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I go to public school, it teaches you good social skills, I personally don't like sitting in the classrooms because a lot of the work is easy but that may change this year. Public school is really not that bad, it teaches good social skills that help you deal with people you don't like in the future.
 
I would like to know some facts about home - schooling:

Who teaches you?

Both your parents? One parent? A different person? If so, does anyone in you family work (as in a job, not teaching you?) Or do your parents collect money from other parents in order to teach their children?

Also, what's it like? Do you pick what you learn? Can you express an opinion to change the subject or curriculum?

Are you by yourself? With siblings? With friends?

Thanks for replying, I'm very curious! :)
 
^Sounds like a poll and changes from person to person......

Let's see, my experience, after 9 years of public school hell is:
I have no siblings, so I did everything alone.
I am autodidact, so I am able to learn myself things better then normal people.
I had a teacher that was great (lucky!)
I went out a lot to museums and such(Any sane person would in order not to go insane)
 
afstandopleren said:
^Sounds like a poll and changes from person to person......

Let's see, my experience, after 9 years of public school hell is:
I have no siblings, so I did everything alone.
I am autodidact, so I am able to learn myself things better then normal people.
I had a teacher that was great (lucky!)
I went out a lot to museums and such(Any sane person would in order not to go insane)
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Thanks for your response, but as I go to public school I am wondering about home - schooling.
 
afstandopleren said:
If I really was socially awkward, I'd repsond to you like this, Ness: HI Nuss, since I dun't know you, I can say to your ineternet face that your post is wrung. *droooooool*

And again, another 1 side minded post. Which is weird, when responding to a post that explains the pros and cons.

EDIT: How about we talk about the pros and cons of public schools for a change? I myself have a longer list of cons then pros.
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Whoa, quite a response. Instead of tackling his points head on you make a bad joke and try to change the subject.

The thread definitely should end, since it's just going around in circles.
 
Qwachansey said:
I would like to know some facts about home - schooling:

Who teaches you? This depends. My personal experience, one parent. Until high school. Then I worked on my own while my mother taught my brother. During that time I took multiple classes at an online school called the Potter's School, which teaches home schooled students practically any course they'd like.

Both your parents? One parent? A different person? If so, does anyone in you family work (as in a job, not teaching you?) One of my parents worked during the home schooled time. Or do your parents collect money from other parents in order to teach their children? I'm sure that that's a possibility, but I'm not familiar with that.

Also, what's it like? Do you pick what you learn? Generally, in elementary/middle school the parent teaching would choose a full curriculum from a single source, and possibly supplement it with other studies. In high school, there are many options for branching out from one curriculum source into other types of learning. I don't know many of the specifics, but there are conventions all around the country in early June/July for parents to find curriculum to use. Can you express an opinion to change the subject or curriculum? Of course you can choose different things you'd like to learn, such as foreign languages or specifications in other fields in addition to traditional work.

Are you by yourself? In high school, yes, if you mean when learning. With siblings? Sometimes, but it depends on the level of work you are doing. With friends? If at a co-op or study group or something, possibly. I'm just saying that when learning or during school hours.

Thanks for replying, I'm very curious! :)
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See bolded replies. I used my own personal experiences and what I know first/second hand.


Afstandopleren ~ You really aren't being helpful at all. If you don't have anything to say, please don't say anything.
 
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I will answer these for my 9 year old homeschooler

I would like to know some facts about home - schooling:

Who teaches you? I do and I feel qualified in that I taught for the Navy NUKE Program and have a BS degree in Chemical Engineering and a MS in Nuclear Physics

Both your parents? One parent? A different person? If so, does anyone in you family work (as in a job, not teaching you?) Or do your parents collect money from other parents in order to teach their children? Just me my husband works but I don't see how that is relevant

Also, what's it like? Do you pick what you learn? Can you express an opinion to change the subject or curriculum? He picks some things and I follow his lead but that is extra to the strict age level curriculum I use

Are you by yourself? With siblings? With friends? He has his brother and takes outside classes with friends. He plays soccer, pokemon, and tennis. He is also in a Violin class. He has 6 good friends 2 of them he calls his best friends.

Thanks for replying, I'm very curious! :)

I think every person gets different things from different situations. Some do well at home and some at school. To make these broad statements about what is better or worse is sad. We should accept our differences. It is what helps us grow.
 
Qwachansey said:
I would like to know some facts about home - schooling:

Who teaches you?

Both your parents? One parent? My mother. A different person? If so, does anyone in you family work (as in a job, not teaching you?) Or do your parents collect money from other parents in order to teach their children? Both of my parents have normal jobs.

Also, what's it like? For me, very unorganized. My parents buy schoolbooks and give me a deadline to finish them, and that's it.Do you pick what you learn? To an extent. Can you express an opinion to change the subject or curriculum? Usually.

Are you by yourself? With siblings? Yes. With friends?

Thanks for replying, I'm very curious! :)
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My replies are in bold.
 
Ness said:
Love this post! Couldn't agree more.

It blows my mind that anyone would ever homeschool their kids. If you think homeschooled kids interact normally, think of every homeschooled person you know. Nearly every person I've ever met that is homeschooled is socially awkward. I think most of us agree there is a plethora of teenagers and young adults that are or were homeschooled that play Pokemon. Although I interact with probably 100 Pokemon TCG players regularly, only two or three of them are or were home-schooled. Where are all these home-schooled people? The answer is that most of them are too shy to try to befriend me. A sad reality! Let me also add that when I have conversations with someone who is or was homeschooled, I am constantly blown away by some common sense things they lack.

You absolutely need the constant social interaction from a variety of different people to develop into a normal functioning, social adult. I heard someone complain about all the "stupid people" at public schools. Get used to it, that's real life - and there are stupid people everywhere you go.

Home Schooling is punishing kids. You can't protect your children from all of the bad in the world all the time. You're better off letting them go to a public school where they inevitably will encounter bad people so that they learn what kind of people they can and can't trust. I grow so frustrated at anyone who would actually be so stubborn as to think homeschooling is a good idea. I don't see why this isn't common sense.
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That problem most the time always from from the parent being too protective.
Not the homeschooling. You also have to take the parents into factor.
DO thye let the child go to a social group for homeschoolers?
I went to one that had close to 100 teens in it about every week and then I had Pokemon, church friends, and friends from where I lived.
It is not the homeschooling that does it to the kid it is how they are raised while doing the homeschool.
 
I go to a school, it's not a public school, it's in the UK. The type of school I go to is called a private school. So I don't know about how good American public schools are.... But I know, FOR A FACT, that people from schools pass exams and fail exams and people who are home-schooled pass and fail exams.

It really depends on where you are more comfortable and what methods of teaching you prefer. So we're going to have a little look at the ups and downs of home-schooling and public, private whatever you wanna call it schools. A lot of you normal school people think that people who are home-schooled have a bad social life and at normal schools you have tons of friends and can talk to each other and be up with school gossip. But I think you'll find that people who are home-schooled have friends outside of their homes and are more likely to befriend people from a lot of different places but maybe not make as many. (Realise the MAYBE) But people from normal schools can also make friends outside of school. People from home-schools don't really have the problems of bullying, being tormented in front of many people or physically bullied. But people from normal schools are A LOT more likely to be bullied in all forms. (realise the LIKELY).

Normal schools most of the time have better facilities programs and more opportunities to do things like field-trips and different programs. People from home-schools might not have all of these opportunities.

So overall it doesn't rreally matter if your home-schooled or from a public, private or whatever you wanna call it school, they both have their goods and bads.

Just an idea....
 
Ness said:
Love this post! Couldn't agree more.

It blows my mind that anyone would ever homeschool their kids. If you think homeschooled kids interact normally, think of every homeschooled person you know. Nearly every person I've ever met that is homeschooled is socially awkward. I think most of us agree there is a plethora of teenagers and young adults that are or were homeschooled that play Pokemon. Although I interact with probably 100 Pokemon TCG players regularly, only two or three of them are or were home-schooled. Where are all these home-schooled people? The answer is that most of them are too shy to try to befriend me. A sad reality! Let me also add that when I have conversations with someone who is or was homeschooled, I am constantly blown away by some common sense things they lack.

You absolutely need the constant social interaction from a variety of different people to develop into a normal functioning, social adult. I heard someone complain about all the "stupid people" at public schools. Get used to it, that's real life - and there are stupid people everywhere you go.

Home Schooling is punishing kids. You can't protect your children from all of the bad in the world all the time. You're better off letting them go to a public school where they inevitably will encounter bad people so that they learn what kind of people they can and can't trust. I grow so frustrated at anyone who would actually be so stubborn as to think homeschooling is a good idea. I don't see why this isn't common sense.
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Nice level? I honestly don't think you feel this way. There's so much more to consider than just that.
Jran Sakarra said:
That problem most the time always from from the parent being too protective.
Not the homeschooling. You also have to take the parents into factor.
DO thye let the child go to a social group for homeschoolers?
I went to one that had close to 100 teens in it about every week and then I had Pokemon, church friends, and friends from where I lived.
It is not the homeschooling that does it to the kid it is how they are raised while doing the homeschool.
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I agree 100%. It's more on the parents than it is the school.


The thread seems to be drawing to a close. There's still a valid discussion going on, but there just aren't as many opinions coming in.
 
Ness said:
Love this post! Couldn't agree more.
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Thanks Ness- you are the only person, besides Tina, who agreed with me based on personal experience. Well, at least the only one other than her who actually voiced it.
 
well just i saw this one news story were the mom whould not let the kids out of her site she even watched from outside during there class im like lady Leave them alone
 
I have met so many great people through public school and more people through the friends i have got at school. I cant see myself as the same person i am now if i was homeschooled. I have learnt so much about life through interacting with other people socially. Yes, i know i would never been picked on and beaten up if i was home schooled so i probably wouldnt be filled with so much hate now, but through those experiences i have learnt about humans, what type of people to acknowledge and who to avoid.
 
I am a homeschooler.........My mom is so controlling.........After waking up at 5:30 in the morning, all i have 2 luk forward 2 is drudgery lasting from 7:00am to 5:00pm.............my life is a black hole spiraling downwards......downwards.........to the epitomizing doom of death.........I kno i shudn't use this thread as a place to vent, but I can never deny the truth. I AM EMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!




(Just kidding!!!!!):biggrin:
I luv being homeschool, but a I am still emo.
Not really. More like "Wanna-be" emo, but still.
 
isteponurtoe said:
I am a homeschooler.........My mom is so controlling.........After waking up at 5:30 in the morning, all i have 2 luk forward 2 is drudgery lasting from 7:00am to 5:00pm.............my life is a black hole spiraling downwards......downwards.........to the epitomizing doom of death.........I kno i shudn't use this thread as a place to vent, but I can never deny the truth. I AM EMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!




(Just kidding!!!!!):biggrin:
I luv being homeschool, but a I am still emo.
Not really. More like "Wanna-be" emo, but still.
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Dude stop the emo trolling. And why get up early for home school? Isn't like one of the biggest advantages to it a whenever-like scheduale?
 
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