I was thinking about this recently: I think I know far more homeschoolers who started out with their kids in public school, got frustrated with various things and decided to pull them than I do people who have homeschooled from the start.
Is this the same for you? Do you know more people who pulled their kids than people who homeschooled from the start?
2007-01-07 10:07:29 · 18 answers · asked by glurpy 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
...yes, we definitely know more people who pulled their kids from school - to homeschool. Maybe it's because even though you're thinking about homeschooling it's rather intimidating in the beginning. Then your child goes to school - you probably volunteer a lot - you see how it's done & realize you could totally do this at home - and at the same time get ticked off at how schools teach to the common denominator, among other things....AND Wha- La.....your homeschooling! It's just a theory :)
2007-01-07 10:12:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most of the homeschoolers we know have gone to public school and have decided to homeschool after they've become frustrated with it, including my family. My youngest has never been to public school though. I do know of a few that started homeschooling from the beginning but, they are few and far between in my neighborhood.
2007-01-08 02:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by Bethie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a homeschooler who pulled my son from school. He attended preschool for 3 years, then Kindergarten and 1st grade. I never would have had the nerve to even think of starting homeschooling! I thought all kids should go to school! I had a teaching degree and everything.
But you know my story: The kindergarten teacher had me teach him reading. Then the 1st grade teacher had me tutor his math and handwriting. So at that point I kind of had already worked into part-time homeschooling. And then they asked me to tutor his language-arts. So I definitely felt like homeschooling was doable and less stressful than the combo of school and all the tutoring was!
Then once I was homeschooling my son, homeschooling my daughter from the start was a no-brainer! I'm on several e-group lists for special needs kids, kids with dyslexia and autism, and I feel so sorry for the parents still dealing with their kids being in school. Many of them have a lot of the problems & frustrations that we did. Homeschooling has been such a relief for us!
2007-01-07 18:31:56 · answer #3 · answered by Karen 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since we started homeschooling at birth, for the longest time, we knew only people who've been homeschooling all along. As our kids get older, and probably as homeschooling gets more mainstream, we meet more and more kids who went to school for awhile, then got pulled out.
Our son, 14, said he can tell within a few minutes how much school, if any, a kid has gone to. School just ruins kids.
2007-01-07 17:49:52 · answer #4 · answered by cassandra 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was homeschooled my entire life. When I was younger, my mom joined a homeschoolers group so me and my brother could meet other kids.
In the beginning, many of the other families were like us, they had never had their kids in public school.
But more and more families that had pulled their kids out of public school joined the group as the years went on.
So I know a lot of people of both types.
2007-01-07 12:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by Syd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say it's about half and half for us. We're pretty involved in the homeschooling community though, and we know a few hundred homeschooling families, and are close with about 30 personally. My oldest son's best friends are all kids who were in public school with him, and their parents pulled them too. He still has about four good friends in public school though.
A lot of it has to do with, i think, whom you are comfortable. The friends that I have who've pulled their kids have shared the same frustrations as I, struggling with ps, pta, special ed for years and then deciding to homeschool. That's a lot different than people who have always homeschooled, because they don't understand (and perhaps are a little arrogant about never having had their children in school)
2007-01-07 11:17:01 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know more people who have been homeschoolers from the start. Actually, I don't know of anyone who has dropped out of public school to be homeschooled. I do know several people who started public school after being homeschooled.
2007-01-07 10:12:45 · answer #7 · answered by JBK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We started out in school before we withdrew to homeschool. I think of the homeschooling families we know, that about half started out homeschooling and half switched to homeschool after a frustrating or disappointing experience in public school.
2007-01-08 02:18:08 · answer #8 · answered by Mom x 4 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Homeschooling in its current incarnation really got going in the 70's, so there's just not enough genetic material for there to be many people to judge this by.
However, I know more people who pulled their kids out of school. A few people have homeschooled from the start, but in general pulling is more common because the "GO TO SCHOOL" message is so etched in to our culture, it's automatic.
2007-01-07 14:44:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
People who have started out homeschooling. It is religious beliefs. I don't have the finances or the patiences to homeschool my five kids! LOL
2007-01-07 10:10:19 · answer #10 · answered by †♥mslamom♥† 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋