Homeschooling

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Fenner

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In a couple of years my family will be a switch to an on line charter school for my kid's. It's something that I hope will work for us. It's also becoming more common.

Anyone else use cyber school at home for their kid's? If so how do you like it?
 

EmilyNats

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My Sunday school teacher is actually the Principal of North Star homeschooling online. I use books myself, but I hear quiet a bit about her school.
 

Fenner

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Homeschooling in general has seemed to be more common now then it was in the past. I have family members that homeschool and there a lot of good curriculums.
 
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Ultimatum77

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Homeschooling in general has seemed to be more common now then it was in the past. I have family members that homeschool and there a lot of good curriculums.
I think you would do well to do this, as most schools across the world are now becoming "breeding grounds for the LGBT to corrupt the minds of the upcoming youth at a very young age 3yo+. Christian values will become rarer and rarer in children of the next generation to the point your kids may be an anomaly to the so called norms of the future. I applaud your effort to homeschool your kids and instill good morals/values in them. I am a product of homeschooling as well and it kept me from a lot of pitfalls. :)
 

Fenner

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I think you would do well to do this, as most schools across the world are now becoming "breeding grounds for the LGBT to corrupt the minds of the upcoming youth at a very young age 3yo+. Christian values will become rarer and rarer in children of the next generation to the point your kids may be an anomaly to the so called norms of the future. I applaud your effort to homeschool your kids and instill good morals/values in them. I am a product of homeschooling as well and it kept me from a lot of pitfalls. :)

School is definitely different now then from when I went, there was bullying of course but I don't remember having over crowded classrooms and thing's like that. The school district in my city is having a lot of financial problems as most schools are. It's getting worse. Mismanaged money, not a strong local government, high unemployment and a lot of poverty. I have a lot of friends that teach and it's been very stressful for them too. You have some great kid's with little to no parental support at home. It's very sad.
 
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I think you would do well to do this, as most schools across the world are now becoming "breeding grounds for the LGBT to corrupt the minds of the upcoming youth at a very young age 3yo+. Christian values will become rarer and rarer in children of the next generation to the point your kids may be an anomaly to the so called norms of the future. I applaud your effort to homeschool your kids and instill good morals/values in them. I am a product of homeschooling as well and it kept me from a lot of pitfalls. :)
Do you think schools are the one to instill values? The vast majority of Christians I know instill godly values into their kids, not the school system. And now those kids are the Christian parents sending their kids to school.
 

EmilyNats

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Do you think schools are the one to instill values? The vast majority of Christians I know instill godly values into their kids, not the school system. And now those kids are the Christian parents sending their kids to school.
I am afraid I know very few such positive cases. But kids growing up in Godly homes and then either falling away in school or when they go to collage? There are examples all over the place.
 
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I am afraid I know very few such positive cases. But kids growing up in Godly homes and then either falling away in school or when they go to collage? There are examples all over the place.
Yup, they did -- for 1-4 years -- and then rededicated.
 

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I was homeschooled only used books. From my experience I needed to be pushed and motivated to do more my mum unfortunately didn't. Enable them to interact with kids their own age I missed out on that. And make sure that when they finish school they can go straight to university if they want too. I will have to go do a course before I can go to university. Make sure they are prepared for the outside world before you let them go. My parents didn't teach me anything to do with that and as such I had to teach myself which isn't always the best.
 
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sassylady

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I used books, but that was before online classes were around. I firmly believe my children got a much better start being home schooled. We went out on field trips and had play dates with other home schooled children from church, so they got social interaction. Unfortunately I had to go back to work and there were problems in the school with other children, and later I ended up pulling them out of school and home schooling again. The damage done by bullying is not worth putting them in school. If home schooling was popular when I was their age I would have begged my parents to do it.
 
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A friend of mine teaches through the online K-12 program, and she can't say enough good things about it. All of my kiddos are graduated, so I never really checked into it, but she really likes it.
 

Fenner

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I used books, but that was before online classes were around. I firmly believe my children got a much better start being home schooled. We went out on field trips and had play dates with other home schooled children from church, so they got social interaction. Unfortunately I had to go back to work and there were problems in the school with other children, and later I ended up pulling them out of school and home schooling again. The damage done by bullying is not worth putting them in school. If home schooling was popular when I was their age I would have begged my parents to do it.
I would have begged my parents too.
 

Fenner

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A friend of mine teaches through the online K-12 program, and she can't say enough good things about it. All of my kiddos are graduated, so I never really checked into it, but she really likes it.
That's awesome! Thank you!
 

EmilyNats

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Yup, they did -- for 1-4 years -- and then rededicated.
I'm sorry, but I, personally,don't know anyone that has returned. Once they fall away, they don't usually seem to come back. But like I said, that's usually,not always. And if/when they do come back,it's unmarried with one or two kids.
 

EmilyNats

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And besides all the moral benefits, it is nationally agreed that homeschoolers are more likely to finish college, and with better grades, than non-homeschoolers, and thus they can often get scholarships JUST for being homeschooled.
 

Fenner

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And besides all the moral benefits, it is nationally agreed that homeschoolers are more likely to finish college, and with better grades, than non-homeschoolers, and thus they can often get scholarships JUST for being homeschooled.
That's good to hear. My Son is a person who can't focus well when there is noise around him, so I think it will be good for him to learn in a quiet environment. My Kid's go to a Montessori school now and they do like it. I like their school too, unfortunately it only goes up to grade 6.
 
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SteelToedKodiak

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I think you would do well to do this, as most schools across the world are now becoming "breeding grounds for the LGBT to corrupt the minds of the upcoming youth at a very young age 3yo+. Christian values will become rarer and rarer in children of the next generation to the point your kids may be an anomaly to the so called norms of the future. I applaud your effort to homeschool your kids and instill good morals/values in them. I am a product of homeschooling as well and it kept me from a lot of pitfalls. :)
So true, that's why we homeschool. But it is pretty challenging. Finding like minded groups is very difficult in our area.
 
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Ultimatum77

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Do you think schools are the one to instill values? The vast majority of Christians I know instill godly values into their kids, not the school system. And now those kids are the Christian parents sending their kids to school.
Kids are a product of their environment/social stimuli. No matter how "Christian" you may be if you go to a government school you are taught and surrounded with peers/people from various backgrounds/beliefs. They will influence most impressionable children (pre-teens) with ungodly values....sure a kid may still be a Christian but will feel the pressure and conform 8/10 times to some of the "norms/fads" of their peers. Clothing, manner of speaking, music they listen to etc.....these all subconsciously shape the individual whether they realize it or not.
 

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Homeschooling sounds all nice and good but when that kid goes to work or so someday reality will hit 5x harder..i think its best for ppl to grow up in public school and get taught the truth at home..just me tho
 

EmilyNats

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Homeschooling sounds all nice and good but when that kid goes to work or so someday reality will hit 5x harder..i think its best for ppl to grow up in public school and get taught the truth at home..just me tho
Hardly. Some people are naturally social butterflies, but most, like me, had to learn. The ratio of introverts to extroverts is roughly the same whether you are educated at-home or in a public school. I know plenty of public schoolers that don't know how to introduce themselves and be generally sociable win anyone outside of their little cliques. On the flip side, I and 80% of all the other homeschoolers I have ever personally know have been complimented on how exceptional out social skills were.