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That is a good point, but should we not rather fix the system. Pay teachers properly so that ALL students EVERYWHERE have access to good schools where bullying is not tolerated. That would mean providing extra resources to areas that have poor schools, so that all kids graduate with an equal chance of doing well if they want to do that.

I am not sure that the risk of being shot at school is lower than being accidentally shot when at home.

 

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I can see that having such a bad experience at school is a good reason to opt for home schooling. It is great that you love it and your mom sounds wonderful.

It is too bad that bulling is still allowed to happen in schools.

 

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I can see that having such a bad experience at school is a good reason to opt for home schooling. It is great that you love it and your mom sounds wonderful.

It is too bad that bulling is still allowed to happen in schools.

yes it is my cousin had even resorted to cutting her arms with a razor blade bullying was so bad at our school but she is graduated and good now

 

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My opinion is for home schooling if you are capable. My reasons (other than some directly mentioned by you) are that public schools do have certain rules that have gone too far. Ones that result in expulsion. It is not about learning right from wrong. It is about doing wrong, and saying it is right. But holding hands is sexual harassment. I had a school where the teachers swore at the students. I am so afraid of offending people, I can't give my actual reasons. I just know that even a private school would not reassure me. There are still some good schools. There are also bad ones.
Besides, kids are no longer safe, and are learning more about computer use than actual knowledge.

sheesh there are some bad schools in this country!



I don't get why so much public money is wasted, rather than investing in the education of the future population of the country. What is more important than making sure that all kids have access to decent, safe education, where they are not bullied or abused?

The public schools my kids went to are wonderful places. On back to school night I listened and wished I was doing some of the amazing things they get to do and learn about. (As a parent I was not alone)!

Like it or not more information is available to us on-line than we can ever hold in our head. Even when you go to the dr. they are on their computer looking up the latest and greatest. That is good and bad, but I think mostly good in the long run.

 

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Great to hear that she is good now.



I can see how kids who have a bad school experience would opt for home schooling, but I don't get the logic behind people who do not even give school a try.

 

[Eruedraith]

Took the fluff squad out for a bit of a rummage today

 

[hippiestink]

I am worlds worst about sending a text to someone and not looking to see if auto correct has changed something... that is exactly what I was talking to someone the other day about how technology has advanced but it seems like it has just made our younger generations not as smart and lazier. Me being one of those because I'm just turning 29. But my poor kids and the ways the schools teach now I pray for those kids.

X2. I'm a bit younger than you but I've noticed my peers not even trying to type in proper sentences.

My opinion is for home schooling if you are capable. My reasons (other than some directly mentioned by you) are that public schools do have certain rules that have gone too far. Ones that result in expulsion. It is not about learning right from wrong. It is about doing wrong, and saying it is right. But holding hands is sexual harassment. I had a school where the teachers swore at the students. I am so afraid of offending people, I can't give my actual reasons. I just know that even a private school would not reassure me. There are still some good schools. There are also bad ones.
Besides, kids are no longer safe, and are learning more about computer use than actual knowledge.

You're not alone. I always told people if I stayed in the US I would homeschool.

  Great to hear that she is good now. 



I can see how kids who have a bad school experience would opt for home schooling, but I don't get the logic behind people who do not even give school a try.

I'll come out and say it: with the way I hear Common Core and education is being conducted nowadays, I am legitimately afraid that kids are not getting quality education and are instead being indoctrinated. I worry that instead of teaching our kids to think schools are only teaching children to obey. My mom didn't come over an ocean for me and mine to be indoctrinated. She flew over so we could escape that.

 

[Eruedraith]

I would love to hear peoples opinion on home schooling. It is a very American thing, and where I come from if you don't send your kids to school you go to jail and your kids go into foster care. I get that it is a personal choice here, and know plenty of people who have home schooled, and the reasons varied from "I wanted to because it would be fun for me", to "I can give them a better education than public school", to "I don't want my kids exposed to evil ideas that others may have I cannot control". These latter were usually extremely religious people. Also "it is easier to keep them at home than having to get my kids to school and back every day". I get that there are bad schools, but the people I know who homeschool have excellent local schools and it is nothing to do with that. 2 people I work with have super smart well educated spouses (one went to Stanford, and another to MIT) so you may think they are suitable parents to teach their kids everything. But are they? What is taught in school has changed so much with technology and science over the last 20 years. I know there are on-line resources to help home schoolers, but why not just go to school and "top up" at home?
How can 1 (or 2) parents replace 3 whole schools worth of modern teaching experience and know even a fraction of what they collectively know?

Also at school you learn to interact in a normal way with other people, and learn about boundaries and deadlines, so when you go to university (or work) you have some life experience and don't go completely off the rails.

I was homeschooled through most of my academic life - Grade 3 through to Grade 12 (Senior Year) Mum and Dad wanted to give it a go, and so did we. We are a very self sufficient family, and so homeschooling is really just another notch in the belt of that for us. In AUS the state basically 'owns' you when you are on school property, and can teach you whatever the hell they want. A lot of schools are also very government funding driven (not necessarily a bad thing, but when it is held above students. Bye), so they don't care if your child is excelling or not, as long as they have the numbers they're pretty happy, and the teachers have it hard because they often are given a lot of what parents really should be teaching their kids on top of the normal studies. Our society seems to be fixed on taking away power from the parents, and making them feel as if they have no say, or are not qualified enough to teach simple things. If you are a capable parent that cares for your child's wellbeing you are more than qualified. It is your duty, and what you signed up for when you went ahead with having children. Also tests are very standardised, and in my personal opinion only created with the harvesting of those who are more adequate academically, and furthering those lucky students in mind, and leaving the others who really need more help for dust doesn't seem to be something they have a problem with. As far as having social skills goes, I can't speak for the entire homeschooling community. It is in my personal opinion a fat myth on the most part that your children will be socially incapable, and deficient because they were schooled at home and not out "in the real world". It's usually only a very small minority of families that you will find that are little bit more reserved and not likely to find it as easy to interact with people up the the standard of I don't really know what. Like some people are just quiet, and some people are just weird. Those are usually the ones capitalised on though, since people like to pick at blood like chickens. We used A.C.E which is actually a curriculum based in the U.S, and found it quite good, and though repetitive, very thorough. Homeschooling, The way we did it anyway especially when using this curriculum was very much self taught, and self paced. So if you don't learn to prioritise, and set goals you will have your own self to blame as is the case and simple truth in this world. It is a good skill to have however when seeking high education as it is usually self paced, and you do the majority of the work yourself. I'm not a whizz at Math and English, really wouldn't call myself great at stuff. But I enjoyed History, and Biology, as well as Computer Science. I graduated at 17 and I am 19 in November, I had no difficulty in finding a job. I opted for getting a trade instead of getting into student debt at Uni (Though I do have the option of HECS which is a government help initiative to help students get degrees readily and pay them off eventually, and I am aware that the U.S has a crap uni system and so a lot harder to get hold of a college edu so kudos to those who can do so easily). I did Business Maths in my senior year at which I did excel at (Math makes sense to me in currency terms hehe), and because of that decided that I would be better of getting a trade, and working hard at that so that if I still want to can pursue a career in Clinical Pysch which is what I had interest in (You will also note that, that form of job requires intense, and taxing amounts of 'socialising') I can then do so, If I see fit. That depends on what my current financial and family commitment status may be at the time though. For the time being however, I am Support Engineer for a massive Telecommunications company that manages a lot of contracts with different Government sectors, and other large companies. In my job, I drawn upon ESPECIALLY, the social skills I garnered at home, and out with my interactions with other people because you don't actually live under a rock when you homeschool, (The only difference is that we do our studies at home) Also, I have great Cursive, and Print handwriting, a skill that is slowly getting phased out of schools no a days as we move into a more technological world (Which I'm not against, I work with a lot of expensive tech.) But basic skills like handwriting I feel is pretty neato to have, You should look at how some young people hold pencils now a days. Shocking. I have my mother to thank for good handwriting, and for a few thousand lines on the side due to being a rascal. I deal with copious amounts of people in person and over the phone on a professional level daily, it's tiring, and some of the people that you deal with obviously mightn't be having a good day, so you have to deal with that too. Worth it though, I'm getting paid. Overall, Homeschooling is great, I had a great experience with it and thank my parents for choosing to let us have the opportunity to do so, and if my future wife and I decide so, I will definitely homeschool my own children. I should note that my parents didn't go to a fancy school, and were not trained teachers or anything. But the things that I would say qualifies them more than anything is that they love their four children, and are led by their conviction to do what is best for them always.

 

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I was homeschooled through most of my academic life Grade 3 through to Grade 12 (Senior Year)

Mum and Dad wanted to give it a go, and so did we. We are a very self sufficient family, and so homeschooling is really just another notch in the belt of that for us.

In AUS the state basically 'owns' you when you are on school property, and can teach you whatever the hell they want.
A lot of schools are also very funding driven, so they don't care if your child is excelling or not, as long as they have the numbers they're pretty happy, and the teachers have it hard because they often are given a lot of what parents really should be teaching their kids on top of the normal studies.

Also tests are very standardised, and in my personal opinion only created with the harvesting of those who are more adequate academically, and furthering those lucky students leaving the others who really need more help for dust.

As far as having social skills goes, I can't speak for the entire homeschooling community. But it is in my personal opinion a fat myth on the most part that your children will be socially incapable, and deficient because they were schooled at home and not out "in the real world".

It's usually only a very small minority of families that you will find that are little bit more reserved and not likely to find it as easy to interact with people up the the standard of I don't really know what.

We used A.C.E which is actually a curriculum based in the U.S, and found it quite good, and though repetitive, very thorough.

Homeschooling, The way we did it anyway especially when using this curriculum was very much self taught, and self paced. So if you don't learn to prioritise, and set goals you will have your own self to blame as is the case and simple truth in this world.

It is a good skill to have however when seeking high education as it is usually self paced, and you do the majority of the work yourself.

I'm not a whizz at Math and English, really wouldn't call myself great at stuff. But I enjoyed history, and biology, as well as computer science.

I graduated at 17 and I am 19 in November, I had no difficulty in finding a job. I opted for getting a trade instead of getting into student debt. I did business maths which I did excel at, and because of that decided that I would be better of getting a trade, and working hard at that so that if I still want to can pursue a career in Pysch which is what I had interest in.

For the time being however, I am Support Engineer for a massive Telecommunications company that has a lot of contracts with Government sectors, and in my job, I drawn upon ESPECIALLY, the social skills I garnered at home, and out with my interactions with other people while still in school to deal with customers, and give support.

Overall, Homeschooling is great, I had a great experience with it and thank my parents for choosing to let us have the opportunity to do so, and if my future wife and I decide so, I will definitely homeschool my own children.

I should note that my parents didn't go to a fancy school, and were not trained teachers or anything. But the things that I would say qualifies them more than anything is that they love their four children, and are led by their conviction to do what is best for them always.

All this and more!