Homeschooling ...

[Sparx]

I think attending a public school broadens a student's perspective as compared to the student who is homeschooled.

i don't know. i think it really depends on the student/public school involved. of course incredibly religious bias homeschooling will be a less broadened perspective than the average public school, but there are many times that the public/private school is not up to par with the needs of the student.

that's why i was homeschooled. i was falling through the cracks in math. i was going to be promoted to the third grade and i couldn't subtract. once my mom pulled me out and homeschooled me i could do everything up to about the seventh grade level, when i was in the third. i went back to school in the fourth grade and excelled so much that in the fifth grade, the school tried to make me skip to the sixth grade (and i did later skip the 11th grade) but honestly, it all really depends on the student.

 

[cindys_castle2011]

i don't know. i think it really depends on the student/public school involved. of course incredibly religious bias homeschooling will be a less broadened perspective than the average public school, but there are many times that the public/private school is not up to par with the needs of the student.

that's why i was homeschooled. i was falling through the cracks in math. i was going to be promoted to the third grade and i couldn't subtract. once my mom pulled me out and homeschooled me i could do everything up to about the seventh grade level, when i was in the third. i went back to school in the fourth grade and excelled so much that in the fifth grade, the school tried to make me skip to the sixth grade (and i did later skip the 11th grade) but honestly, it all really depends on the student.

Right. At my old school it seemed like the whole "No child left behind" thing was a joke.

Either the teachers would spend so much time on helping one student, so none of the others could move on or they wouldn't help the 2/3 students that didn't understand so they'd move them on to the next grade without understanding what they were suppose too.. because the teachers didn't want to "put it with them" another year.

Homeschooling was the right thing for me to do. Both of my old school's wouldn't have prepared me for the colleges I'm considering.

My sister graduated from my first school (Garrett's school) with a 4.333 or whatever.. and now at age 21 graduating college in May.. though already started grad school last month.. said that that school did not teach her to study. So after dropping all but two classes her freshman year, she had to teach herself how to study.

The teachers at that school would practically give you the answers. If you brought in a test, they'd glance at it, and say "uhmm.. go re-check this one".

So I'm scared for Garrett once he goes to college. He takes all honors classes and makes straight A's but that school just babies them. He's very smart, he never studies for his tests but always makes A's/B's.. I'm scared that he won't know how to study for a test in college.. like my sister.

My last school is pretty much like that too. They'll pass you to the next grade just because the teachers aren't going to want to "babysit" you for another year.

So living here, homeschooling was my best choice and what will help me in the future.

 

[Sparx]

Right. At my old school it seemed like the whole "No child left behind" thing was a joke.

Either the teachers would spend so much time on helping one student, so none of the others could move on or they wouldn't help the 2/3 students that didn't understand so they'd move them on to the next grade without understanding what they were suppose too.. because the teachers didn't want to "put it with them" another year.

Homeschooling was the right thing for me to do. Both of my old school's wouldn't have prepared me for the colleges I'm considering.

My sister graduated from my first school (Garrett's school) with a 4.333 or whatever.. and now at age 21 graduating college in May.. though already started grad school last month.. said that that school did not teach her to study. So after dropping all but two classes her freshman year, she had to teach herself how to study.

The teachers at that school would practically give you the answers. If you brought in a test, they'd glance at it, and say "uhmm.. go re-check this one".

So I'm scared for Garrett once he goes to college. He takes all honors classes and makes straight A's but that school just babies them. He's very smart, he never studies for his tests but always makes A's/B's.. I'm scared that he won't know how to study for a test in college.. like my sister.

My last school is pretty much like that too. They'll pass you to the next grade just because the teachers aren't going to want to "babysit" you for another year.

So living here, homeschooling was my best choice and what will help me in the future.

no child left behind is a joke. it singles out the children who will fail and focuses all the efforts on them, leaving the average and gifted students out in the cold.

and what happened to your sister actually happens a lot around here. kids will take all these ap classes, pass the ap tests and start their freshman year taking calculus 2 or 3 and fail. it happened to almost everyone matt graduated with, and most of them didn't graduate on time (or at all) its really sad that schools set kids up to fail when they get into college, but if you can see it coming, you can work against it. take classes that will get you into the pattern of college, and work at your own pace.