Home schooling

[XRHYSX]

So, does anyone on CC do it?
Swmbo has said for a few years that she would like to take them out of school,
We have looked in to "unschooling" and think it may be the best way forward,
and if we don't do it now then we may regret never havin tried
So we have decided to take the plunge and go for it.
The wife has looked in to it, read all the laws and read about other people that do it
(its going on more than you think!)

 

[welsh dragon]

So, does anyone on CC do it?
Swmbo has said for a few years that she would like to take them out of school,
We have looked in to "unschooling" and think it may be the best way forward,
and if we don't do it now then we may regret never havin tried
So we have decided to take the plunge and go for it.
The wife has looked in to it, read all the laws and read about other people that do it
(its going on more than you think!)

Good luck.

 

[DCLane]

Hope it goes well. Have a look at Education Otherwise if you haven't already.

We looked at it but ended up sending them to school and choosing to support their learning. It seems to have worked.

 

[vernon]

It's fine in theory but you need to make sure that your kids have lots of opportunities to access the 'hidden curriculum' i.e. social skills, socialising with others, working in groups and that they have access to the scientific and technical subjects if you want them to have a balanced education.

I have worked with kids that have been home schooled and re-introduced to full time school education - they have struggled in most cases having missed out on many resources that schools could have provided in their past that would have minimised the gap between where they ought to have been and where they actually were on the attainment scales.

Yes, they were very eloquent and well read and could play several musical instruments but fine words buttered no parsnips. Undoubtedly some home schooled children do particularly well but do think very carefully about the future where, rightly or wrongly, qualifications open doors to good careers and decent universities. If you feel that you can operate on a level playing field and get your children to a position where they can compete on the qualifications front with their school educated peers go ahead.

My offspring had the opportunity of part time home schooling - my wife and I are both teachers and can deliver the entire national curriculum with confidence. We were the best homework resources that they had yet they spurned our offers of assistance and made do with the more than adequate teaching at school. In many respects we were relieved - we could be parents and not fret about the responsibility for their academic achievement as well as their emotional development.

 

[XRHYSX]

We have been on many websites, and joined a couple of groups on facebook that do days out in groups, much like that of a school field trip.
Our kids have many friends outside of school, play with the kids in our close and aim to keep in touch with a few of their friends from school,
they are not shy and will quite happly approach other kids and make short term friends, like when we go camping

 

[YahudaMoon]

Home schooled here for over 7 years two boys aged 2 and 4, two girls aged 9 and 12

I do the sports side when I get time

Its great having sporting facilities like the running track at sports city all to ourselves at Man City Football Club

My ex is a Christian, hence the home schooling

 

[vernon]

We have been on many websites, and joined a couple of groups on facebook that do days out in groups, much like that of a school field trip.
Our kids have many friends outside of school, play with the kids in our close and aim to keep in touch with a few of their friends from school,
they are not shy and will quite happly approach other kids and make short term friends, like when we go camping

How will you provide them with the opportunity to work in groups in an educational setting and for them to assume different roles within a group when tackling a problem?

Fields trips are largely being withdrawn as they achieve very little and it's tacitly acknowledged that a lot of the data is synthesised post field trip. My son admits that his high fieldwork score was more a recognition of his ability to fantasise than a profile of adults and shops found in Grassington.

 

[vernon]

Home schooled here for over 7 years two boys aged 2 and 4, two girls aged 9 and 12

I do the sports side when I get time

Its great having sporting facilities like the running track at sports city all to ourselves at Man City Football Club

My ex is a Christian, hence the home schooling

Is state education that evil?

 

[Pale Rider]

No formal qualifications would have held me back bigstyle when I was looking for work.

Any worthwhile job wanted at least a handful of decent 'O' levels.

 

[Ganymede]

How will you provide them with the opportunity to work in groups in an educational setting and for them to assume different roles within a group when tackling a problem?

This is a really important part of education - it's also part of lots of university courses now. I look for it when I employ people.

 

[MontyVeda]

It's fine in theory but you need to make sure that your kids have lots of opportunities to access the 'hidden curriculum' i.e. social skills, socialising with others, working in groups......

As i was reading the OP i couldn't help think of a guy i used to work with who was home schooled... his lack of social skills and underwhelming ability to interact and be part of something was staggering. At least send them to scouts or brownies once a week, and maybe a few other extra-curricular 'group' activities too.

 

[Ganymede]

As i was reading the OP i couldn't help think of a guy i used to work with who was home schooled... his lack of social skills and underwhelming ability to interact and be part of something was staggering. At least send them to scouts or brownies once a week, and maybe a few other extra-curricular 'group' activities too.

TBF, one home-schooled young woman I employed was like this, but was in fact on the autistic spectrum as well, which is part of the reason she was home-schooled.

 

[DCLane]

My ex is a Christian, hence the home schooling

Would that be using the ACE system? I had a look at this and we gave it a go before choosing mainstream education.

 

[Dave 123]

I'm going to be negative.....
What about teaching them the laws of the jungle in the school of hard knocks?

I have come across a few home schooled kids in my time and they have all seemed to be precocious, arrogant and spiteful. They could all done with "a good hiding" from their peers at a young age.

I am not talking bullying here, but an environment of respecting others, which these kids lacked. It worked for me!

 

[vernon]

Would that be using the ACE system? I had a look at this and we gave it a go before choosing mainstream education.

If the rest of the curriculum is as defective as this then you have done your children a large favour:

Race and apartheid[edit]
The ACE curriculum includes controversial content in relation to race, including the depiction of racially segregated schools. Some content on this topic has been changed. The 1990 edition of "Social Studies PACE 1086," stated

"Although apartheid appears to allow the unfair treatment of blacks, the system has worked well in South Africa .... Although white businessmen and developers are guilty of some unfair treatment of blacks, they turned South Africa into a modern industrialized nation, which the poor, uneducated blacks couldn't have accomplished in several more decades. If more blacks were suddenly given control of the nation, its economy and business, as Mandela wished, they could have destroyed what they have waited and worked so hard for."[12]

This was replaced in the 1998 edition.

Creationism and the Loch Ness monster[edit]
The ACE curriculum (in "Biology 1099") asserts the existence of the Loch Ness monster as fact, declaring it a plesiosaur, and uses this "fact" to disprove the theory of evolution.[13][14] In July 2013, this reference was removed from new textbooks published in Europe.[15]

Solar fusion a myth[edit]
The ACE curriculum (in "Science 1096") asserts that solar fusion is a myth, arguing that the sun is "a massive gas boiler gradually shrinking as it burns fuel."

History[edit]
Of the United States, the curriculum says "Because of the faith of the early citizens of the United States and because of the Biblical foundation of its government and laws, God blessed the United States; and it became the strongest and most prosperous nation on Earth."[16]

Of the Six Day War, the ACE curriculum says "The fantastic victory of Israel in the Six-Day War proved [its critics] wrong. Can we doubt that God had His hand in the outcome of this war?"[16]

English[edit]
In teaching English, the curriculum (in "English 1066") uses examples such as "God will bless obedience and humility."; "I shall obey Thy statutes and judgments."; "Humility pleases the Lord Jesus Christ." Students are required to underline the verbs.[16] An English test ("English 1108") includes the multiple-choice question "Responsible citizens will vote for political candidates who..." with "promise to cut back on both government services and spending and cut taxes" specified as the "correct" one.[16]