All the Christian Homeschoolers!

[Kingbobkingdom]

Hello again! I am in Alabama now! Everything is great except for a quail that needs help.

 

[TheFatBlueCat]

Interesting. I've always considered public education to be completely worthless. I know 8 year olds right now in school that cannot read, while my 6 year old reads books easily despite being homeschooled

All information is freely available on the internet now, so the only thing schools need to do is instill a genuine love for learning, some discipline, and some work ethic, but they don't

Schools merely make children hate learning

Public schools are prisons for kids that prepare children for a lifetime of wageslavery working 40+ hours a week. Homework on the other hand is preparing children for working unpaid overtime as employees in the future


Heh same, I need to exit gracefully. We should probably have a parent's homeschooling thread somewhere

I think it's a very individual thing. In my case, I got a very good education from being homeschooled. Better than any of my public-schooled peers. There were some factors that made it successful - my parents actively wanted to homeschool us, my mother was an intelligent woman who did a very good job, we were heavily involved in a church community and christian homeschooling groups so I got a lot of structured social activity, I had many siblings so was not alone, I had outside interests that other adults supported me in so I spent a lot of time outside the home with other people, and I was very self-motivated child with a huge amount of curiosity.

None of these factors apply to my situation with my daughter, so I chose a small local school where those important factors - work ethic, love of learning, respect, morals, are a very important part of the school culture. That being said, I had to teach her to read myself over the summer vacation when she was 5, as she still couldn't read properly six months after beginning school. Obviously a child is going to get a better education if taught one-on-one. It has just been my experience that many of my home-schooled peers were taught at home due to an ideology, and their outcomes were not good in many cases. Nobody in the homeschooling community I grew up with (and this is a lot of kids, over 30) chose to homeschool their own children when they had them. That does speak some volume I feel.

In life everything has positives and negatives. I feel it's important to acknowledge both aspects of a thing, and be mindful of how you do mitigate the negatives. There are negatives to NOT homeschooling, and I try to mitigate those by remaining connected to our school community and aware of what my daughter is and isn't learning, so I can fill in any gaps.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I'm so happy rnnnnnn!!!

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

I'm so happy rnnnnnn!!!

uuuhhhh do i have to guess why or is that just a genral statment?

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

uuuhhhh do i have to guess why or is that just a genral statment?

You can guess but I doubt any of yall will know

Spoiler: Answer

i get to go to tn soon, for context we have property there and i love it so so so much

 

[Red Mangrove]

Nobody in the homeschooling community I grew up with (and this is a lot of kids, over 30) chose to homeschool their own children when they had them. That does speak some volume I feel.

It's a meme as ancient as time that children always do the opposite of their parents. I personally hope to break this cycle, but I know that anything I force upon my children will likely be rejected forever if not merely for decades

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

You can guess but I doubt any of yall will know

Spoiler: Answer

i get to go to tn soon, for context we have property there and i love it so so so much

oh fun!
my parents want property there too but it would be more like a place to live most of the year to avoid NY taxes. I'm not at all in favor of that though. Dont ask me why. I have a reason but it's more of an emotion that cant easily be put into words.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

oh fun!
my parents want property there too but it would be more like a place to live most of the year to avoid NY taxes.

we are wanting to go there 6 months out of the year and eventually move there. I can imagine NY taxes are high

I'm not at all in favor of that though. Dont ask me why. I have a reason but it's more of an emotion that cant easily be put into words.

Aw, sorry

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

we are wanting to go there 6 months out of the year and eventually move there. I can imagine NY taxes are high

yeah they are
i think to make it work we'd have to live there like 7-8 months? idk. Maybe more.

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

i feel like im living durning the time of Wally or any other earth pollution crisis thing. the sky is orange and the sun is too. The air is smoky and everyone's lungs hurt. There's no wind and it's humid. supposedly the air quality is at a unhealthy level today