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Friends and family leave at the end of the day and go back to their own homes and their own families that they are busy with. When you are left alone with your grief, it's up to you to get through the stages and move on. Whatever you use to keep on going, who is anyone to question or criticize?
Faith doesn't leave you at the end of a day, unless you make it. And what does it matter to an Atheist where someone gets their strength to carry on from? Friends, family or religion? Who cares? The family member you could never stand may hug on you for a day or two and then go back to their same old BS. The friend you haven't seen for 10 years may stop by and cry with you for a few minutes...and then leave. People who have faith know it's a constant.
You don't know my parents, they would bring along their tents and settle down in my apartment if they knew I were suicidal
Humans are not supposed to be alone in the first place as we are highly 'social animals'. Statistics on suicide rates show that even in very religious countries such as Ireland or Poland a lot of people commit suicide. A lot of people these days suffer from mental problems and depression that neither belief nor friends/family can cure.
As do many of the parents. This is why you will often find parents who are home schooling in an area, sharing the "duties". One day, a parent who has experience in math will teach. Another day, a parent with a science background comes in. Another day, math - and so on. This does not always happen but, it is becoming more popular.
The unfortunate thing is that there are a lot of parents who are not qualified for either past a 6th grade level. What do they want their kids to be, amish?
The kids that I know who are home schooled seem to be very well educated. As far as not enough socializing? Well quantity never equates to quality. The argument can be made that enduring the hazing of freshman by seniors is something anyone can live without.
I think it really does depend upon the parents doing the schooling. Home School VS. Public School - Education Articles
According to this article home schooled 80% score higher than national average.
Test results http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Homeschool_grades_chart.gif (broken link)
Figure 2. Homeschool Students Compared to the National Norm Group in Grade Equivalent Units, Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Homeschool Students in 1998, Lawrence M. Rudner, University of Maryland, College Park. From Education Policy Analysis Archives
This from another source.
Numerous studies have found that homeschooled students on average outperform their peers on standardized tests.[91] Homeschooling Achievement, a study conducted by National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), supported the academic integrity of homeschooling. Among the homeschooled students who took the tests, the average homeschooled student outperformed his public school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects. The study also indicates that public school performance gaps between minorities and genders were virtually non-existent among the homeschooled students who took the tests.[92]
New evidence has been found that homeschooled children are getting higher scores on the ACT and SAT tests. A study at Wheaton College in Illinois showed that the freshmen that were homeschooled for high school scored fifty-eight points higher on their SAT scores than those students who attended public or private schools. Most colleges look at the ACT and SAT scores of homeschooled children when considering them for acceptance to a college. On average, homeschooled children score eighty-one points higher than the national average on the SAT scores.[citation needed]
The unfortunate thing is that there are a lot of parents who are not qualified for either past a 6th grade level. What do they want their kids to be, amish?
My parents are very nice people, but they only received basic education themselves. Maths, physics, biology, geography, foreign languages, etc., forget it. I would not even have reached the 6th grade level.
Why would teachers have to study for years to become qualified if parents could do it just like that...
Apart from that it requires that at least one of the parents stay at home, so it is more for the picture-perfect old-fashioned kind of family environment.
The kids that I know who are home schooled seem to be very well educated. As far as not enough socializing? Well quantity never equates to quality. The argument can be made that enduring the hazing of freshman by seniors is something anyone can live without.
I think it really does depend upon the parents doing the schooling. Home School VS. Public School - Education Articles
According to this article home schooled 80% score higher than national average.
Test results
Figure 2. Homeschool Students Compared to the National Norm Group in Grade Equivalent Units, Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Homeschool Students in 1998, Lawrence M. Rudner, University of Maryland, College Park. From Education Policy Analysis Archives
Figure 1. Academic Achievement of Homeschool, Catholic/Private and the Nation's Students, Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Homeschool Students in 1998, Lawrence M. Rudner, University of Maryland, College Park. From Education Policy Analysis Archives
This from another source.
Numerous studies have found that homeschooled students on average outperform their peers on standardized tests.[91] Homeschooling Achievement, a study conducted by National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), supported the academic integrity of homeschooling. Among the homeschooled students who took the tests, the average homeschooled student outperformed his public school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects. The study also indicates that public school performance gaps between minorities and genders were virtually non-existent among the homeschooled students who took the tests.[92]
New evidence has been found that homeschooled children are getting higher scores on the ACT and SAT tests. A study at Wheaton College in Illinois showed that the freshmen that were homeschooled for high school scored fifty-eight points higher on their SAT scores than those students who attended public or private schools. Most colleges look at the ACT and SAT scores of homeschooled children when considering them for acceptance to a college. On average, homeschooled children score eighty-one points higher than the national average on the SAT scores.[citation needed]
Fairly obvious why, 1 student to 1 parent (maybe 2 or 3 to one)
No management difficulties of 30 to 1 ratio (which wastes a ton of time taken away from learning) and the teaching can be tailored to the individual. Not to mention that if the kid screws around at home, theres more likely to be some accountability, vs. in school, if a kid acts up, no guarantee of punishment at home.
If you want public school to be as cheap as possible and money taken away from it at every turn, of course it will have no chance at competing.
Anyone who has spent any time working in public schools would know the outcome of this poll. All those students whose parents treat school like daycare, aren't going to get much done because the parent doesn't do their part and a teacher is helpless and becomes burned out.
Now compare it to some schools where 1) your have a better student to teacher ratio 2) kids parents are involved and there will be accountability for inappropriate behavior, and I think you will get those lines a lot closer.
The unfortunate thing is that there are a lot of parents who are not qualified for either past a 6th grade level. What do they want their kids to be, amish?
What you are failing to realize is, parents are not necessarily the ones doing the home schooling.
Some parents HIRE a private teacher / tutor
Some share responsibilities with other parents
And so on.
It is not necessarily parents doing the home schooling.
I thought you knew this but, from the "tone" of your posts it is evident I was wrong.
If one can afford it... There is something elitist about that idea of hiring private teachers / tutors, which is why I don't like it, just the way I don't like elite private schools.
Basically, it might be what schools originally were like. Parents realizing they were not that good at teaching or did not have the time delegated that task to apt and willing members of their communities. And it was more efficient for such teachers to teach not just one kid, but several at the same time.
If one can afford it... There is something elitist about that idea of hiring private teachers / tutors, which is why I don't like it, just the way I don't like elite private schools.
Basically, it might be what schools originally were like. Parents realizing they were not that good at teaching or did not have the time delegated that task to apt and willing members of their communities. And it was more efficient for such teachers to teach not just one kid, but several at the same time.
To me, there is NOTHING elistist with hireing a private teacher / tutor for ones child. To me, it shows that the parents want the best for their children.
And you also need to realize that many public school teachers are pulling THEIR kids out of public schools and home schooling them. Some of these home schooling teachers are public school teachers
I don't see any contradiction. Wanting the best for one's child does not exclude that being elitist.
At least those teachers pulling their kids ouf of public schools know what they are doing at home thanks to their qualification But it only shows that they think that your school system is doing a poor job in terms of education and thus needs to change. Let's not forget that there are excellent public schools as well. So obviously it is possible to have great public schools.
Nor do I think that a school teacher keeps their own kids away from school for religious or ideological reasons.
I do find it a bit odd and inconsistent, though. It is like a Firefox developer preferring IE or Chrome at home
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