As someone who was homeschooled from K-12 and want to homeschool my future kids, I think I have a bit of unique insight on this. Academically, homeschooling was a great thing for me. It allows each student to learn at their own pace. I was really good at math growing up and ended up a couple grades ahead of where I should have been based on my age. My parents could fast track me through things that I excelled at so that I would be challenged in my schooling. On the flipside, I could also take my time working through things that I struggled with. This allowed me to fully grasp the concepts before moving on. This helped me to not feel lost and left behind if I was struggling with a concept. Obviously, my mom was making sure I was just slacking off when I had to slow down. One on one teaching and learning at my own pace were two of the most beneficial aspects of homeschooling. In the end, I was able to get a full academic scholarship to my local state college. No complaints about the academic side of homeschooling! On the social side, there are definitely homeschoolers that falls into the "weird & socially awkward" stereotype. I think most of that is due to the family around them. If the family is an ultra-conservative type like the Duggars, then of course the kids are going to be socially awkward! However, most of the homeschoolers I know are socially normal. I had plenty of friends and was heavily involved with church, ski clubs, a speech and debate team, and sports leagues. If parents who choose to homeschool make socializing their kids a priority, then this really isn't a problem. I'd always get a kick out of telling classmates in college that I was a homeschooler. Especially if it was later on in the semester. No one believed me, because I didn't fit the stereotype that people think of. Of course, the best part of being homeschooled is it allowed for more time fishing and hunting. Can't beat that!
jemcmichael ... I really think home schooling is awesome if you have the dedication,plus there is lots of online help and most towns have home school stores that sell resources..
Yep. In high school I did a lot more online and dvd learning as I started into more complicated subjects that my parents didn't have as much knowledge about. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
It depends. If you or your partner are great teachers by all means home school. If your local schools consistently place kids in top colleges, universities, and apprentice programs, then use the school systems. If you can wing it go private, and by winging it I don't mean you have to have big bucks. If your kid gets along well with others, is teachable, and can apply themself then you should give private education a serious look. These are the kids every school, public or private, wants to have. As a man who to this day still works in a warehouse, I couldn't be more grateful to my parents for giving me the benefit of a "formal", as in private, education. Not for everyone, but it worked for me and my kids.
something else to look for when the time comes for your kids.. We have day schools that cater to to home schoolers in this area, you can send your kids there for one day a week and that way they get the social interaction with other kids so they don't don't turn out weird...as someone stated on here..lol
And you would be wrong on many accounts, but OK My daughter Attends St Ursula and all girls private Catholic school. I am Directory of Software Development for a company and I have never worked for a Union I was once a proud member of the Republican party and a ditto head. My wife is just a school teacher and one of the best in the state, you are not even in the same Galaxy as she is in the teaching Profession. You get your information from two sources, and they are both wrong, so ignorance is like a religion for you. Education is a key for this country, we rose to be the greatest nation by having one of the most highly educated workforce after WWII, via the GI Bill. I am committed to working with others to fix the problem, you fix the problem by having honest dialog of what is wrong. Your position is mostly false if anyone spends 2 mins doing a little research. I honestly believe CC is not tough enough in some areas, I also believe the testing is way to much, and I also know most that is said about CC is a lie. Because CC standards have to be met even at my daughters private school I have taken to learning all that I could.
Please stop trying to make Common Core a political debate. It has nothing to do with anyone's political ideals. I get it. You don't like it because its different and not how you were taught, so you don't understand it. That's fine. But you have posted plenty of blatantly false information in this thread concerning CC, so I'm not sure who you are calling ignorant on the subject.
I think it would be naive to say CC is only good or only bad. It was rushed into schools and being revamped quite a bit. Likewise just because it's new doesn't mean it's the worst thing ever. There's a few things that I do know that I don't like about it. The two main curricular-related things I find questionable are how they teach math and the reading material. While many math teachers support CC, some of the changes they admit have created big gaps between the focus of certain areas. With CC, they focus deeply on certain things and less on others whereas they used to teach less focus but on multiple areas. What they found though, it's affecting the preparedness for kids going to college. Even some of the simple things that helped visualize mathmatical problems for the kids who needed it are being removed (mnemonic devices, crossing out the zeros in long division). Some kids who used to like math are complaining that they no longer like it. Of course that's not all of them and it's not so say it's a wrong way to teach, it's just that it makes it harder for parents who learned it a different way to teach their kids, and it's even worse if their kid doesn't like math anymore. So it is change, fine, but helping fix one group while turning off another doesn't seem to accomplish much. The reading material thing I have less depth on but one person showed me a new book that their kid was reading since CC and it contained rape and sex scenes, something that may not be appropriate for school reading material. Again, it's opinion and some parents might not mind it, but others might. The one other thing that I really don't like is unrelated to curriculum. The guy who came up with CC even admitted that there is a whole realm of special interest data mining on kids themselves within the standardized testing. I know it's a public school already but I just like privacy and don't see the need for it. In my personal upbringing, I have brothers and sisters who went to private school and then homeschooled, none of them are weird. I went to both private and public school throughout my life and I seem to be pretty normal. I don't have kids in school yet and I will likely do public school unless we change our minds later. So it's just a matter of opinion, some people get fired up with emotion, but there are some real curriculum related things that could be looked at and improved. Education is always tough because it's so different from city to city and state to state. I think public schools need to use what best prepares the kids in their area.
Would someone PLEASE start a Common Core thread so everyone will stop hijacking this one? My opinion ... Home school is the best option for those that will do it correctly. Liberals undermining parental teaching of values is but one benefit from keeping your kids out of public school. Flexibility is yet another. But again, the parent has to do it correctly, which is being committed to it in all ways. Greg/MO, his wife home-schools their boys and those kids have so much fun on field trip, as well as hunting, trapping, fishing, and learning. I am betting they won't say they wish they were public schooled ... but his wife does it right.
I stand corrected on most of my assumptions about you.. I was spot on a few though... I am 100% correct on common core but I it depends on where you get your research doesn't... you go online you can pros and cons , but when dig deep mostly cons.... if you wife is teaching cc and gives talks on it's Merritt she either does not have a clue or she is wrong either way she is part of the problem.. those who can those who can not teach....teachers tend to come the bottom 1/3 of their classes in college as well... I am truly done here now there can be no winners or losers in an online debate..
I have met some home school valedictorians kids need to learn to navigate school to fit into life. The world goes tic tock, homeschooled kids go tock tic, over simplified and probably another comment that I make that is not politically correct but non the less honest.
My wife went to Catholic school her entire life. The high school she went to in the SW Chicago suburbs actually had a pretty tough entrance exam. When I talk about my small town public high school experience she always is amazed at the classes I took compared to her. Probably why she wants to send our future kids to private school. LOL! I have met people who have been home schooled and as long as they are active in other things outside of the home and not completely sheltered they seem to do pretty good. It really is all up to the dedication of the parents to make sure their child is exposed to the right things education and socially.
MN uses Common Core for reading and writing only. The state math standards are more challenging than what is used in Common Core.
Our school went to common core last year, when my daughter was in 5th grade. The schools math books were no longer being used because they didn't work for common core. So, our school did not use math books. They sent home worksheets with one example on it, but no explanations. My daughter would ask me for help and I would start to explain to her how to do the math, but she would stop me and tell me that's not right, that's not how you do it. I would show her and come up with the correct answer, but she said she couldn't do it that way. There was no reference material for me see how they wanted her to come up with the answers. I basically had to give up and tell her she would have to get the teacher to explain it to her again. Now, part of this problem was caused by our school not being able to afford to replace all their math books to implement common core, but I also blame common core for putting my school in that position. There's no doubt in my mind that my daughters education suffered due to the implementation of common core.
I feel like the social interaction lost from homeschooling far outweighs any benefit in didactic teaching. If you do homeschool, I'd recommend integrating to public schools by middle school (high school at the latest). Homeschooled to a college campus is a monumental leap for someone. To go from a sheltered life to full blown freedom is a tough transition. That said, many public schools do set pretty low standards. It makes it where the lower end of the class can pass and the top of the class is bored out of their minds without challenge. I experienced this first hand. I do enjoy that many school districts have stopped shoving 4 year degrees down every kids throats. The reemergence of trade schools as a viable option among high schoolers is great IMO. Not everyone is meant to go to college, and many end up with wasted educations/degrees/money.
Those who can, those who cannot teach, that explains a lot about how much you really don't know anything about education. Above is the classic ignorant statement from those who cannot teach. You really cannot argue your position, because you have don't have one. You are the quintessential wing nut. Where did you go to college? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
