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November 24, 2006, 8:14 am PST
 Quote From: sramsey3544 I am a teacher and wanted to comment of several things that you said. First: FYI: teachers do a lot of research and incorporate learning styles into the classroom. Your statement sounds like a false assumption.
The bottom line in parenting and growing up is that it takes a village. Parents, no matter how well educated or well-intentioned, do not possess the ability to provide all of children's' needs. Children need to have their own experiences with no parent there to fix the wrongs or take them out at an sign of adversity. Children need to learn to try things that don't initially interest them and to finish things even if they don't want to.
By having children raised so closely to parents, I believe these children to be stifled and crippled. It may not seem evident now, but wait until college...the social gaps will be regrettably obvious then. Most home school children either maintain some level of distance from the greater group or overindulge due to lack of exposure to issues like sex and alcohol.
Talk to you kids all you want. Enroll them in a weekly soccer practice if it backs up your argument better. If you really want to feel convincing, bring Science into the kitchen....no ones really buying it but it may make you feel better. You can not recreate the atmosphere of school, the expertise of teachers or the rich experience for children. Parents who enroll their kids in home schooling usually fit into one of the following categories:
Motivations 1) They themselves experienced social rejection 2)They themselves experienced academic failure 3)An irrational fear of "the world we live in today" 4) A selfish desire to experience everything that your child experiences so much to that you are willing to deny you child most if not all experiences that don't include you 5) An obsession with control
As I read through the pro homeschooling letters, I just enjoy attaching the motivation to their argument. Notice...what is best for children didn't make the top five. I could not help but cringe at your message. I am currently homeschooled, and my parents did not homeschool me for any of the attrocious accusations. First of all, they asked me if I wanted to be homeschooled, and I did. Secondly, my parents went to school, and both agree they wished that they had been homeschooled. Almost all of my friends are homeschooled, and it's great, becasue we can help each other out, any time of day. i've been homeschooled since second grade, and absolutely adore it. as to your comment about being crippled, I and i know none of my friends, are most certainly not. I feel ready for college even though I have a couple years. Also, what does it matter if we are not exposed to sex and alchohol?? Who wants that kind of pressure? I would like to suggest to you, to look into homeschooling a lot more, before posting more ludicrous like you have. |
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November 24, 2006, 8:49 am PST
Quote From: sramsey3544 I am a teacher and wanted to comment of several things that you said. First: FYI: teachers do a lot of research and incorporate learning styles into the classroom. Your statement sounds like a false assumption.
The bottom line in parenting and growing up is that it takes a village. Parents, no matter how well educated or well-intentioned, do not possess the ability to provide all of children's' needs. Children need to have their own experiences with no parent there to fix the wrongs or take them out at an sign of adversity. Children need to learn to try things that don't initially interest them and to finish things even if they don't want to.
By having children raised so closely to parents, I believe these children to be stifled and crippled. It may not seem evident now, but wait until college...the social gaps will be regrettably obvious then. Most home school children either maintain some level of distance from the greater group or overindulge due to lack of exposure to issues like sex and alcohol.
Talk to you kids all you want. Enroll them in a weekly soccer practice if it backs up your argument better. If you really want to feel convincing, bring Science into the kitchen....no ones really buying it but it may make you feel better. You can not recreate the atmosphere of school, the expertise of teachers or the rich experience for children. Parents who enroll their kids in home schooling usually fit into one of the following categories:
Motivations 1) They themselves experienced social rejection 2)They themselves experienced academic failure 3)An irrational fear of "the world we live in today" 4) A selfish desire to experience everything that your child experiences so much to that you are willing to deny you child most if not all experiences that don't include you 5) An obsession with control
As I read through the pro homeschooling letters, I just enjoy attaching the motivation to their argument. Notice...what is best for children didn't make the top five. I don't think that as a person who has NEVER experienced any part of home-schooling that you have enough REAL knowledge to base your opinions on. You only have one side. I think that as someone who has been home-schooled, and attended both public and private schools that I can form an opinion based on actual experience. You won't want a doctor who has only done general practice to operate on you? You would want a surgeon, someone with real experience.
I spent most of my school years as a home-schooled student. So, when you said "stifled and crippled" you were insulting me and hundreds of other people you have never even met! In fact, nearly every member of my extended family was home-school. I bet that if you met one of them, you would never guess that they were home-schooled. In fact, I bet that there are more home-schooled people that you depend on everyday just to function then you know. So, I beg of you to open your mind to the possibility that not all home-schooling is bad, because I know that you realize that not all public schools turn out well educated and socially adept students. I am not that old, but I have met some VERY lacking public school graduates, but I am not going to judge the entire system based on several very ignorant graduates. I thought that getting an education was suppose to open your mind to new things...
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November 24, 2006, 9:20 am PST
Quote From: sramsey3544 I am a teacher and wanted to comment of several things that you said. First: FYI: teachers do a lot of research and incorporate learning styles into the classroom. Your statement sounds like a false assumption.
The bottom line in parenting and growing up is that it takes a village. Parents, no matter how well educated or well-intentioned, do not possess the ability to provide all of children's' needs. Children need to have their own experiences with no parent there to fix the wrongs or take them out at an sign of adversity. Children need to learn to try things that don't initially interest them and to finish things even if they don't want to.
By having children raised so closely to parents, I believe these children to be stifled and crippled. It may not seem evident now, but wait until college...the social gaps will be regrettably obvious then. Most home school children either maintain some level of distance from the greater group or overindulge due to lack of exposure to issues like sex and alcohol.
Talk to you kids all you want. Enroll them in a weekly soccer practice if it backs up your argument better. If you really want to feel convincing, bring Science into the kitchen....no ones really buying it but it may make you feel better. You can not recreate the atmosphere of school, the expertise of teachers or the rich experience for children. Parents who enroll their kids in home schooling usually fit into one of the following categories:
Motivations 1) They themselves experienced social rejection 2)They themselves experienced academic failure 3)An irrational fear of "the world we live in today" 4) A selfish desire to experience everything that your child experiences so much to that you are willing to deny you child most if not all experiences that don't include you 5) An obsession with control
As I read through the pro homeschooling letters, I just enjoy attaching the motivation to their argument. Notice...what is best for children didn't make the top five. I have seen alot of stifled and crippled children come out of a public school system that is so underfunded and overcrowded. I do not feel that there is such a thing as caring too much for your child. I don't think parents that are ensuring their children get a good education from homeschooling have any other motivation other than doing what is best for their child. You have to see both sides - to make such a strong statement as parents do not possess the ability to provide all of the children's needs is in my opinion not correct. If my children needs a Dr. that is different, if they need an educator I feel completely qualified. I do not homeschool, but nearly everyday that my children come home from their public school, I regret it. |
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November 24, 2006, 10:21 am PST
Quote From: sramsey3544 I am a teacher and wanted to comment of several things that you said. First: FYI: teachers do a lot of research and incorporate learning styles into the classroom. Your statement sounds like a false assumption.
The bottom line in parenting and growing up is that it takes a village. Parents, no matter how well educated or well-intentioned, do not possess the ability to provide all of children's' needs. Children need to have their own experiences with no parent there to fix the wrongs or take them out at an sign of adversity. Children need to learn to try things that don't initially interest them and to finish things even if they don't want to.
By having children raised so closely to parents, I believe these children to be stifled and crippled. It may not seem evident now, but wait until college...the social gaps will be regrettably obvious then. Most home school children either maintain some level of distance from the greater group or overindulge due to lack of exposure to issues like sex and alcohol.
Talk to you kids all you want. Enroll them in a weekly soccer practice if it backs up your argument better. If you really want to feel convincing, bring Science into the kitchen....no ones really buying it but it may make you feel better. You can not recreate the atmosphere of school, the expertise of teachers or the rich experience for children. Parents who enroll their kids in home schooling usually fit into one of the following categories:
Motivations 1) They themselves experienced social rejection 2)They themselves experienced academic failure 3)An irrational fear of "the world we live in today" 4) A selfish desire to experience everything that your child experiences so much to that you are willing to deny you child most if not all experiences that don't include you 5) An obsession with control
As I read through the pro homeschooling letters, I just enjoy attaching the motivation to their argument. Notice...what is best for children didn't make the top five. Thank you. Your argument and attitude toward the responsibility of parenting are the best reasons I've seen thus far to homeschool. |
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November 26, 2006, 12:05 pm PST
Quote From: sramsey3544 I am a teacher and wanted to comment of several things that you said. First: FYI: teachers do a lot of research and incorporate learning styles into the classroom. Your statement sounds like a false assumption.
The bottom line in parenting and growing up is that it takes a village. Parents, no matter how well educated or well-intentioned, do not possess the ability to provide all of children's' needs. Children need to have their own experiences with no parent there to fix the wrongs or take them out at an sign of adversity. Children need to learn to try things that don't initially interest them and to finish things even if they don't want to.
By having children raised so closely to parents, I believe these children to be stifled and crippled. It may not seem evident now, but wait until college...the social gaps will be regrettably obvious then. Most home school children either maintain some level of distance from the greater group or overindulge due to lack of exposure to issues like sex and alcohol.
Talk to you kids all you want. Enroll them in a weekly soccer practice if it backs up your argument better. If you really want to feel convincing, bring Science into the kitchen....no ones really buying it but it may make you feel better. You can not recreate the atmosphere of school, the expertise of teachers or the rich experience for children. Parents who enroll their kids in home schooling usually fit into one of the following categories:
Motivations 1) They themselves experienced social rejection 2)They themselves experienced academic failure 3)An irrational fear of "the world we live in today" 4) A selfish desire to experience everything that your child experiences so much to that you are willing to deny you child most if not all experiences that don't include you 5) An obsession with control
As I read through the pro homeschooling letters, I just enjoy attaching the motivation to their argument. Notice...what is best for children didn't make the top five. It is unfortunate that you were not given the benefit of a good research methods course as part of your training. Your generalizations and 'motivations' list are woefully without basis and are frankly the most ridiculous things I've read on this board thus far. I cringe to think that you actually believe this nonsense. Please go find some time to research the subject before you post again. Your posting reflects badly on public school teachers who are trying to make valid contributions. |
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