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Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:08 am  |
I don't know anyone who is homeshcooling their children (well one neighbor that I don't know vry well-daughter is always going to auditions so needs her days free for that)
I watch a show called Wife Swap and they seem to have a lot of kids on there that are HSed and I am very disturbed by what I see. These kids are taught by lazy, uneducated moms that spend maybe 2 hours with the kids all day. Most of them were really behind and obviously not getting the education they deserve. I just can't believe some of these parents are willing to deprive their kids of a good education so they won't have negative influences of public schools.
Now I am not saying homeschooling is a bad thing. If done in a really structured environment and by someone who is educated themselves or really follows a good curriculum, fine and I know they are out there. I just think it should be regulated by the state with standardized testing to assess the kids and make sure they follow what the public and private schools get.
There have got to be some out there that are not getting an education at all like I saw on this show. For reasons such as they are so co-dependant that they can't be away from their kids for even a second.
I just really think that some have abused this privilege and it is done for the wrong reasons and in the wrong way.
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Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:35 am |
I agree with you but, being someone who attended public school fairly recently(would have graduated in 99) I cant say that its much better. I think people would be very surprised how many teenagers can barely even read muchless put a sentence together. Unless you were the class screw up or in honors classes, your education pretty much fell through the cracks. I actually dropped out my senior year and got my GED so I could stop wasting my time in a crappy TX HS. Almost everything I know was self taught after leaving. The only bright spot I had in HS(between being sexually harassed by the football team and teachers not giving a crap)was the art program. We had a new art hall built my Junior year, which someone promptly burned down. I say if the parent has the skills and discipline to Homeschool go for it, if not enroll your kids in private school. I tried Homeschooling right before I got my GED but, had no one to regulate and oversee my work. Come one what 16 yr old kid(or any age for that matter) is going to do homework without supervision? Luckily I had enough sense to get some sort of diploma. I think few families have the blessing of living in a district that have public schools that are worth a dang.
As far as everything you said I think you are spot on. |
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Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:06 pm |
I completely agree. It can be great if well-done. My cousin has always home-schooled her kids, and they test above their grade level. On the other hand, my mother claimed to home school my sisters. They ended up with virtually no education and no idea how to study or take tests. It's been very hard for them in college.
One thing that a lot of people don't consider, though, is the social implications. A lot of home schooled kids that I've known are way behind their age group in maturity and social skills. I know that they recommend that these kids interact with other children in extra curricular activities, play groups, clubs, and churches, etc. I don't think it makes up for the skills they would learn if they were required to interact with others on a daily basis for an extended period of time. IMHO, I don't think that home schooling is a good idea just because of this. I think learning how to interact with others is one of the most important things you learn in school. |
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Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:09 pm |
My brother was homeschooling last year (grade 7) because of his active participation in tennis and having to travel to go to tournments. My parents decided to do that because it was impossible for him to be in school and then go practice tennis for three hours every day. This way he had time to study and practice tennis. However, it was really hard for him because he did not have contact with other kids. So this year we put him in school for talented kids, which is only half day of school and then he can practice tennis in the afternoon and still have time to do eveything else, even for a girlfriend  . |
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Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:23 am |
| home school is alright.. the worse part about it i think is what tosca mentioned about lack of social skills from lack of social enviornment thing. it sets you back a couple years in terms of experience and development of maturity.. plus kids may develop shy/passiveness. i took a couple years of home school and that is what happened to me. i can still see how it affects my life to this day; kinda passive (not exactly shy) and need a little more time to warm up. i didnt take any extra curriculars during either. so if one is considering homschool definatly load up on extra curriculars and as much socialization as you can. overall i do think its better than public school.. at least you know the kids are safe at home and not learning bad things/being exposed to bad kids or bad teachers etc. or private school would be another better option. i dont know whats happening to the world but it seems teachers and authorities are caring less and less about the wellbeing of the kids and moreso on i dont know what.. maintaining a good standing/reputation of their school, or getting easily ticked off by the kids and taking vendetta? i duno. probably about 70% of my peers are those kids who "fell through the cracks" and teachers knowlingly allowing it to happen! in the end we all come out having problems or indeptitudes, and have to face them when we are considered 'adults'... a lot of my peers are still "lost" in their mid 20s and i really think it stems from highschool or at least because we were conditioned to believe that adults/athorities are suppost to guide and look out for us through our adolescence and when this turned out not to be true in many cases, a lot of us are stuck in limbo. not to say that there arnt any good teachers, but i guess my point is that they are more in it as a job than "thinking of the children". and honestly i think the quality of learning/effort to learn on both ends is bull. i think kids will slack off just as much if not even more (as in drop out and never think about finishing oppose to finishing through ged or homeschooling even) at public school. maybe even do so more to defy authoirty. i think homeschool students (hopefully) know their objective is to finish school on time and ultimatly get the work done, maybe being a little lazy at it but still eventulaly doing it. although they can just drop out all together again. these are just my experience and views from east side vancouver. |
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