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October 30, 2008, 8:06 pm PDT
I home school
Quote From: chameleonaStudents who attend public school obviously do not learn how to deal with these occurences, or we wouldn't have school shootings. How many home schools have been shot up? None that i know of. And as for the personal adult consualing, even the good teachers are overworked and often unavaliable, and as for the psychologists and coulsours- don't make me laugh. My school officials consistently said that i "had violent tendencies" and needed counsualing just because i enjoy hypothetical situations. (Admittedly some of them were not proper for a school environment, but they didn't make me crazy.) As for being silly at lunch, you get punished. As for recess, it's been cut out for all but the youngest children. I am not sheltered, I am not less advantaged. In fact, I have more advantages, because now i am capable of doing things that correspond with what i already know. School staff is not very avaliable and involved, and teachers are not always equipped with the latest technologies. at the very least, equalized classes (where abilities are mixed) should be stopped in academic subjects. While i respect your opinion, I don't think that what you say is true in all cases.... although i do not think it is false in all cases, either. I took my son out of school a year ago. My son has progressed dramatically. He has a lot of social deficits and other issues. It has worked well, but it is very draining. If you have a good support system and no job it probably work out. I put my son in soccer, we drive almost two hours on mondays for social skills, we do virtual school which can be very demanding and stressful. I have a daughter in public school which i'm very supportive of. I also work full time. I have found that i'm not going to be able to keep going like i'm going. I have found that without a very good support system which i donnot have, I am withering. I am in complete exaustion and recently trying to get him into a private school. At homeschooling my son makes straight a b's and socially he is progressing but at the same time it's wearing me down which is making me irritable and he's picking up on it and also getting stressed. Just alot to think about. I wish you luck. Just realize it's not as easy as it looks and requires a lot of work. Later
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