and etc. On the flip side, public school gives bad education, their "killing" creativity of kids. Children like in prison with kind of laws that restrict them from being free and creative.
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I think both have an advantage over each other. Public schools are good for social experience, communication with people, sharing knowledge and etc. On the flip side, public school gives bad education, their "killing" creativity of kids. Children like in prison with kind of laws that restrict them from being free and creative.
Home school gives kids more freedom and they can feel free and learn whatever they're interested in, but they have little communicatiens with their peers.
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It is totally dependent on the parents. I've seen it go both ways.
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It is totally dependent on the parents. I've seen it go both ways.
Today, there are great opportunities for home-schooled kids to get out on field trips and such with other home-schooled kids. If a parent takes great advantage of those opportunities, such kids can easily have a better social life than public school kids.
I've also known far too many public school teachers, in my day, that I truly don't want my kids to be anywhere near. Home schooling eliminates that issue.
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I think a lot of parents choose home-schooling in an effort to keep their children sheltered and to mold them without outside influences.
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I think a lot of parents choose home-schooling in an effort to keep their children sheltered and to mold them without outside influences.
I personally don't think it's very beneficial. I believe that children grow through experience. What you teach them at home should be utilized in their academic and social development - in real life situations. I"m big on raising my children with choices. One of my goals as a parent is to raise my children so I can confidently know that they'll make healthy and safe choices for their lives when I'm not there to advise them. I don't believe that my children are an extension of myself and I respect their being with acceptance and nurturing. That's just my piece being a mama of 3.
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I think home-schooled children tend to be less clone-like. They also tend to interact and socialize better with adults.
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I think home-schooled children tend to be less clone-like. They also tend to interact and socialize better with adults.
They also tend to be more "their parent's children" than just children of the society or the system.
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I know people who have done both. I personally received a private school education. And I refuse adamantly to pay tuition for my girls. In fact we sought out the best home possible in a school district that we would approve of for them.
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I know people who have done both. I personally received a private school education. And I refuse adamantly to pay tuition for my girls. In fact we sought out the best home possible in a school district that we would approve of for them.
What I missed out on was cultural diversity- an understanding that different eyes, skin tones, religions and values are common and beautiful in this world. I want that for my kids. I need that for them.
I think if I was capable of living in a diverse area where home or private education would not keep them from an intercultural life that my perspective might different. But suffice it to say, I do not.
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I was homeschooled up until 8th grade. It was definitely a positive thing for me. Sure, I was a little shy when I entered public school but I'm not permanently damaged. It's not like my mom shunned all extra activities either. I had friends and was in sports. Although I'm not sure of the exact reason my mom chose to homeschool us, she did a pretty good job and I was never behind in the public education system.
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I was homeschooled up until 8th grade. It was definitely a positive thing for me. Sure, I was a little shy when I entered public school but I'm not permanently damaged. It's not like my mom shunned all extra activities either. I had friends and was in sports. Although I'm not sure of the exact reason my mom chose to homeschool us, she did a pretty good job and I was never behind in the public education system.
I probably won't homeschool my own kids due to my lack of knowledge on the necessities and it's so much work but I don't see it as a social impairment as some others do.
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It might, but when I see what goes on in some public school systems...oy vey. They have lazy teachers, tenured, for whom the job of educating a generation is just a paycheck. Some I've seen remind me of my college professors, who felt the need to inject their political ideolegy into everything. Honestly, can't blame parents who home school. Just don't let my in-laws find out I said this. Both are tenured public school teachers.
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It's funny to me that that those who oppose public education as being an exercise in institutional brainwashing are very often the same ones who oppose home-schooling on the basis of some loose idea that the kids will be socially "challenged". I'd home-school my kids, but the truth is I need a break from them for 8 hours a day!
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If you want to keep your kids from learning certain things (or a multitude of things) then homeschool might be for you!
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I taught for five years and got out - I hate AMERICA'S public school system, at least my experience with it. I definitely don't think we should all home school - we just need to start from scratch - and shut the doors of the US Dept. of Education.
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I taught for five years and got out - I hate AMERICA'S public school system, at least my experience with it. I definitely don't think we should all home school - we just need to start from scratch - and shut the doors of the US Dept. of Education.
A 17 year old boy came into my house the other day, looked me in the eye, shook my hand and introduced himself to me. I was floored. He was home-schooled.
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both Packetslip and smithy have pretty much said it all.
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both Packetslip and smithy have pretty much said it all.
There should be more to schooling than "social life"...education being, IMHO, the major thing. the problem I see with public schools is that children are confined to a narrow little box of opportunity. that means, if the kid operates or deviates from those boundaries...there's a problem.
I have a friend who pulled her daughter out of public school in the 7th grade. here's why: the girl was cognitively more advanced than her peers. the school refused to "promote" her to a higher grade level..or let her do higher grade level work, because, well, that was the "rules".
nor did the system have TAG classes for the gifted kids. there was certainly little to no challenge , academically, for her.
Does her social life suffer? not one bit. as a matter of fact, it's even better..because she can interact with other students who truly are her peers. and she doesn't sit 8 hours a day, confined to listening to people who, frankly, know less than she does.
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Home school can and does affect the social lives of kids, but a smart parent would make sure to take the kids to group learning experiences outside the home.
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I think Packetslip gives you a terrific overview of home schooling but, just to answer your question about a social life, home schooled children aren't isolated without the ability to socialize. The vast majority of home schooled children have groups that socialize by studying something in common, taking a field trip, having sports or play time. What they experience, that's significantly different than kids educated in public school, is teaching that's tailored more for their learning style and to their pace - and - far less peer pressure/bullying.
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My biggest reason to be a proponent of home education [I use that phrase so prevent the mind from picking up the negative stereotypes;) ] is that children are not products to be manufactured through a system like they are all the same. People—children—are each unique and the same lesson plan and daily routine does not work for each of them.
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