Home school

[ristau5741]

Any of you smokers out here have home schooled kids,  wife is adamant about taking the daughter out of school this year  12 year old, 7th grade, and home schooling her. Daughter is in a good school, one of the best in the county. I'm against it. Her motivation is primarily safety. My research finds that a school shooting odd are very high, something like 1 in 140,000 chance over the school year.  I just think she'd get a more well rounded education interacting with peers and non-parental adults in a public school setting than at home. opinions? 

 

[SmokinAl]

I'm all for public schools. How else are you going to learn how to interact with your peers or other adults.

Sure some schools are not as good as others, but it sounds like your daughter is in one of the good ones.

What does your daughter want to do? If she wants to be home schooled then I probably would go for it.

If not, then it's two against one!

Al

 

[lancep]

It depends on the kid. K-12 offers a great curriculum for free and works through the public school system. Most areas also have homeschool co-ops for anything from class sharing to field trips and athletics, which takes care of your socialization needs. Also, systems like K-12 provide books and teaching aids as well has an online teacher that your student interacts with and is accountable to. As well as transcripts for college. Homeschooling also allows your student to work and learn at their own pace and even graduate early. That being said, it really does depend on the kid. We tried to homeschool our daughter in third grade. She was very advanced and the public school was not keeping up with her. We went with K-12 and it was great. They sent all the books, class supplies and their curriculum far surpassed our local school district. Only problem, she stopped sleeping. For a month! Her Dr finally ordered her back to school and we found a great school where she flourished. Point being, pay attention to your child and how they adjust to it. If they don't get them back in school.
Lance

 

[trannyguy]

I've been on this site for a couple of years, but I've never posted on here until now.

We have 4 kids, ages 12, 10, 8, and 5. When my wife approached me 5 years ago, wanting to homeschool, I was completely against it. 5 years later, I refuse to let them return to public school. Our kids are VERY social. As long as you provide social opportunities between church, sports, and co-ops, they will find plenty of opportunities to build social skills. No one knows your child like you do; you know their strengths and weaknesses and can provide them opportunities to excel without the limitations of public school. Our oldest was in the gifted program, but that only allowed him one half day of challenging lessons per week. The other days he spent teaching the other children or reading at his desk. We are in a co-op that provides amazing opportunities for our kids, such as foreign languages, science labs, and a Robotics class, to encourage our son to learn about something he's actually interested in doing.

In our area, there are an abundance of resources for homeschoolers. If your wife asks around, I'm sure she can find the same there. The scariest part is withdrawing your child from public school, but you won't look back. It's well worth it.

 

[lancep]

I've been on this site for a couple of years, but I've never posted on here until now.

We have 4 kids, ages 12, 10, 8, and 5. When my wife approached me 5 years ago, wanting to homeschool, I was completely against it. 5 years later, I refuse to let them return to public school. Our kids are VERY social. As long as you provide social opportunities between church, sports, and co-ops, they will find plenty of opportunities to build social skills. No one knows your child like you do; you know their strengths and weaknesses and can provide them opportunities to excel without the limitations of public school. Our oldest was in the gifted program, but that only allowed him one half day of challenging lessons per week. The other days he spent teaching the other children or reading at his desk. We are in a co-op that provides amazing opportunities for our kids, such as foreign languages, science labs, and a Robotics class, to encourage our son to learn about something he's actually interested in doing.

In our area, there are an abundance of resources for homeschoolers. If your wife asks around, I'm sure she can find the same there. The scariest part is withdrawing your child from public school, but you won't look back. It's well worth it.

Our daughter was in the exact position as your son which was our whole motivation. For whatever reason, though, she just couldn't handle it. Luckily, we live in much better school system now.

 

[chef jimmyj]

If the there is a home school coop, it may be worth trying. My youngest did PA Cyber for high school. 4 years turned into 5 because her senior year her advisor was changed 5 times. Each advisor said this or that class she took and Aced, did not count. They then gave her some other class to take. Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel,she did her Senior Project and her last a$$hole advisor won't sign off on all work complete because we had no internet access for a week and the advisor cut her from the program. My daughter now 20 has no HS Diploma and gets no reponse from PA Cyber...JJ

 

[ristau5741]

all your comments are interesting.  thank you for your opinions. I will have to consider a change in my stance against the home school issue..

And trannyguy, thanks for your first forum post in response to my inquiry.

 

[bmudd14474]

ristau5741

We have all 4 of our kids home schooled. We go thru a charter school here where they have a teacher that keeps track of their work and all. They also have some classes that they can go to if we chose and this helps with the social interaction. The biggest pro is the individual education plans. They will customize a plan for each of your kids that focuses on how their brains work and learn. If they start struggling they can change to a different way of teaching it and help them out.

Id say give it a try and see how your kid does. If they have trouble adjusting then you can go back to public schools. But also remember when you home schooling your kids will learn your values and ways and not a teachers that you may not agree with or approve.

Good luck and pm me for any other questions.