Anyone home school or know of someone who home schools? (Year 1 update)

[2010sarenevercomingback]

To get back to OP & central ssue, I'll just say that in most places and for most of human history, raising and educating kids is done primarily by the parents, and to the extent others are involved, it's typically the local community with shared values in a secondary/complementary role that focuses on citizenship/cultural traditions.

The modern American public educational structure where the process is primarily outsourced is an outlier.

Most people overthink the decision- if you think your kids could benefit from a parent-directed structure, they probably will.

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

Yeah but they didn't get on a boat together.

I thought the gays famously hated the sea

 

[Jim14510]

I thought the gays famously hated the sea

Think that's black people that don't like to swim.

 

[DrumMonkeyRobot]

Yeah but they didn't get on a boat together.

I don't know, man. Have you seen the Quakers? Pretty gay if you ask me.

 

[Jim14510]

To get back to OP & central ssue, I'll just say that in most places and for most of human history, raising and educating kids is done primarily by the parents, and to the extent others are involved, it's typically the local community with shared values in a secondary/complementary role that focuses on citizenship/cultural traditions.

The modern American public educational structure where the process is primarily outsourced is an outlier.

Most people overthink the decision- if you think your kids could benefit from a parent-directed structure, they probably will.

I think this is perfect.

Would just add that the benefit of the public schools is that you're exposing your kids to different ways of learning and experiences.

If you want something in between do private.

 

[Snockered69]

The socialization bullshit that people throw around in homeschooling conversations always cracks me up

Our society is overflowing with socially retarded weirdos who all went to public and private schools

Find this hilarious as well and surprised it took until page 3 for someone to bring it up. Kids are progressively becoming worse at socialization with video games and all the online activities. They can talk to a screen but put them in front of a person and it’s like listening to automated voice of 30 years ago.

 

[jickey moseph]

All public school did to me was create a pothead in high school out of a kid that was generally well-behaved and did things the right way.

Wouldn't want to change going where I did in LPS for a private school, whatsoever. Granted, I know things have drastically changed in 12+ years, but I honestly can't remember any ideology that I took from any of my teachers.

I also dislike the take that you're afraid of first year teachers at a public school. Can you blame teachers for leaving the profession? They're paid and treated like shit, not only by kids that now live in this Social Media era, but parents, too.

Sure, I might be a bit biased because some of the people closest to me are themselves teachers at public schools, but they do indeed work their asses off and have to endure a variety of different things than teachers probably had to 10 years ago.

 

[RedSeaRising]

You do that whether you intend to or not. If you avoid the topics the only thing you're doing is not giving your children your point of view to consider. If there is no right or wrong answer the best thing is for them to experience the question from multiple sources and multiple angles.

I'm not disagreeing. Not at all advocating to avoid topics. But I trust myself to present that information in a way that will allow my kids to develop their own beliefs more so than I do a stranger. I don't claim to have the answers

 

[Lionsfan93]

I NEVER thought I'd be homeschooling my kids and grew up routinely making fun of the homeschool kids. That being said, the public schools just flat out are not a good option anymore. Because of that, homeschooling isn't what it was 20+ years ago. There are so many great options out there. My sister is putting her kids through Classical Conversations. Their oldest is going into his sophomore year of HS and is freaking brilliant.

We are apart of a co-op called Truth & Beauty. My daughter (1st grade) goes into to class 1 day a week, where she does science and history, while getting her work for the rest of the week. They have a few scheduled field trips throughout the year too. It's a smaller co-op and they are currently full, but there are a ton of other great options similar to this.

 

[Alcaus]

The socialization bullshit that people throw around in homeschooling conversations always cracks me up

Our society is overflowing with socially retarded weirdos who all went to public and private schools

Makes you wonder how we made it this far without giant shitty public schools throughout the majority of history.

 

[alt f4]

I NEVER thought I'd be homeschooling my kids and grew up routinely making fun of the homeschool kids. That being said, the public schools just flat out are not a good option anymore. Because of that, homeschooling isn't what it was 20+ years ago. There are so many great options out there. My sister is putting her kids through Classical Conversations. Their oldest is going into his sophomore year of HS and is freaking brilliant.

We are apart of a co-op called Truth & Beauty. My daughter (1st grade) goes into to class 1 day a week, where she does science and history, while getting her work for the rest of the week. They have a few scheduled field trips throughout the year too. It's a smaller co-op and they are currently full, but there are a ton of other great options similar to this.

My wife handed me the Classical Conversations paperwork and literature about 2 hours ago. That is the program she has been looking at.

 

[Lionsfan93]

My wife handed me the Classical Conversations paperwork and literature about 2 hours ago. That is the program she has been looking at.

It's good, but not for everyone. Like I said, my sister did it with their oldest and their youngest, but it's not the best for their middle. As they get a little older, it is a ton of writing papers. That's basically all that the sophomore is doing this year. That, and translating a book Latin book into English. Next year he has to translate a book from English into Latin....

 

[huskermack]

Glad my kiddos go to a German Immersion Charter school here in Los Anchorage.
There's nothing going on in any of the classrooms other than teaching/learning.

 

[22*43*51]

What are your concerns with LPS?

Prolly doesn’t want his kid to become a gay communist.

 

[HCFord1]

Prolly doesn’t want his kid to become a gay communist.

Understandable. Look what LPS did to me!

 

[Stan Raymond]

@Jim14510

I respectfully ask: Do you honestly believe that your sexuality is a choice that you're following? That you consciously choose every day only to be attracted to women?

I don't choose my sexual preference daily, but what I'm attracted to has changed over the years. What a person is attracted to is fluid and influenced by society.

 

[ChocaEgg]

I don't choose my sexual preference daily, but what I'm attracted to has changed over the years. What a person is attracted to is fluid and influenced by society.

Are you talking like some days you like you used to like redheads and now you like blondes? Or are you talking you went from liking chicks to liking dudes?

 

[BluesBucksNHuskers]

If teachers had as much influence as some of you think, this board would have much better grammar.

 

[Kaladin]

If teachers had as much influence as some of you think, this board would have much better grammar.

Watchu talkin bout Willis

 

[Kaladin]

Are you talking like some days you like you used to like redheads and now you like blondes? Or are you talking you went from liking chicks to liking dudes?

1. First chicks
2. Then dudes
3. Then he was interested in dudes that turned into chicks
4. Now he’s interested in dudes that turned into chicks but identify as animals