homeschooling?

Question

what is your opinion on homeschooling.do you homeschool your children or are you homeschooled.I homeschool my kids and it seems to work out well.

Answer 1

I home school my 4th & 6th grade children. They are not only thriving at home educationally, but they are still able to enjoy the social aspects of life. They each have friends, and they get to take the most amazing trips with us. We don't have to worry about the school calendar, and whether or not they will miss too much school and have to repeat a grade because of it. Home school is a matter of opinion. In my opinion, it's working very well for us. We also live in Texas, and the TAKS testing is NOT a good idea. It has taken away from EDUCATION. My children were not learning! So, I pulled them out of public schooling when they were in 3rd & 5th grade - last year. They are about to enter 5th & 7th grade! We are so proud of the progress they are making. We aren't rushing through school by any means. Don't get me wrong. They have to do a lot of work, and it's good for them. However...home schooling your children is a very big commitment that you have to be willing to make and keep. You must be dedicated and organized. (It will also help if you're slightly educated.) Neither one of my children had learned how to write in cursive handwriting while in public school. They had to learn that at home when they were each old enough to learn. Cursive handwriting is no longer a required subject where we come from, and that's a shame! Good luck to you in your home school endeavor.

Answer 2

I was homeschooled through 9th grade, as well as all of my siblings (2 of them were only homeschooled through 8th grade). I am now 24 and have a professional job and a bachelors degree so I have a hindsight opinion. I think homeschooling was great in our instance because my mom was VERY disciplined and always had everything very laid out and structured. I ended up at a private high school and a public university, and with the exception of a few of my economics professors, my mom was my hardest teacher! However, I have friends and extended family members, who homeschool and the results are not the same. I think alot of it depends on WHY you are homeschooling. My mom thought she could give a better education than the Louisiana schools, and so she kept us at home. Some people only homeschool for the "Christian" education or to shelter their children, and in my opinion those are the people that homeschoolers are stereotyped as! I hate to tell people I was homeschooled because the typical response is "oh. you're not weird?!!!" So in answer to your question, I don't think homeschooling can be answered as a good or bad thing broadly; Rather, it needs to be an individual basis, and the person schooling needs to realize how important education truly is, not use homeschooling as a way to cut corners. Sorry for the book... I digress.

Answer 3

I was homeschooled through all of elementary, middle and high school. I graduated from college and law school, passed the California Bar Exam on the first attempt (becoming the youngest lawyer in California at age 21) and have worked as a lawyer since then. I plan on homeschooling my own kids.

I would suggest that you find a local support network for social and academic support. Homeschooling can be a thoroughly positive experience but it's very hard without a network of other local homeschoolers.

Answer 4

thankfully and fairly, i've got easily gained particularly some useful comments approximately homeschooling my little ones. you will have the capacity to parent the version between "comments" and "criticisms" and respond for that reason. many people "remark" by way of fact they don't comprehend plenty approximately homeschooling or have some misapprehensions. you may come to a determination in case you want to apply this as an possibility to coach them. some people hand out criticisms beginning with "i think of..." in case you do not experience like entering right into a debate with them or you recognize they gained't hear to something you assert besides, you may merely respond with "it is what my husband and that i agree is desirable for our babies" and alter the situation. i might advise attempting to concentration on the positives of homeschooling extremely than the negatives of school, even although they do have an inverse dating. some people will take your determination to homeschool as an indictment of their very own parenting selections. you may't help that; you may merely attempt to respectfully walk away or exchange the situation.

Answer 5

My children were homeschooled until I became disabled when my son entered the second grade he had a reading level of a sophmore in high school (7 years old).
I think it works great

Answer 6

I have just withdrew from my public school due to EXTREMELY poor teacher quality (one teacher let us walk into the woods near the school and just do nothing) along with EXTREMELY unprofessional administration. We have just received our books today and are planning to start very soon. By researching homeschooling, I saw only benefits so I hope it turns out great but, anything is better than RMA!

Answer 7

Yea Im a at a college reading level and In all my classes and Its been this way since I started homeschool in the 8th grade.

Answer 8

my homeschooled three and a half year old reads at a second or third grade level, and does kinderarten math. all without being made to do endless worksheets and sit still at a desk.

I determine his curriculum, not corportations or religious extremists (it's inclusive and exposes him to multiple viewpoints).

he's not denied physical activity, music or art.

he's not held back or left behind to satisfy the median pace of 29 other learners.

Answer 9

I am a homeschooling mom! Public school terrifies me!

Answer 10

I hope you don't really homeschool your children! Any adult (whether they homeschool their kids or not) should know to capitalize letters at the beginning of a sentence, and put a space after punctuation marks.