Home Schooling does NOT work.

Spinbrett

eliot, so you agree with rev wright huh? aids was made by white man to kill black people? lol

bootlegger10

catefrances wrote:

well i have full confidence that i am capable academically to homeschool my children. the only reason i dont and never will is cause i have zero patience and am a little nuts.

Hey, if you are capable to teach physics, calculus, chemistry, biology, history and teach them well and still have time for a life.....all the more power to you.

bootlegger10

Spinbrett wrote:

Ya, your kid can solve any algebra problem and spell the entire dictionary but when it comes time to interview for a job, well, it soon appears that he/she was home schooled.

So, apparently, not being homeschooled makes you act like a jackass and make stupid posts on the internet. Hmmn.... Unless you are a self-loather.

Well, I'm going out to buy a house possibly, that I won't foreclose on because by the time I was in my last year of homeschooling (4th grade) I understood I knew the value of saving money. You know, not like these public school folks who grew up not being able to read a loan agreement and understand a simple amortization table.

justam

Spinbrett wrote:

Ya, your kid may grow up and win spelling bee's. But he will be a social misfit and probably become a unabomber. Or maybe send anthrax through the mail following some pattern in the phone book. If you don't believe me, check this home schooled kid out. He just won the spelling bee but has no idea how to communicate with another human other than his mom.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z4hLS01uscY&feature=related

That boy is somewhat Autistic. That's all.

THey call someone like him a "high-functioning" person with Autism. I'd say his parents have done pretty well with him. He is trying to keep his eyes up while he talks and he is using his intelligence to try to understand what she's asking him. Despite the fact that he doesn't have the expected enthusiasm or emotional response, he's not being inappropriate.

If you've seen a lot of these kids, you can recognize them.

This thread makes you seem ignorant.

in_hiding79

catefrances wrote:

you know pam, tagging that comment with j/k is like starting a sentence with: im not racist but...

You're right, I'm not kidding!!!

sourdough

Home schooling has it's pro's and cons. My ex wife was homeschooled and turned out great but it does mean that parents will have to go that extra mile to ensure there are opporunities for socialization (ie clubs, sports etc). As a high school teacher I can tell you that there are many socially inept people who make it through public school.

catefrances

bootlegger10 wrote:

Hey, if you are capable to teach physics, calculus, chemistry, biology, history and teach them well and still have time for a life.....all the more power to you.

ah yes calculus. im so glad i was taught that in school. i have infinite uses for it, dont you? :rolleyes:

bootlegger10

catefrances wrote:

ah yes calculus. im so glad i was taught that in school. i have infinite uses for it, dont you? :rolleyes:

Hey, in college calculus helped me realize that a math degree would be the most boring thing I could ever pursue, so it did have ONE use.

Kel Varnsen

I always thought that being your kids homeschool teacher (with no formal training) is kind of like being your kids doctor with no formal training. Sure if your kid gets sick or hurt you might be able to do the basic stuff to make him better and if there is something serious you might get lucky and do the right thing, but for most serious cases why wouldn't you want a professional doctor or teacher doing what they were trained to do?

chopitdown

Kel Varnsen wrote:

I always thought that being your kids homeschool teacher (with no formal training) is kind of like being your kids doctor with no formal training. Sure if your kid gets sick or hurt you might be able to do the basic stuff to make him better and if there is something serious you might get lucky and do the right thing, but for most serious cases why wouldn't you want a professional doctor or teacher doing what they were trained to do?

a lot of professional teachers can't get the job done either.

Homeschoolers have curriculum and lesson plans that they follow...sometimes they also have videos...it's not like the parents are sitting there trying to figure out what to teach for the day. It's like a lot of things; there are parents who do it the right way and parents who do it the wrong way. The kids still have to take tests and show progress (that's via state guidlines). In some states the local school board evaluates the progress to make sure it is comparable to a public school education.

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one other interesting fact...the head of south carolinas board of education home schools her 4 children.

gossardstradlin

Completely up to the family.

However I think students can miss out in a lot of socialization being home schooled even if they are still involved in sports and extra curricular activities through the school. I have seen kids that are home schooled actually get teased more by their peers because they are home schooled.

I think life and relationships are hard and you get a reality dose of that by going through the public education system. Is this more important than possibly a better education one could receive at home? For me I jacked around didn't really apply myself and got my act together later on in life but was happy for the ups and downs and experiences I had had in public education.

Public education is one of those hot topics that everyone wants to fix but nobody knows how. And when they (politicians) do think they know how they spout off at the mouth change the system and then someone else comes along says its still broken and changes it again. Around and around we go. Sorry a little off topic there.

justam

Kel Varnsen wrote:

I always thought that being your kids homeschool teacher (with no formal training) is kind of like being your kids doctor with no formal training. Sure if your kid gets sick or hurt you might be able to do the basic stuff to make him better and if there is something serious you might get lucky and do the right thing, but for most serious cases why wouldn't you want a professional doctor or teacher doing what they were trained to do?

This is how I feel about it too.

My children come home and tell me about what they've learned at school and I am happy they are learning such interesting and varied things that I often know nothing about!!!

Our school district is excellent so I'm happy they get the benefit of learning from good teachers.

bootlegger10

One thing to think about. You aren't going to get shot by some crazy school kid next to you when being homeschooled. Public schools = increasingly unsafe.

RyeGuy

what a weird ass dude. I wonder if he is aware of how much of a douchebag he is.

genie

Spinbrett wrote:

Ya, your kid may grow up and win spelling bee's. But he will be a social misfit and probably become a unabomber. Or maybe send anthrax through the mail following some pattern in the phone book. If you don't believe me, check this home schooled kid out. He just won the spelling bee but has no idea how to communicate with another human other than his mom.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z4hLS01uscY&feature=related

so you think it's better for someone who gets bullied to be in that same school until he/she leaves the school? or should i say until that person commits suicide....because that is most likely thing to happen.

look, those people already have some sort of individuality in them which means they can't get along with others. i don't think homeschooling is bad, i think is fucking great, i was "homeschooled" ( actually no one taught me anything haha school was easy breeze after age of 13 )

as for social misfit..........well if anyone considers me a misfit then i'm proud, that's right i'm proud to be one and think differently to everyone else, at least i'm not a sheep. As for anthrax.....why do you think it's the only thing social misfit is capable of? in fact London bombers where very much social people and good achievers. Now brainwashing and mind control and fanaticism causes someone to become a terrorist. don't be quick to assume that social misfit will do no other than bad, who knows the kind of person might become greatest guitar player or an artist.

anyway i was homeschooled and proud :cool:

ForestBrain

Me, too, genie!
I always find these home schooling threads so amusing. They select a group and target them. What about the shootings at schools, eh? There are misfits everywhere! EVERYWHERE!
People using this "what about social skills?" stuff is a load. Homeschooling takes nothing away from social skills.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

I'd have a hard time forming a conclusion about anything from one kid.

perhaps a dash of savant in there?

kid has no friends to play with?

This is a bull shit finding..

DixieN

Home schooling can work very well. It just depends on why the parents are home schooling.

in_hiding79

bootlegger10 wrote:

One thing to think about. You aren't going to get shot by some crazy school kid next to you when being homeschooled. Public schools = increasingly unsafe.

No, you will just end up drowning all five of your kids at home......much more safe being homeschooled!!

Abookamongstthemany

in_hiding79 wrote:

No, you will just end up drowning all five of your kids at home......much more safe being homeschooled!!

There are examples of crazies to be found in all cross sections of the population.

I don't think either side of this argument can make a strong case on these extreme examples, especially when other factors might have contributed to them, as well.