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November 24, 2006, 5:26 pm PST
 Quote From: constancemarie I believe public schooling is the best way to go, especially for puberty-aged children and up. First and foremost, we must remember that just because a parent is well educated on a certain topic does not mean they are very well qualified to TEACH that subject, especially to a child. Teachers are required to go to school and complete certification for a reason! Also, in school students are able to come together with other students, work with each other and learn from each other all the while learning how to work WITH each other in a structured setting. Cooperation skills are skills that are just not acquired very well by homeschooled children, yet they are skills required in today's working environment.
Secondly, public schooling allows for various experiences to happen, some good and of course some bad. Previous posters have commented on the exposure to bullying as a downfall of public schooling, and of course anyone would agree that bullying is a very unfortunate situation that we would all want to protect our children from. At the same time, bullying is a REAL part of this WORLD, not just school. Instead of running from it, and essentially teaching our children how to hide from it, why not teach them how to address the situation in a proactive and productive manner? Which do you think will better benefit them in the long run?
Besides that, this nation is becoming more and more culturally rich and diverse. Sure, you may put your daughter in dance, and your son in football, but is that truly exposing them to all of the cultures and beliefs that make our nation so great? Dancing for a few hours a week with a group of girls most likely of similar racial, cultural, and economical backgrounds does not compare to learning and working with both sexes from a wide variety of backgrounds for several hours a week.
Homeschooling does not prepare children for the real world because it is not the real world. Why rob your children of such important experiences that will certainly make them better, more well-adjusted and more well-prepared individuals?
What happens when the principal is best friends with the school bullies parents and she allows the kid to get away with breaking your child's arm and harrassing your 7 year old autistic daughter? I called the school board office and they didn't believe that it happened. You fight city hall in your reality world. My child is safe at home and doing well with his homeschooling. He coexists with a homeschool group and fieldtrips and several parents teaching with all different styles. The kids don't always get along, but they learn to work out the situations without "killing" eachother. |
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November 24, 2006, 5:28 pm PST
Quote From: constancemarie I believe public schooling is the best way to go, especially for puberty-aged children and up. First and foremost, we must remember that just because a parent is well educated on a certain topic does not mean they are very well qualified to TEACH that subject, especially to a child. Teachers are required to go to school and complete certification for a reason! Also, in school students are able to come together with other students, work with each other and learn from each other all the while learning how to work WITH each other in a structured setting. Cooperation skills are skills that are just not acquired very well by homeschooled children, yet they are skills required in today's working environment.
Secondly, public schooling allows for various experiences to happen, some good and of course some bad. Previous posters have commented on the exposure to bullying as a downfall of public schooling, and of course anyone would agree that bullying is a very unfortunate situation that we would all want to protect our children from. At the same time, bullying is a REAL part of this WORLD, not just school. Instead of running from it, and essentially teaching our children how to hide from it, why not teach them how to address the situation in a proactive and productive manner? Which do you think will better benefit them in the long run?
Besides that, this nation is becoming more and more culturally rich and diverse. Sure, you may put your daughter in dance, and your son in football, but is that truly exposing them to all of the cultures and beliefs that make our nation so great? Dancing for a few hours a week with a group of girls most likely of similar racial, cultural, and economical backgrounds does not compare to learning and working with both sexes from a wide variety of backgrounds for several hours a week.
Homeschooling does not prepare children for the real world because it is not the real world. Why rob your children of such important experiences that will certainly make them better, more well-adjusted and more well-prepared individuals?
Your comment.... "homeschooling does not prepare children for the real world because it is not the real world" etc., etc. What do you base that information on? Have you been taught on the whole realm of what homeschooling is all about? Can you enlighten all of us on how are children are being robbed? How they won't be well-prepared individuals or well adjusted? Don't you have to agree that those comments are close minded and very judgmental? What people who are foreign to the whole home schooling idea don't understand is that home schooling children have EVERY ability in EVERY aspect of life, teaching and socialization available to them just as children in public schools. Really, before you make such a strong opinion, you have to have all the facts. |
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November 24, 2006, 6:03 pm PST
Quote From: constancemarie I believe public schooling is the best way to go, especially for puberty-aged children and up. First and foremost, we must remember that just because a parent is well educated on a certain topic does not mean they are very well qualified to TEACH that subject, especially to a child. Teachers are required to go to school and complete certification for a reason! Also, in school students are able to come together with other students, work with each other and learn from each other all the while learning how to work WITH each other in a structured setting. Cooperation skills are skills that are just not acquired very well by homeschooled children, yet they are skills required in today's working environment.
Secondly, public schooling allows for various experiences to happen, some good and of course some bad. Previous posters have commented on the exposure to bullying as a downfall of public schooling, and of course anyone would agree that bullying is a very unfortunate situation that we would all want to protect our children from. At the same time, bullying is a REAL part of this WORLD, not just school. Instead of running from it, and essentially teaching our children how to hide from it, why not teach them how to address the situation in a proactive and productive manner? Which do you think will better benefit them in the long run?
Besides that, this nation is becoming more and more culturally rich and diverse. Sure, you may put your daughter in dance, and your son in football, but is that truly exposing them to all of the cultures and beliefs that make our nation so great? Dancing for a few hours a week with a group of girls most likely of similar racial, cultural, and economical backgrounds does not compare to learning and working with both sexes from a wide variety of backgrounds for several hours a week.
Homeschooling does not prepare children for the real world because it is not the real world. Why rob your children of such important experiences that will certainly make them better, more well-adjusted and more well-prepared individuals?
Why do you believe that home learning children are not exposed to and experiencing much of what you wrote? Why you believe that they do not experience negative behaviour or conflicts and conflict resolution? Why do you believe that they do not meet, interact and learn with the opposite gender from culturally diverse backgrounds? Why do you believe they do not work with deadlines and within groups? You must be opposed to all girl or all boy toney private schools as well. What makes you believe they do not understand how to work cooperatively? When I was a child in school, cooperative learning was not yet a trend and yet somehow I learned how to work very well in a group. Why do you believe that our children are not exposed to a variety of experiences daily? It would appear as though you are ignorant to what home learning actually is. Homeschooling not only prepares our children for the real world but it teaches them how to make the world their own. What is not the real world, is school in a box. Never again will your children be grouped by age and hand delivered a prescribed set of information at a certain age. Never again will they be told what to learn and when. My own children have fostered learning habits that are very similar to ones they will need if they choose to attend post-secondary education. They are honing those skills much earlier in life than their public schooled counterparts. They are internally motivated, just as they will need to be in real life. There are no gold stars or rewards in this household except for the personal richness that evolves from learning how to learn. Your own children will in fact attend post secondary education with home learners. There are millions of home schooled children in our world. Considering how schools are filled, generally according to locations of residences, I can state with confidence that my children experience far more cultural and economical diversity amongst their peers than the average student in public school. Our family is very wealthy and yet my children do not interact only with children from our own wealthy neighbourhood. The difference is that my children don't care if the child they made friends with have the latest and greatest of everything or that parents' income bracket is not even close to ours. They also don't care if their friends are clothed in the 'right' in the latest clothing. They are friends due to common interests, not a chosen social structure that is dependant on our address. There is no robbing taking place in our home. Michelle |
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