Homeschooling

[berrygurl]

THanks for those links, I'll look them up!

 

[JustxJeena]

Unfortunately, the very school system you support has already indoctrinated you into the type of thinking which home schooling is designed to thwart. The majority of teaching comes from textbooks, not the person presenting the textbook to you. Learning comes from within you, not from the person at the front of the class. If you want to learn, and you have a good foundation, the resources are now available to enable you to learn practically anything on your own.

Meanwhile, many parents do not want their children to be taught stuff like, "It is ok, even exemplary, to be gay". Or, "Just because you think something is wrong doesn't necessarily make it wrong". Or my favorite, "Everyone is just the same. We are all winners here."

If the education system kept its focus on education, not indoctrination, the need for home schooling would not be so great. But when it starts going beyond the "3 R's", it loses its right to claim that it is the only acceptable way to educate our children.

God bless all parents who home school. I did for six years and my daughter turned out well. And she has a fine character to boot.

Contrary to popular belief, the teacher actually does have a tremendous influence on the learning of students. Good teaching is not about throwing a textbook and worksheet in front of the students and expecting them to come away more knowledgeable. Yes, students have a responsibility as well, but it is our job as teachers to instill this desire to learn into the students and present the information in interesting, memorable, and effective ways. Not everyone learns from a textbook and worksheet, though I don't see what other learning type homeschooling caters to. I assure you, the education system IS focused on education. Trust me, I'm a teacher.

As far as those "indoctrination" claims, I was never taught any of those things you mentioned during my entire public education.

And as for the uneducated stereotype, I think it stems from the sad truth that there is virtually no effective accountability for homeschooled children. Yes, they have to take standardized tests to be able to graduate or get into college and the like, but if the students have not been properly learning up until that point, they are out of luck. It's not just in movies. There is a 13 or 14 year old little girl in my church who can't even read or write because her mother is "homeschooling" her. Her mom makes excuses that she is dyslexic or has other learning disabilities, which could possibly be true, but when it comes down to it, she had no true accountability for her daughter's education. Who is to blame here? The child's lack of "desire to learn" or the mother's lack of teaching? It is my understanding that the parent here is the one who ultimately fills out all the workbooks from the curriculum. I know this is one exceptional case, but this would not even be happening if the child were in a real school. There would be accountability. Not to mention, EVERY child matters.

God bless parents who let their children attend public school. The world needs Christians out there witnessing and being examples and lights to the general public instead of staying inside their own little church bubble; in fact, Jesus has called us ALL to be witnesses.

I have been in public schools from Kindergarten through college, and I turned out rather well.
I'm sure anyone could attest, I have a fine character to boot

 

[Crypto]

From my experience in working with homeschool kids, they struggle in their social skills and communication abilities. If someone homeschools, it is a really good idea to have their kids interact with other kids on a consistent basis.