Considering homeschooling in Australia r there other JW's who will share there experiences?

Question

LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER JEHOVAH WITNESSES WHO R HS AND THERE EXPERIENCES OF IT?

Answer 1

There are a number of Yahoo Groups for home schooling, some of which discuss issues particular to Jehovah's Witnesses.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/20031222/article_01.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040615/article_01.htm

Answer 2

I am 22 years old. I was homeschooled starting at 6th grade. The reason I began homeschooling is beacause of the bad area I lived, and school districts. I am not by any means prejudiced, not a bit. Although, I was one of the few white kids in my school. The others liked to gang up on me. This caused me to be stressed all of the time, I was never able to focus on my school work. So I was also falling behind. If you can relate to any of this. I have to say that your child may learn alot more at home. I truly think I learned everything from home schooling. It's you teaching your child, one on one. You can work with him more on the areas he or she is falling behind in. There is one important thing that you need to do. You have to keep your child active in different sports or activities with other home schooling programs. If your child does not inneract with other kids, he or she will have social problems. That is the only mistake that I made. I became a teenager, and was so shy and had a hard time ordering my own food when out with others. Eventually I was strong enough to bring myself out of it. I started going to high school football games, and things like that. If you keep your child involved with other kids, and programs. I'm sure he or she will do really well. I guarantee they will learn alot more, and be very smart. You just have keep up with them being involved with several other children, maybe once a week. Good luck...:)

Answer 3

Hi, I'm from Australia.

I only know of one JW family that chose to home school their kids (that weren't living in remote areas.) They are still in school and I've lost contact with them since they moved away.

I wonder how good home schooling is and if it has social impacts. By that I mean having the opportunity to socialise with people from all different demographic groups.

Yes, they can socialise at the Kingdom Hall but what happens when they go to work. There is the potential that they will be faced with situations that people would seem quite ordinary but the homeschooled person would not and struggle to cope or deal appropiately with the situation.

I encourage you to think about the long term repercussions and/or benefits of home schooling.

Answer 4

I live in New Mexico, USA. I am a Jehovah's Witness. I homeschooled for the last two years of high school. (We moved, and the public schools in New Mexico are really bad.) A lot of my friends down here were homeschooled. I enjoyed homeschooling a lot more than I did public school. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at [e-mail].

Answer 5

I did home schooling for the latter half of 3rd grade and then from the latter half of 5th on. Sadly the school I went through is not accredited in my state anymore, so my credits don't mean anything diploma wise. I will eventually get my GED. I really think I got a worlds better education, and safer too.

Answer 6

As far as I know, Australia has some extensive home schooling programs because of children living on ranches in the outback, where the next home over is 100 miles away.

Answer 7

i am a Jehovah's Witness and i am homeschooled
personally i love it bcuz now i dont have to deal with the pressures of going to school (pressure for dating, pressure to do drunks/get drunk)
i just find it a lot easier, and i hope that u do take up homeschooling

Answer 8

Are you in Australia? or is the question that you are going to Australia to homeschool?

Either way, have you tried doing a YAHOO search for a YAHOO group? I know there are homeschoolers who have a group, specifically for JW's, they are in the U.S.

I think if you tried a search in YAHOO groups, you may find something there.

I hope this helps.