I am very intrigued by the idea of home schooling. If you as the parent has the dedication needed to actually home school, and have a schedule for them to follow. And if you yourself are educated enough to benefit your kids insatiable desire to learn, yeah then maybe home schooling would work.
I looked into it - for the reason that I hate being home and with Don's schedule we could travel so much more if we didn't have a school schedule to work around. But knowing myself, my level of dedication to it, my education and Brooklyn's need for social interaction I decided it was not right for us.
Is it really for your kids best interest to not know how to deal with challenging people and situations that they learn through going to school? How far into home school are you going to be able to teach them? Will you be able to do it until Jr. High or High School? Or will they go back to some form of traditional school when their knowledge level exceeds what you can teach them - and then in their teen adolecense years when they are not wanting to change you will thrust them into jr. high or high school? I fear that too many parents take on home schooling without giving it such considerations.
Anyway the reason I vent/rant about this today is because at church we had a visitor, he is 10 and is the high counselor, over our ward's son. I asked them to read a piece of paper that I had given to them all. When it was his turn to read 8 words he could not. "I have the talent to make people laugh" was his sentence. He had to get help from the other kids. Are you kidding me?? I see home schooling is paying off for the family as during Sharing Time the 8 year old could not read either. This frustrates me and pisses me off. These kids don't look dumb, they are social kids, not your weird home school kids vibe at all! Their dad is a flippin dentist! The mom has some form of higher education as the dad mentioned today that they met while attending BYU. I think that it is a huge injustice to the kids in this case. Again if you can successfully do home schooling and your kids are right where they need to be, which you can get them tested for yearly at one of your public schools, then great! I wish I could do it too. Seriously if the school system is that bad, the teachers are too mean do something about it. Volunteer in the school in the classroom witness what it is they are learning, or not learning. Don't keep them out of school because you are fearful of life and then set them up for a lifetime of failure. I doubt that the 10yr old who can't read now will become as successful of a dentist as his father - I am sure that dentists need to read.
My rant is going nowhere, I know. So I should just wrap it up as I want to keep typing about what an injustice it is that this 10 yr old boy can't read! GRRR
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That is so sad for that little boy. It's funny that you bring up homeschooling because I have a close friend who will be starting it this year. I think a lot of people have the skills needed for the HUGE undertaking that is schooling your kids through their education. But some don't, or may have the knowledge, but have no idea how to execute it. I wouldnt want to do it because, like you mentioned a little, I am not personally educated enough & I think I would soon hit some roadblocks with teaching them things I don't even know or remember. And I absolutely do not have the patience. Hey, I know my limits!
There is a lady in my ward who seems to do a really good job with her kids that are home schooled, but she is a very Type-A, cheif, perfectionist, type of person.
Whatever works with your family & personality I guess
I'm totally with you and Holly. We've thought about it off and on - for the same reasons you mentioned - traveling, etc. And I know a lot of homeschooled kids around here who are really, really smart and advanced. But I worry about socialization - so many of the home schooled kids I know and have known are just total social dunces. It would be totally scary for them to learn their social skills from ME of all people. I also doubt I would do a good job of it. I shudder to think what their math skills would be like.
I figure if we see there are areas where they are not getting what they need at public school, we'll get them a tutor or something. But good for families that figure out how to do it right, you know?
I am glad I am not alone in my frustration and my opinions.
I waay wish I had the patience to home school. Like you both, I know my limits and that would fall under crule and unusual punishment for my poor kids. How much screaming do they need to tolerate!
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