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Messages By: carolina1
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November 21, 2006, 11:01 am PST
 Quote From: elffie I am not going to homeschool, I don't think it will benefit MY children. I don't think it would be healthy for them to be with me all day, they need to get out and be with other kids their age in an environment that will support that. Plus, I want them to get the best education they can get, even if that means public schools. There are lots of Merit schools in the town my children will be going to and the kids score very high on their tests.
The only difference I see between Public and Private schools is the cost. Also, that some private schools are religious based. You can find the same classes in public school without the cost. I don't think we need to push our children academically, and honestly I think it's a little too much to have a kindergardner doing 3rd grade work. Now, if they child is capable of doing it, then so be it, but I do not think it's wise to push kids while they are so young.
There is bullying and crime if private school as well. I had a friend that went to a Christian private school and the kids there did drugs and had sex on the property! Same thing that was going on in the public school system.
I don't think homeschooling really teaches responsibility. Some of the time it is not structured and it is only for a couple hours a day. Going out of the house to school reinforces responsibility and teaching the student to be liable for their actions. Sure, there were a few days when I didn't want to go to school, but I could not have stayed home. I would not be socially mature, but that is me, it could be different for others. Plus, leaving home to go to school prepared me for the real world, where you leave your house and you do what you have to do, even if you don't like it.
So it looks like public schooling for my kids. Please don't generalize what homeschoolers do--some may follow a structure as you've stated, some may not. I have homeschooled for 9 years and my kids are extremely responsible. It's not a matter of homeschooling=lack of responsibility, it's a matter of parenting=responsibility or the lack of. My oldest at 13 has already developed a business of her own with a friend. She's in a craft fair in a week and a half and has prepared herself with a structure to properly prepare for it. I've not guided her, she has structured herself. I believe that this is a result of the structure I've established for her since the beginning. I'm a structured person therefore it's naturally rubbed off on my kids. As for the social aspect, my kids have plenty of social opportunities and have many friends. But I also believe one of the many upsides to homeschooling is that my kids have naturally learned how to converse with adults and carry a conversation. For anyone outside of the homeschooling community on this board my only suggestion would be to not throw in your 2 cents until you've actually seen for yourself what we as homeschoolers do--and not just a couple of us, but a group as a whole. There are good and bad, responsible and irresponsible in every group. We cannot judge the success based upon some failures. |
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