What if you decide to home school your children (ADN, punctuation, homeschooled)

[Kalbo]

Tim Tebow the Heisman winning quarterback for the University of Florida was home schooled and he seems being be doing just fine socially and academically.
University of Florida Spotlight: Tim Tebow

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[charolastra00]

Originally Posted by 925mine

There IS no choice when it comes to taxes and public school benefitting from them. We cannot CHOOSE to keep our tax money and fund our child's education from home.

Exactly where is the 'choice'??

We pay the public schools regardless. The state allows us NOTHING to homeschool.

BOTTOM LINE, we pay TWICE as much as anybody else; the public school for NOT educating our child, and for our own supplies, etc. that it takes to REALLY educate our child.

There is no choice.

People who don't have children have to pay for education as well. Is that fair? Well, yes. If you can't see the reasons for paying into public education (which is EXCELLENT in many areas... including my own), then I certainly hope you're passing the subject of logic onto someone else to teach your child.

I'm sure there are good homeschoolers out there.. I just haven't seen them. It sickens me to see parents brag about sending their children to college at 15 or 16 years old. I know several people like that at my school and I want to go strangle their parents... they might never catch up socially or academically.

[mackinac81]

I'm sure there are good homeschoolers out there.. I just haven't seen them. It sickens me to see parents brag about sending their children to college at 15 or 16 years old. I know several people like that at my school and I want to go strangle their parents... they might never catch up socially or academically.

I see no problem with going to college at 16. The homeschooled teens I know are very well adjusted in both areas, and they don't even attend college full time. They still take a few classes at home. I work in public schools, but the great thing about *good* homeschooling is that it truly allows a child to soar to the limits of their ability. My pastor's daughter is homeschooled and is at the 7th grade level in all subjects--but she's nine. In public school she'd be bored to death, stuck in fourth grade.

I'm happy to teach anyone's kids, but if you can homeschool, and are disciplined enough to do a good job at it, go for it.

[925mine]

Originally Posted by charolastra00

People who don't have children have to pay for education as well. Is that fair? Well, yes. If you can't see the reasons for paying into public education (which is EXCELLENT in many areas... including my own), then I certainly hope you're passing the subject of logic onto someone else to teach your child.

I'm sure there are good homeschoolers out there.. I just haven't seen them. It sickens me to see parents brag about sending their children to college at 15 or 16 years old. I know several people like that at my school and I want to go strangle their parents... they might never catch up socially or academically.

If you haven't seen good homeschoolers out there, then your eyes are closed. Funny how some people, ESPECIALLY public school teachers (with some exceptions), are so very adamantly against homeschooling. Oh, maybe because the school doesn't receive state money for the children who are not attending.

It sickens me to hear people bash something that is so much better for a lot of kids. Public schools aren't what they should be and everybody knows that. Homeschooling is an excellent alternative, and kids actually get to move at their pace and get ahead.

[wesside]

Pro: If you do a good job, your kids will be smart.
Negatives: 9 times out of ten, but really this was the case with every homeschooled kid I've know, the kids turn out socially akward. No good socializing schools. They can only get these skills from social interactions, which mainly happen in schools.

[sundance67]

Originally Posted by michiganmom48

WEll went to meeting today because my daughter had an IEP for speech in MIchigan and they if needed have to transfere. Well they want to put her back in KIndergarden they wouldn't have passed her here. I'm not saying that she didn't have to work on things, They said because she was passed in Michigan to first grade we can keep her there but they basically said she won't pass. Her brother is also in the first grade there . I 'm not sure what to do I know she is going to feel so defeated.

I've just happened to take a quick look at this thread; first of all Charles Wallace is giving some excellent points on this subject. Second, your statement about your school not passing her is your cue to take over & homeschool now. Don't let other people's negative opinions have any influence in this. This is your choice & it's probably the best choice for your kids. I homeschooled all of my kids & I can't believe how successful they are. People always compliment me on the way I raised them, but at the time of actually homeschooling them, I got a lot of negativity, even from relatives. Now, I have those same relatives asking how to do it. Don't second guess yourself- you know what's best for your kids.

[Floridamom1970]

There ARE some kids and parents who are better off homeschooling.

My eleven year old is severely autistic and is homeschooled. We took her out of a bad school situation where she was essentially baby sat for several years without making any real progress. We were tired of new issues with the school cropping up every other month. Her school was actting like they just expected us to do as they said and not have any regard for the fact that Autism involves the students entire family, not just the student and his/her parents.

Since beginning homeschooling she is learning to read, write and do basic math as well as things like simple shopping (to teach her that she has to pay money for things). these are all things that she should have been tought at school but was not.

I also work. we have been taking a break this week so far because we are getting ready for our move to Oklahoma City (BIG MOVE!!) and I have been working a lot of extra shifts. That is part of the beauty of homeschooling. We can take breaks when we need to. I school her all year anyway.

[925mine]

Originally Posted by wesside

Pro: If you do a good job, your kids will be smart.
Negatives: 9 times out of ten, but really this was the case with every homeschooled kid I've know, the kids turn out socially akward. No good socializing schools. They can only get these skills from social interactions, which mainly happen in schools.

Why do people who are against homeschooling think we who do, live in a cave in the middle of nowhere???

Children who are homeschooled have an even greater chance for social activity than those who go to school. There are very active groups (my daughter is on the board of directors (that includes adults as well as peers) for a community based youth group that focuses on discouraging alcohol and tobacco use by school aged children, among other groups). There are sports activities, everything public school students have access to and more.

It is also law that children have access to ANY aspect of public schooling, i.e. sports, groups, classes, etc.. If, say, a homeschooler wants to learn a foreign language, and the parent doesn't want to invest in a program, that child can go to the public school for that particular class. If a parent chooses to have math (or any other subject) taught by the school, any homeschooled child can go to whatever suits them, and still be homeschooled the remainder of the day.

In our state, I am required, as a homeschooling mother, to teach my daughter 60% of her core requirements. There are five areas of study required. This is the first year (she's a sophomore) we have decided to take the system up on that. She attends school for French, psychology and geology (geology being the only core requirement she goes to school for, mostly for the lab experience). Next semester she will attend classes for child psychology, biotechnology, French, and public speaking. Most of these classes are senior level, except the French. At the moment, she has one class every other day, and alternate days, she has two classes. She rides the bus to school for the one class and is picked up after, and is taken late morning for the other two classes and rides the bus home after. Works out great.

It's disturbing just how ignorant a lot of people are about the advantages of homeschooling. If you all would widen your vision, there would be a LOT more children reaping the benefits of homeschooling.

[juniperbleu]

Originally Posted by charolastra00

It sickens me to see parents brag about sending their children to college at 15 or 16 years old. I know several people like that at my school and I want to go strangle their parents... they might never catch up socially or academically.

Originally Posted by mackinac81

I see no problem with going to college at 16.

The problem (to me) with college at 16 deals more with social interaction, development, and maturity. There's a lot of "growing up" that happens in high school, and even more so in college. I didn't see college as purely a place to take class and get ready for a job, but an all-encompassing experience that helped me develop mentally, emotionally, socially, and (of course) academically/intellectually. Life is more than just class and work (hence the importance of youth groups and sports teams as mentioned). It's normal for a student to want to socialize, and a 16-year-old is at a very different place in his/her life than a 20-year-old. I have even noticed the difference when I am around 20-22 year-olds who are in college versus my working friends (23-27). I think there's something to be said for being amongst your peers while you ride out your emotional hormone-charged teenaged years and then begin to develop your adult self in your early 20s. I also feel that many (if not most) 16-year-olds do not have the maturity to handle college. Yes, there are exceptions, but this is just generally-speaking.

Also, just from a selfish standpoint, you're only a teen once, why try to rush your way out of it? You're entitled to have just a few years of your life where you can be stupid and immature before growing up and going out into the real adult world. High school and college are each 4 years that you'll never get back.

[2girlsand2boys]

Originally Posted by charolastra00

People who don't have children have to pay for education as well. Is that fair? Well, yes. If you can't see the reasons for paying into public education (which is EXCELLENT in many areas... including my own), then I certainly hope you're passing the subject of logic onto someone else to teach your child.

I'm sure there are good homeschoolers out there.. I just haven't seen them. It sickens me to see parents brag about sending their children to college at 15 or 16 years old. I know several people like that at my school and I want to go strangle their parents... they might never catch up socially or academically.

I am confused as to why you think it is so detrimental to have a homeschooler take college level classes at 15 or 16? Obviously they wouldn't be there if they couldn't handle workload. Are you, perhaps, only afraid of being shown up by these high school age students in your college level class? I could see that that would be very embarassing!

To say that you haven't seen any good homeschoolers out there just proves that it is you, and not your homeschooling counterparts, that are living a sheltered and unsocialized existence.