Despite homeschoolers sharing over and over how their children are involved in activities with others and telling people over and over about various famous people who did not go to school, or who spent little time in school, why do naysayers still not get it?
Thomas Edison was homeschooled--it gave him the opportunity to learn the basics then read, read, read and experiment and bring wonderful inventions. Abraham Lincoln did not go to school. Benjamin Franklin only spent one year of his childhood in school. Neither one of the Presidents Roosevelt went to school. There are plenty of others.
How can they keep playing the same thing over and over that homeschooled kids don't get any socialization? And that their lack of contact with same-aged peers (compared to schooled kids) is a problem when a plethora of evidence from history and modern research shows that it isn't?
2006-07-28 15:36:19 · 12 answers · asked by glurpy 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
I'm serious about wanting to know a reason! I'm not just venting; I would really like to know how it's possible. Are they in denial? Do they think we're lying? Do they think we're idiots? Are they relying on very few cases and then stereotyping homeschoolers? What?
2006-07-28 15:47:22 · update #1
People believe what they want to believe. They don't listen because there slow or they think they know everything. Personally i think homeschoolers people are smarter because they can have one teacher learning about you and your weaknesses and not have to work with 30 different students.
2006-07-28 15:44:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, it's very easily understood. However, the problem is not all home-schooled teachers are qualified. There are no checks and balances, and above all it is not main stream. I'm sure home-schooled kids can be socialized the same as public schooled kids, (they still have friends). Like everything else, there's always an opinion, whether it is right or wrong. If it is working for you, there is know need to fix it or worry about how other people feel. The proof will come out in College entrance exam's and human nature will provide socialization....Have a Great Day!!!
2006-07-28 15:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know I got a lot of heat for example that my kids arent getting the social skills they need.....have these people seen our schools???? I am lucky if my kids can communicate with the other students cuz they all speak spanish! They had a hard time finding a classroom that had english speaking only for my kids to enter so I decided to homeschool and did for years....now they are older and my daughter went into junior high with no problems...they had good grades and I not the school got to teach them about sex and other things I got to teach them morals and values....you cant imagine what my daughter comes home to tell what the other kids are saying and doing like having sex at 12 already....do people honestly think that thats a better enviroment for me to put my kids into instead of a loving home that I strengthen their foundation until they are old enough to take on the world or should I just throw them out to the wolves and see if they survive....sheesh what kind of mother would I be if I did that??? I was able to form a great bond with my kids that will only grow with time and no they arent social morons either they have lots of friends but the majority of them they cant hang out with cuz those kids have no morals or bounderies they all have boyfriends and have or are planning to have sex at 13! Well I will go on and on but I firmly believe in homeschooling even all the way up to high school!
2006-07-31 02:57:52 · answer #3 · answered by tinker143 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it depends on the kids. I have met home schooled kids that were very stuck up and closeminded, and some of the most polite kids I know where home schooled. It really depends on the kid and who is teaching them. When I was homeschooled I absolutely hated it, but I wasn't given anytime to socialize or interact. I went to work, came home, cleaned, and did my school work. I loved public school. I had time out of the house, felt like I had a seperate life from my guardians, it just worked better for me.
2006-07-28 19:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by his angel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a fan of homeschooling. It is wonderful. And, there are plenty of programs available, parents need not be "qualified".
In a small Iowa suburb, near a large city, the school board was having its monthly meeting a few years ago. The State of Iowa had passed a rule that all home-schooled kids had to take the same Standardized tests once a year that kids in the public school took, and they were lumped in with their local school district, when the state paid bonuses for district performance.
Teacher after teacher ranted and raved about the unfairness of being forced to take those homeschooled kids and have their compensation district wise affected by them.
After a while of this nonsense, the director of the local home schooling association got the floor. All she said was, "Before you continue this discussion, you need to know the home-schooled kids in this district averaged at the 95th percentile." There was total silence, and not another person said one word about "those home schooled kids."
Let me point out for anyone here who has gone to public schools, that the home schooled kids AVERAGED the 95th percentile, which means they scored higher on average then 95% of the kids in public schools, who averaged more like the 50th percentile!
Yes, those teachers did not want to say another word when they learned those mothers, with little or no education in education, working a few hours a day, out performed all the wonders of the modern degree in education.
PLUS HOMESCHOOLED KIDS ARE MUCH BETTER SOCIALIZED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want the best education money will buy for your kids, you will home school them. Period; end of debate.
2006-07-28 16:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by retiredslashescaped1 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Home schooled has to be better than what were turning out in public education.
Math 1950-2005
Last week, I purchased a burger for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2, plus I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her.
She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help.
While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried.
Why do I tell you this?
Because of the evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:
1. Teaching Math In 1950
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
2. Teaching Math in 1960
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80.
What is his profit?
3. Teaching Math in 1970
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
His cost of production is $80.
Did he make a profit?
4. Teaching Math in 1980
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.
His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20.
Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
5. Teaching Math in 1990
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and
inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the
preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20.
What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class
participation after answering the question:
How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their
homes?
(There are no wrong answers.)
6. Teaching Math In 2007
Un hachero vende una carretada de madera para $100.
El costo de la producciones es $80.
Yours" Grumpy
2006-07-28 15:47:03 · answer #6 · answered by Grumpy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
homeschooling is the way to go! not only is the child used to his surroundings/but it takes him/her a while to adjust to different surroundings. therefore when he/she first goes to school they are scared. because they are not ysed to their surroundings. and in some people / some adjust quickly/ some average/ and some may not adjust at all. that is why your child either passes or fails. and also he/she may not be introduced to harrasment by the other classmates there fore they think of themselves as failures and therefore believe in their mind that they are failures and therefore they fail. so home schooling focuses on learning and discipline on a aone on one basis; therefore the child learns quicker and faster.
and also may tell you things that you didnt even know!.
and yes there are many people that never even finished school.
so of you want your kid to be harrased or even beat up or shoved or slapped otr have his lunch stolen or be bullied just send him/her to school. for they only teach[k---p] that you dont even need in this crazy world. like history and english and just plain junk. and just think you are paying for all this!!.
why would you spend sat 12'000.))00 / to have him in school/ when you could spent 1200 or even less to have him/her home schooled.
you would save more and yourchild would learn more and be a lot happier in the long run than he .she would going toschool.
2006-07-28 16:12:37 · answer #7 · answered by david_strickland31 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well actually most home schooled peole i've met are pretty weird, cause lots of parents don't give their kids opportunities to meet other kids. I just think it's a bad idea, I mean I wouldn't want to be cooped up with my parents day and night.
2006-07-30 10:01:01 · answer #8 · answered by she who is awesome 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who cares what they think? As long as you feel you've made the right choice in homeschooling, that's all that matters. Just let it go as you're never going to get ignorant people to change their minds.
2006-07-28 15:47:59 · answer #9 · answered by Christie K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who cares what other people say?
At least your kids will never be at the next Columbine. Tell them that. If that doesn't shut them up, nothing will.
2006-07-28 15:40:11 · answer #10 · answered by Professor Chaos386 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋