Home Schooling ( Archived) (30)

What are your views on home schooling for our children?

Anyone here home school their kids?

Do you think that its more worthwhile for them to be taught by their parents in a "safe", monitored environment?

Do you think that they are better to go into main stream education in order to experience all the facilities it has to offer?

Do you think that home schooling can provide a more dedicated, direct education than in large class rooms?

Or do you think it denies the child the ability to grasp the social skills necessary to survive in life?

Since I have no children yet I am unsure if I will home school, private or public school. I have friends who have been to every kind of school imaginable. And I think it still all centers on the child. Private schools have much smaller classes (at least ones I have been in) so you can have quality time with a teacher if you are having a difficult time in a subject. Public school I learned how to hook kotex together and put them up underneath a car where when one drives off they will not notice them right away trailing behind them The only home schooling I ever received was in the school of life. And actually it has been what was the most usefull

my daughter has two children,boy 14,girl 12...They went to public school,till last year..The boy is now going to college at age 14 with 49 other kids in a goverment program for smart kids.One of the rules to get in this program was that neither parent had attended college.It gives a child a change to get a college degree that other wise might not get one due to lack of funds.When he gets out in 4 years,he will have grad. from high school and college at the same time.Only 50 kids a year are chosen,i think its a good program.She decided to home school the girl till she could file to get in the program to.It has worked out well for both.there are a lot of parents who home school around here and its very sucessful.Good topic op

Excellent!

Thanks, PA. Good post.

I would tend to agree with you.

I believe that children are much better off to attend mainstream schools, because they are more likely to develop the skills needed to deal with life.

Home schooling to me, from what I have learnt is too closeted, and can do more harm than good.

Depends on the choice of schools available though, I guess.

Oh, that sounds good, my friend.

A good example of both methods working well.

I love a happy story. I think all children deserve an education if they so choose one

I think it truly depends on the parents and also the child. I have children who did okay in public school, and who did great in charter schools.

I personally would not have the patience required to home-school my children. My daughter did home school my grand-daughter for a bit and while my grand-daughter did great academically, she wanted the social interaction of the children and so she went back to public schooling.

Me neither. And although I am pretty well educated, I wouldnt have the confidence to be able to teach my child a wide enough, and up-to-date enough curriculum for them to be well enough equipped for life.

That's really where I'm at; I personally feel that I benefitted greatly from the interaction I had at public school. Some of it wasnt nice, but I think I learnt from it.