do yawl think homeschooling is ok?

Question

iwas just wondering on yawls opinion

Answer 1

Are you from the south by some chance? :)

I think homeschooling can be good, but it'll depend on the parents and the kids. We've chosen homeschooling because, as teachers (I am a former elementary teacher, my husband teaches junior high), we didn't like what we saw going on socially in school and also saw the academic benefits our kids would have by being able to work at their level and at their pace. We get out regu;arly, my kids have friends outside the family (and are great friends with each other, although still have the usual sibling issues from time to time), they participate in group lessons... We make sure our children's whole development is taken care of. Not all families do this, however, and the child ends up suffering.

Answer 2

Oh, it's spelled "y'all" if you want to use proper southern grammer. ;-) And if you're using plural possessive, it's would be "all y'all's"

Obviously I think it's okay, we're doing it. All the arguments people use against it are coming from a place of not understanding homeschool and not having experience with it. If someone has such a small opinion of their own knowledge, then perhaps it would be better if the child was in public school. Having been through some of the teacher training and classes, I assure you it's not that spectacular.

As for having a speech problem, or any type of disability, I can also affirm that public school is the last place you would want to get assistance for those problems. Not only are many therapists in school brand new, getting experience until they can join or open their own practice, the very nature of serving dozens of children limits time, money and patience for your child. We were lucky in our school, if our autistic daughter got more than half an hour a week of one-on-one, when most professionals suggest 40 hours a week. In local schools, a child with a speech impediment receives 15 minutes a week. If a child has a problem such as that, most disability groups suggest you seek private therapy.

Answer 3

I believe that homeschooling is fine if used to actually educate your child. I have attended public schools, private schools, and I have been homeschooled. Homeschooling is by far my preferred choice. In the public and private schools I had difficulty keeping up with the things I didn't understand and I got bored with the things I did understand. When I homeschooled I could go at my own pace and I wasn't restricted to one grade. My English and History studies were college level while my Math and Science studies were a little below my "grade" level. I homeschooled for a few years in high school and I am now in college at a "traditional" college. I miss the freedom of homeschooling and I believe that I learned more on my own doing that than I did when I attended conventional schools where I had to sit at a desk all day with 30 other kids in the classroom.

Answer 4

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of home schooling. (The words "home" and "school" are separate when talking about "home school".) It makes me crazy to read some of the feedback for this question. What in the world makes anyone believe that a home schooled child is incapable of having a social life? Both of my children are involved in plenty of activities, and attend plenty of field trips, but they are also both HOME SCHOOLED. There is nothing wrong with that. My daughter has done cheerleading for the last two years & is now enjoying soccer and bowling. My son is enjoying basketball and judo. They each have a large circle of friends. Some of which attend public school!! The only people responsible for their anti-social child would be the parents. I make sure my children socialize as much as they can, but because of me (and my husband)...our kids are actually learning...receiving an EDUCATION. We live in a state where a standardized test decides whether or not a child passes, promotes, fails, etc.

Answer 5

This question is hard to answer on a broad scale. I see nothing wrong with homeschooling itself. There are problems with both homeschool and public school. The common denominator in whether or not either is a OK is the educator. I personally have chosen public school for my three children but have a sister who has chosen to homeschool hers. We both believe we are doing what's best and both of us are right.

Answer 6

I will try to be open minded with my answer. Home schooling seems to be the alternative to better education. At least it is to some. I am not fully convinced it works. And to be honest I don't know anyone who has been home schooled,nor do I know anyone at the moment who is being home schooled. If my neighbor decided to home school their kid, I cannot see this as a good thing.I think working every night with your child with their homework is far better than eliminating the whole education system totally.

Answer 7

Yeah, homeschooling is the best. I'm getting a good education, and I still meet a lot of kids.

Answer 8

Yes, I think homeschooling is a good option for many, depending on your situation and the school system, for example if it is lower quality. You don't list any facts about your situation or your school system so it is hard for me to comment, though.

I did want to address the fact that one person had answered they thought schools are wonderful for special needs children. They may be in some cases, but in my son's case, for example unfortunately not. Speech therapy that was supposed to be given once a week on his IEP was immediately reduced to once every two weeks as the therapist had over 100 children she was seeing at different schools. Then after a few months of once every 2 weeks speech therapy she told us she was ill, her child was ill, she was injured, she had to proctor the standardized exams, etc. and was unable to give my son any speech therapy for several months. When we finally did complain after several months of her complete and absolute noncompliance (although really almost a year she hadn't followed the IEP fully) to the guidance counselor she called and left a nasty voice mail on our phone!

In regard to reading programs, my son is dyslexic, and they offered no help at all. They don't have any dyslexic programs in our county, and merely advised us after the meeting (so it would be off the record and they wouldn't have to pay for it I feel sure) to take him to a Lindamood Bell Center in our town for reading help which we couldn't afford as it cost $6000 (and this was 6 years ago so is probably way more than that now).

Any help we did get for my son was through our private health insurance.

At least in my county in Florida, it is in my opinion, more beneficial to homeschool special needs children because of the one-on-one attention and individualized education you can provide, and you don't really miss out on any special services in my experience. Private insurance provided much better speech therapy and provided the OT that they felt he didn't need (although when tested by an OT he was found to have 2 years delay in fine-motor and visual-motor skills which they didn't catch in their testing). I can't speak for other states, because I know our state is 41st in funding out of 50, so there are 40 or so states that may or may not have better services than our state.

Regarding social skills, that may have been an issue in the 60s or 70s when homeschooling wasn't widespread and if you didn't make an effort to attend sports, etc., but nowadays there are homeschool classes, sports, proms, dances, graduations, etc. These are in addition to the regular sports and classes, church groups, you can do with non-homeschooling kids which are pretty much scheduled during all afternoons, evenings, and weekends, and summers.

And there is really no beneficial reason I can think of that kids need to hang out with primarily kids their exact age. My children do this with their church groups, but I think even if they didn't, I don't think there is any reason or scientific research basis that it is extremely important to hang out just with kids that have the same birth year. In fact, it seems like that would be somewhat stifling your socialization skills rather than improving them if anything.

Answer 9

I think homeschooling is OK.

I don’t think insulting people is.

Although, sometimes insults are deserved: If Heather S is the product of public school, public school is certainly not OK!

Answer 10

yes because I was homeschooled and I turned out just fine.