My mom and dad homeschooled my siblings and I. I went to public school in 9th grade, but they wanted to put me in 6th because my test scores were so low. I had to go sit down with the principal and he gave me a shot. Going to a public school, was one of the most humiliating experiences of my life, because I wasn’t taught right.
I do think homeschooling can work, but if you have zero experience in teaching, like my parents, it’s child abuse imo.
A lot of it was religious based. And my mom was #2 in high school. They thought that just meant she could teach anything to anyone. That meme with the tears on the paper and someone saying “WHATS 4X4?!?!” Was very accurate for us. We’re all ok, though.
Yeah, same. Being a person of hopefully reasonable intelligence, thorough and diligent, and a teacher by profession, I still can't imagine thinking it would be best if I homeschooled my kids on anything outside of my field of specialty. And I can't imagine who could possibly think that.
At best, you have parents who are just regurgitating what's in a text book to their kids, via their own interpretation of it. And you only have to look at people's answers to test questions on social media to see how terribly wrong many people can interpret something, so there's a very high chance that these parents are just teaching their kids the completely wrong thing.
And voila! Now we know why we live in a world where some people think that a dozen means anything other than 12 😅🤦
Teachers exist for a reason. Leave it to the people who have a better idea than you. Or be consistent. Don't trust anyone and do everything at home: fix your own appliances, maintain your own car, be your pets' own veterinarian, and diagnose every medical condition of every person in your family 😁
It's still not something I think most people should go to as a first choice but I do think there are good reasons (e.g. learning disabilities, gifted children that outpace programs, poorly performing public schools, students that do poorly in large class sizes, severe bullying/social problems at school, etc.)
But if you combine no experience in teaching, no interest in education, no effort to seek outside help, and a desire to do the minimum. Yeah, that's a recipe for child neglect.
Most definitely. It would be a last resort for me.
I have a lot of siblings and we all played sports, so our social interaction wasn’t the worst, but I still get social anxiety. I’m 34 and I still feel behind everyone else.
The school system in the US varies on a county by county and local basis. While most districts have other schools or charter schools available not all do. Private schools may be too expensive or too far away for families, magnet schools may have a waiting list and lottery system, or vouchers may not cover the full cost of a private school. At most alternative schools outside your zoned area the parents have to prove their own transportation to and from school.
Or a child may do better under a different type of instructional style (e.g. inquiry vs. group learning vs. facilitator vs. independent study vs. lecturer).
You're talking about a country that has more than 115,000 schools nationwide including everything from alaskan natives living in towns you can only access via airplane to kids that are going to school in New York City. I can't possibly claim to know everyone's reasons, other than that there are sometimes valid reasons and it really should be decided on a case by case basis.
no interest in education, no effort to seek outside help, and a desire to do the minimum
yeah i think a lot of people don't realize that it's not supposed to be the easy way out. it's the hard way out and if you don't treat it like that your kids are screwed
To each their own experience, I guess. We were homeschooling by parents and mom did not even graduate high school because of life circumstances. She was passionate about knowledge and took homeschooling serious and wa glad we did it. Homeschooling up to 9th grade and attended high school. Not the best grades but some of the top. Even was able to take honors classes.
I said it can work. Glad you guys ended up ok. Out of my 9 siblings, 4 alcoholics, one heroin addict, and a whole lot of feeling inferior to everyone else. So I guess results may vary
I still think it should be illegal for anyone to teach children with some sort of degree in education.
We had child services called on us when I was 13. The lady came in asked a couple questions, said she’d be back next week. At this point in time, we hadn’t done any schooling in a couple of months. The social worker told my mom what she needed to provide, which gave her a week to prepare. The lady came back, my mom showed her the lesson plan. So not only did that lady give my mom time to get it all together, she boosted her ego. And apparently it was completely legal.
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u/Optimus_Rhymes69 Jul 11 '24
My mom and dad homeschooled my siblings and I. I went to public school in 9th grade, but they wanted to put me in 6th because my test scores were so low. I had to go sit down with the principal and he gave me a shot. Going to a public school, was one of the most humiliating experiences of my life, because I wasn’t taught right.
I do think homeschooling can work, but if you have zero experience in teaching, like my parents, it’s child abuse imo.