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re: Talk to me about homeschooling
Posted on 10/2/14 at 10:50 am to conservativewifeymom
Posted on 10/2/14 at 10:50 am to conservativewifeymom
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Try being original! It takes effort and brain cells, but it's worth a try
sorry I'm just showing you how your logic can be used against you.
I'm mean your namesake pretty much generalizes who does homeschooling
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Posted on 10/2/14 at 10:53 am to gaetti15
SO WRONG! a brief, easy google search will show you that homeschoolers are black, white, muslim, Christian and jewish, very conservative, very liberal, and everything in between. Where I live, it's obvious at every park day and social event we have! And there are conservative jews, muslims, Christians, etc. Yup, believe it or not!
Posted on 10/2/14 at 10:57 am to conservativewifeymom
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Where I live, it's obvious at every park day and social event we have!
omg the anecdotal evidence is astounding...you should publish a peer reviewed document on it
Posted on 10/2/14 at 10:58 am to gaetti15
Let him go see what's out there. Just tell him to keep an eye out for crazy teachers and threesomes.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 10:59 am to Make It Rayne
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Just tell him to keep an eye out for crazy teachers and threesomes.
that would be some crazy kinky taboo shite with homeschooling
Posted on 10/2/14 at 11:06 am to supadave3
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My original post was to him saying it was "bullshite" when another poster suggested to be sure that the child got some type of social interaction or there would be consequences.
So much fail in this logic.
"some type of social interaction"? Seriously? is that really a huge benefit of institutional schools?
Ever heard of neighborhood kids, kids from sports teams, clubs, extended family members etc etc etc? The big ole giant school building is just one place to meet and interact with people (and not a very good one at that). Any imagined benefit of going there for most of your waking hours is massively outweighed by the stifling downside (which is a topic for another thread).
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just make sure that you get your kid out in public as much as possible or he/she will not develop the social skills needed to communicate in society.
Why in the world would you assume that a home-schooled kid doesn't "get out in public"? Thats just an insane assumption with no basis in logic or fact. You think any parent with any brain at all needs to be told to "get them out in public"? That is just nuts and insulting. "Communicate in society"? Meaningless. This is learned from parents and other adults, not other kids.
ergo "a steaming pile of horse shite"
Posted on 10/2/14 at 11:19 am to LucasP
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I know exactly what you're thinking and I would just say don't even try it. With the current draconian child labor laws, you won't be open a week before they shut you down.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 11:34 am to drunkenpunkin
We homeschool all three of our kids all the way through 1-12. Started because the oldest was ADD w/ Tourette's. He out grew the ADD and the Tourette's never got worse than blinking(no cussing).
My son's have masters degrees & daughter finished college in 3 years. All well employed
HS is a long term commitment. You will change curriculum several times as you figure out what works best for y'all
Just don't do it for racist reasons
My son's have masters degrees & daughter finished college in 3 years. All well employed
HS is a long term commitment. You will change curriculum several times as you figure out what works best for y'all
Just don't do it for racist reasons
Posted on 10/2/14 at 11:38 am to jack6294
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Just don't do it for racist reasons
I like it...I bet there are some individuals that do this
Posted on 10/2/14 at 11:52 am to jack6294
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Just don't do it for racist reasons
What???
Posted on 10/2/14 at 11:55 am to drunkenpunkin
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Just don't do it for racist reasons What???
Like somebody who may live in what they call a "bad" school district
Posted on 10/2/14 at 12:24 pm to gaetti15
We are homeschooling our 2 youngest children. We choose to home school them, they are perfectly normal kids, no ADHD or social issues or anything like that. They have older siblings that are currently in private catholic schools. The quality of the education they are receiving at home meets or exceeds the upper-end catholic schools that their older siblings are attending.
We have used the Seton curriculum and the Kolbe Academy curriculum. We prefer Kolbe and have selected that one moving forward. It is more challenging and very close to the same curriculum taught in the Catholic schools.
The argument that the lack of socialization hurts them later in life is for the most part BS. There are many ways to provide the socialization: local sports, local home school groups, frequent field trips with other home school children, dance, music, etc.
I am sure there are exceptions, and I have met a few that were home schooled and are struggling with some aspects of work, friendship, and life. But that is the exception, not the rule. But at the same time, I also know many that went to public or private school that are facing the same struggles.
We have used the Seton curriculum and the Kolbe Academy curriculum. We prefer Kolbe and have selected that one moving forward. It is more challenging and very close to the same curriculum taught in the Catholic schools.
The argument that the lack of socialization hurts them later in life is for the most part BS. There are many ways to provide the socialization: local sports, local home school groups, frequent field trips with other home school children, dance, music, etc.
I am sure there are exceptions, and I have met a few that were home schooled and are struggling with some aspects of work, friendship, and life. But that is the exception, not the rule. But at the same time, I also know many that went to public or private school that are facing the same struggles.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 2:10 pm to scotty4lsu
Scotty's experience is very close to ours.
My wife taught our first two sons through 8th grade, mostly to eliminate the educational stresses associated with military transfers (we know some kids who learned to write in cursive in 1st grade, were transferred, and the new school prohibited them from writing in cursive in 2nd grade--that's messed up). We found that our boys really thrived in it, and when they started at the local Catholic HS when we settled down, they were at the top of the class (3rd & 1st in class, respectively) and some of the best liked kids in school. Our two younger sons started traditional school a little earlier when my wife took a job after my retirement, but they still had advantages over their peers and they get along great with everyone.
When the Catholic Church states that "Parents are the primary educators of their children", it isn't spouting doctrine as much as stating what should be an obvious truth. Kids who come from families that emphasize education the right way will develop great learning habits. Kids who come from families who properly understand sports will be leaders on their teams. Kids who come from families with emotional problems will have more emotional problems. Kids who come from families that have behavior problems will have more behavior problems. While those generalizations may not hold for specific kids, they happen more often than not, and they happen whether a kid is in traditional school or homeschool.
Here's hoping that you will have success in your adventure.
My wife taught our first two sons through 8th grade, mostly to eliminate the educational stresses associated with military transfers (we know some kids who learned to write in cursive in 1st grade, were transferred, and the new school prohibited them from writing in cursive in 2nd grade--that's messed up). We found that our boys really thrived in it, and when they started at the local Catholic HS when we settled down, they were at the top of the class (3rd & 1st in class, respectively) and some of the best liked kids in school. Our two younger sons started traditional school a little earlier when my wife took a job after my retirement, but they still had advantages over their peers and they get along great with everyone.
When the Catholic Church states that "Parents are the primary educators of their children", it isn't spouting doctrine as much as stating what should be an obvious truth. Kids who come from families that emphasize education the right way will develop great learning habits. Kids who come from families who properly understand sports will be leaders on their teams. Kids who come from families with emotional problems will have more emotional problems. Kids who come from families that have behavior problems will have more behavior problems. While those generalizations may not hold for specific kids, they happen more often than not, and they happen whether a kid is in traditional school or homeschool.
Here's hoping that you will have success in your adventure.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 2:14 pm to drunkenpunkin
We started homeschooling 25 years ago. I after heard people say they were homeschooling because "some black boy keeps showing my daughter too much attention"
I hope it doesn't happen now
Turns my stomach
I hope it doesn't happen now
Turns my stomach
Posted on 10/2/14 at 2:22 pm to jack6294
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Just don't do it for racist reasons
There's a family that lived down the road from me that sent their twin kids to a certain private school 2 parishes away from where we lived for that reason. They never admitted to it but everyone knew what type of family they were.....
Boy I wanted to see their faces of the culture shock when they went to college.....and lived on campus
Posted on 10/2/14 at 2:32 pm to jack6294
Good Lord. No. My older 2 go to school regularly. This is just for my youngest. And when he was in school last year, he had a "girlfriend" who was black.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 2:41 pm to drunkenpunkin
FWIW, I was home schooled grades 2 through 12. Except for the first couple of years, my curriculum was ABEKA--the faith-based publishing company out of Pensacola. In grades 9-12 I was enrolled in their video school. They mailed us the text books along with videos from classes for each subject. The subject-matter instructors were professors from their affiliated college, Pensacola Christian Academy.
For me, the actual process was simply a matter of sitting in my room and playing an hour-long VHS tape for each class each day. The education was apparently pretty damn good. I scored an overall 29 on the ACT (even scoring a 28 when I took it in the 11th grade). I went on to SLU and graduated with both a BA and a MA before attending / graduating law school at LSU and passing both LA and MS state bar exams on the first try.
I did everything education-related as a lone wolf--no home schooling groups or interaction with other kids. That part probably hurt me. As an adult I'm a social recluse who would prefer to be alone. But, despite all that, I managed to have multiple girlfriends before meeting / marrying my wife to whom I've been married 12+ years and with whom I have 3 kids.
I don't think home schooling is for everyone--it just happened to work remarkably well for me. My wife is a college professor, and she certainly has the credentials to home school our children if we wanted. But, based on our desire to have them be socially adept, we have them enrolled in public school. We are an an excellent school district, so that decision was a little easier. If we lived somewhere with poor quality schools, the decision would have been more difficult.
For me, the actual process was simply a matter of sitting in my room and playing an hour-long VHS tape for each class each day. The education was apparently pretty damn good. I scored an overall 29 on the ACT (even scoring a 28 when I took it in the 11th grade). I went on to SLU and graduated with both a BA and a MA before attending / graduating law school at LSU and passing both LA and MS state bar exams on the first try.
I did everything education-related as a lone wolf--no home schooling groups or interaction with other kids. That part probably hurt me. As an adult I'm a social recluse who would prefer to be alone. But, despite all that, I managed to have multiple girlfriends before meeting / marrying my wife to whom I've been married 12+ years and with whom I have 3 kids.
I don't think home schooling is for everyone--it just happened to work remarkably well for me. My wife is a college professor, and she certainly has the credentials to home school our children if we wanted. But, based on our desire to have them be socially adept, we have them enrolled in public school. We are an an excellent school district, so that decision was a little easier. If we lived somewhere with poor quality schools, the decision would have been more difficult.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 2:42 pm to drunkenpunkin
I've been homeschooling my son for four years. We have a somewhat eclectic curriculum because he has learning problems, and was all over the place with regard to grade level when we pulled him out of school. It works well for us, and he is pretty much on grade level with everything now. I pick and choose material for each subject.
There are very structured curricula that provide books,workbooks, etc. for all subjects. Google homeschool curricula and browse. If I homeschool my youngest, I will use one of them.
I have a lot of friends who do K12 and Connections. Some kids love it, some find it too restrictive. It is good if you are looking for structure, and want teachers involved in the process. It is as close as you can come to being in school without being in school, from a homeschool perspective.
I know this is not your particular issue, but dont pay any mind to those talking about social issues, etc. You can be as involved or isolated as you want. There are myriad organizations (crunchy and not, religious and not) which provide field trips, sports, dances, parties, co-ops, etc. When we first began, I had trouble finding time to DO work because there were so many activities available and I felt obligated to have him with other kids. I realized that at school he had one 15 minute recess and a 25 minute silent lunch, and no real variation as to his peers. Anything we do socially is more than that. He was not super social at school because he hated school so much. Between church, Boy Scouts and homeschool outings, he is out and about plenty.
Things have changed hugely with regard to homeschooling, especially with all the crap going on in all schools these days, both with regard to curriculum and general environment. There are many options for "regular" people -- which we are -- would NEVER have thought I would be homeschooling, but LOVE it.
There are very structured curricula that provide books,workbooks, etc. for all subjects. Google homeschool curricula and browse. If I homeschool my youngest, I will use one of them.
I have a lot of friends who do K12 and Connections. Some kids love it, some find it too restrictive. It is good if you are looking for structure, and want teachers involved in the process. It is as close as you can come to being in school without being in school, from a homeschool perspective.
I know this is not your particular issue, but dont pay any mind to those talking about social issues, etc. You can be as involved or isolated as you want. There are myriad organizations (crunchy and not, religious and not) which provide field trips, sports, dances, parties, co-ops, etc. When we first began, I had trouble finding time to DO work because there were so many activities available and I felt obligated to have him with other kids. I realized that at school he had one 15 minute recess and a 25 minute silent lunch, and no real variation as to his peers. Anything we do socially is more than that. He was not super social at school because he hated school so much. Between church, Boy Scouts and homeschool outings, he is out and about plenty.
Things have changed hugely with regard to homeschooling, especially with all the crap going on in all schools these days, both with regard to curriculum and general environment. There are many options for "regular" people -- which we are -- would NEVER have thought I would be homeschooling, but LOVE it.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 2:47 pm to Modern
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Boy I wanted to see their faces of the culture shock when they went to college.....and lived on campus
They could just join a frat. Then they won't have to associate with any minorities.
Posted on 10/2/14 at 2:57 pm to chryso
No frat prob woulda took them. Those 2 were weirder than Runnel grads.
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