Quote From: fly1bbyYOu just made my point.
I believe the battle in the mind of the parent is responsible for a great deal of this 'home schooling' that goes on around the country. What kind of hysteria made that Mother say, 'public schools are death traps'. Your front yard is a death trap if you want to use the wrong words for everything. The mark of the uneducated mind.
At best, there are co-op's.
I think home schooling occupies the Mommy's time who wonders what she will do when the kids are at school or perhaps doesn't have the initiative to work.
She thinks she on to some Noble cause.
Either that or she's just too lazy to get up and get on with the routine. We all know that's true. The Dad, wanting to keep the peace, so he just goes along with it.
A prideful, ego trip carries the Mother on her journey as she proves to the world how much smarter she and her children are going to be.
I also see fear as a motive for home schooling. Here in Missouri, the parents are shut out of the public school system. Unless you completely understand the lingo, are willing to be aggressive with the teachers and above all, know that your little darling is indeed capable of doing just about anything, then the 'them against us' attitude prevails here. It is a backward culture with strong fundamentalist preaching that's out of balance with life and reality.
The ideas about education here are old. They do breed contempt.
If you take someone who did not necessarily do well in school, has low self-worth, add to that fear and you have a typical home-schooling parent.
Only 25% of the youngsters go on to get a college degree in Missouri; which, is 24th in the Nation and darn proud of it. Home schoolers are everywhere. Do they know as much or more as the qualified Instructors in the school? Don't be ridiculous.
Timid, uneducated parents think they are superior by refusing to allow their children to socialize.
How else can they distinguish themselves? It's part of the backward thinking that's prevelant.
Most children deeply resent staring at their Mother's all day for years on end.
Mother's are supposed to be Mother's. Period.
We do not have Ph.D's in Science and English and Math. Nor are we all well traveled with a complete working knowledge of the events of the day.
The cloistered stifeling environment of home-schooling would have driven me nuts.
I would have hated it and whoever put me through it as a child.
What kind of an ego makes a Mother think she is all people and life's experiences to her child?
I think the inablity to accept others is at the heart of home schooling.
I loved my friends, my teachers and the learning experience.
IF there were horrible tramatic issues, as a child, as with all children, I was blissfully unaware of them.
We took our youngest son and moved to Texas while he was in Jr. High. He did not just survive the Texas school system, he thrived, he went on to become a Scholar and is now a Dean's Scholar at OSU in Stillwater.
The other kids in our neighborhood are following typical Missouri schedules. Deciding to join the military, then undeciding, deciding to go to college, then undeciding.
His entire class in Texas, mostly are involved in college
His entire class in Missouri, not so good, struggling, failing.
What kind of hysteria made that Mother say, 'public schools are death traps'.
The kind of hysteria surrounding the recent spate of school shootings, maybe? Gangs in inner city schools? Rampant drugs even in upper class and private schools? Not the school's fault, sure, but where our social ills congregate with society's youth.
I think home schooling occupies the Mommy's time who wonders what she will do when the kids are at school or perhaps doesn't have the initiative to work.
I'm a single mom, I work full time, and I home school (unschool actually).
She thinks she on to some Noble cause.
The noble cause of raising her own children instead of relegating them to day care? Another topic, sure, but SAHMs do play a huge role in their children's lives. Quantity does matter in the under-5 set.
Either that or she's just too lazy to get up and get on with the routine.
Riiigggghhhhhhhttttttttttttt.
A prideful, ego trip carries the Mother on her journey as she proves to the world how much smarter she and her children are going to be.
I don't test, measure, or assess my children's knowledge. The only time I even remotely tell people what they're up to is if they're looking for some sort of proof that my kids are learning anything. Relatives, mostly. And on boards such as this, where some posters are demanding proof that homeschooling works, are any test scores touted as success.
I personally don't care if my kids are geniuses or financial wizards. I do care more for their emotional health, not trophies I can hold up to the world as proof of my greatness as a mother.
If you take someone who did not necessarily do well in school, has low self-worth, add to that fear and you have a typical home-schooling parent.
I don't doubt they are out there but they are not the norm.
Timid, uneducated parents think they are superior by refusing to allow their children to socialize.
Homeschooled students have a broader age-range of friends than your typical schooled student because they're out and about in the real world instead of age-segregated in schools. They are often comfortable in groups of mixed ages. My son, age 8, has a 13-yr-old best friend, and a 21-yr-old friend.
Most children deeply resent staring at their Mother's all day for years on end.
Not mine.
What kind of an ego makes a Mother think she is all people and life's experiences to her child?
Wouldn't know. I do know that my children have the time and freedom to explore things in greater depth than their schooled counterparts, primarily because of scheduling. We can offer more from the simple standpoint is the kids aren't away from home for 6+ hours per day and not bogged down by homework for several more hours per day.
I think the inablity to accept others is at the heart of home schooling.
Uh, no. Not even close.
I loved my friends, my teachers and the learning experience.
IF there were horrible tramatic issues, as a child, as with all children, I was blissfully unaware of them.
Schools can be wonderful, safe havens for lots of kids from less-than-stellar home environments, for sure. A caring teacher can work wonders for those kids. I'm glad you had a great experience. It's not so great for others.
Parents want the best for their children, but what’s the best way to educate them? Dr. Phil’s guests face off in a debate about whether to school, homeschool or unschool. Dana and her husband, Joe, call themselves radical unschoolers. They say education happens as a side effect of life, and they don’t believe in tests, curriculums or grades. Are their three kids learning what they need to know? Then, RaeAnn says public schools are death traps and wants to homeschool her children. Her husband, Steve, says their kids are safer at school than they are at home. Can this couple reach a compromise? Plus, Nicole feels like an outcast at 26. She says she hated being homeschooled, and couldn’t relate to other kids. Share your thoughts here.
