I'm sorry but this was starting to bug me

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

I am a SAHM, masters degree in education but do not home school. My kids love the social aspects of school way too much and I would probably not have the pateince with my own two to pull it off! Plus I like some free time and volunteering in the schools. We do travel around the world on vacation and share this together in addition to their regular schooling. Only one big trip a year (not counting Disney of course )!, but we do it together. This summer we will learn a lot in DC in addition to having fun together. So I guess kids that go to school get some aspects of homeschooling as well.

Wow, look at what this 13 yr old homeschool kid started! I've never had a thread THIS long!

 

[Kermit]

Originally posted by ScarlettO
One more time....very slowly.....all parents experience the world with their kids and "teach" them as they travel. Just because you Homeschool, does that mean the whole family is traveling the world ? Isn't there a bread winner with a limited amoubt of vacation time?

Since you asked for clarification (and so politely, might I add)...

I never said that other parents don't teach their children as they travel. I'm very glad that they do. However, we will get the opportunity to travel more than most families who use conventional schools. My DH, the bread winner, has the opportunity to work from home. He's in a line of work that doesn't require him to be at the office. He's done several jobs for employers he never met. Right now, he does have a "regular" job in an office, with limited vacation time, but that's because our only child is 15 months old. We have a plan in place for when our children are old enough to benefit from more traveling. He has earned a very good living from contract work in the past, and we'll probably return to a very similar system when it's time.

It doesn't bother me when other people talk about the good things their schools do. I'm not sure why talking about some of the benefits of homeschooling bothers people so much. All choices have good and bad consequences. You just have to decide which ones weigh more heavily for your own family.

 

[meandtheguys]

Does anyone else find it amazing that a 13 year old who posted only once has caused so much irritation? (first time ever using rolly eyes...I think!)

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

I agree that either way has pros and cons. I actually considered Home schooling DS when he got to Middle school...for about 2 minutes . Then I remembered the problems we had when I try to help him with homework and realized it would NOT be a good thing for either of us.
My baby birds must leave the nest to learn the best.

 

[danacara]

Originally posted by Kermit
And we all have training. Many of us took a lot of the courses required for teachers in college, and we've all read countless books and attended multiple seminars on various education theories, lesson planning, etc. In fact, most of us get several times more training each year than teachers in public and private schools are required to.

Kermit, good for you. We agree on this point. People with the education and earning power generally attempt to get the training to do this properly. They typically don't try to do this without the training, because they come from professional roles and backgrounds where training is highly valued, and most of the people they know are skilled. If they were all like you and your friends, there would be very little controversy around homeschooling.

It's when the idiots stay home to "teach" a new generation of idiots, all the while counting their pennies because Mom refuses to acknowledge that she'd do more service to her family if she either got a degree (to figure out what the heck she was doing, as well as to set an example) or went back to work (to contribute some cash, especially if the family is in that dominant under-$40K bracket mentioned earlier), all the while imparting "values" (as though that can't be done after 2:30 PM) and fooling oneself into thinking that errands such as going to the store are decent substitutes for traditional schooling ... that's when it gets pathetic, in my mind. Those kids will pay for that later on in life, and it's squarely the fault of the family.

 

[danacara]

Originally posted by CJMickeyMouse
Dig a little deeper, Dana! My kids are dual enrolled... they will have a high school diploma from our public school.

Keep plugging away.....

Hey ... snaps to the fact that I remembered Iowa! And I was private schooled. It's a miracle my brain isn't totally worthless for the lack of time I spent at the kitchen table playing school with Mom.

 

[Beauty]

playing school with Mom

That one comment is why I would never EVER try to home school. That is just exactly what my child would think of it. There is no way in hell I could teach Chemistry, Geometry, Algebra, English etc. on the level a high school student needs to be taught.

I graduated number 4 in my class (would have been #1 had it not been for spelling ) , I was in BETA, Student Council etc. Scored High on my ACT (darn that spelling again or I would have scored PERFECT ) and went on to college where I had almost 3 years in Elementary Education and I still know without a shadow of a doubt that I am simply NOWHERE NEAR QUALIFIED to teach a child the kind of things he/she needs to function in a college society.

Again that is just my opinion and I certainly am not flaming the parents who do homeschool, I'm just stating that I do think Homeschooling Parents should have some type of degree in teaching so that they know what they are doing.

 

[TalkisCheap]

Well, I guess maybe rich wasn't the best word to use. Everyone seems to say that my parents chose to take me out of school because I was "too good" for Public School. I'm not too good, they just wanted to have charge over what I learned, and at what pace. In my town, even when I'm within hearing range of them, I have been called "rich", "too good for PS" and "Stuck Up". I'm sorry to say that, well, I'm none of those...and that debate about homeschooled kids in PS sports got my QUITE worked up...and it seems that people wherever I go have to throw in a comment such as, "Oh you're homeschooled? I guess you're too good for PS." It just bugs me...I guess it was more a question asking if people in your area refer to homeschoolers as being rich, rather than saying that people DO say that everywhere....I guess I should have thought over the words I used better.....


-Caroline

 

[Pig Pen]

If I knew then what I know now, I would have homeschooled.

 

[DSNY FN]

Hey meand theguys she did that on the debate board to with the homeschooled kids in PS sports. She started name calling etc it was quite funny. In our area for one of the parents to stay home and homeschool you have to way above the poverty line like into upper class. So here it is either public school which is top notch now or Private school very little homeschooling is done in London. Most of the homeschooling done in our city is Muslim as we do not teach anything remotley close to what they would like taught but even that is starting to end and the kids are all going to public school.

 

[TalkisCheap]

DSNY FAN - I suppose I did get a little 'hot and bothered'(to use my mom's expression) on that thread...and I won't try to deny that. I am, however, sorry about the name calling, but I was very ticked off.....and I still am whenever I come across that thread. I admit though, reading it now, I can't help but laugh at myself.


-Caroline

 

[Beauty]

Caroline don't worry about it......there is always going to be someone who finds something wrong with you, or how you live your life. Even when your an adult there will still be people who call you names and say things about you that aren't true.

You just have to try and take it all with a grain of salt and let it roll off your shoulders. The only thing that really matters is that YOU know your a good person inside and you do whats best for yourself in school and on into adult life.

The people talking about you don't have to be in your shoes or live your life. I honestly don't think anyone has the right to judge anyone else's life until they live it.

I went to a Private School as does my son. In the 14 years between my graduating and he being in 6th grade now nothing has changed..... Public School kids think we are "rich" because we go to Private School. Its silly, its all up to the parents and YOU are going to be the one to make something of your life, not anyone else and you can be successful no matter if you were Public, Private or Home schooled.

 

[Bojangles]

Originally posted by DSNY FN
She started name calling etc it was quite funny.

Hey, I remember that DSNY FN. I think her parents should monitor her internet use a little closer.

TalkisCheap
"I'm your huckelberry" - bursts out crying EVERY time at the end of that movie...

Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Kennebunk, Maine - The only village in the world, so named!
Posts: 496
first of all, there is no 'homeschooling league' and my rec program only goes up till 5th grade. I didn't take someones track spot because that is an open sport. I am totally disgusted you thing it is wrong for me participate and i think that is so totally terrible. I cannot believe you think just because i don't go to that school that I should not be allowed to play in their sports. I also suppose you find it wrong that I have a student id allowing me to go to dances, plays, and auctions they offer. I am so glad my town is run by level headed, NICE human beings and free of you ignorant idiots. I am totally considered a member of my middle school by coaches, teachers, and most students. I feel sorry for you idiots that think it so wrong i should have a life. I'm sorry but I hate to think what this world would be like if you made the decisions. I have said all i will say and i don't think looking at this thread any longer is good for my health. I am enraged at all of you thinking I should not be able to play sports. I suppose I should be grateful for the wonderful people surrounding me.....and that I am far away from ya'll.

 

[DSNY FN]

Yep that is the one bojangles still makes me laugh every time I read it how silly it is. I mean everyone can have an opinion and she just couldn't handle the fact that it seemed people didn't agree with her opinion so she resorted to name calling etc. Oh well when she gets a little older I am sure she will learn.

 

[Maleficent13]

I am not defending the name calling. But I don't think it's very nice to ridicule her for it and toss it back up to her on a different thread. She even apologized for it and said she was even laughing at herself because of it. I agree age will temper her tongue, but hopefully it won't temper her passion for what she believes in. Hopefully experience will just give her better tools to express it.

 

[TalkisCheap]

Ok I just want to say a few things in my defense.

I do admit that I went a little far with the name calling...but you obviously could not see how mad I was. I wasn't mad I was being disagreed with, I was just mad that you criticized even my first post with nothing except my expieriences in my town. If my town allows me to play sports, I don't think you should go into how wrong that is. They obviously don't think so, the teachers and coaches I have even say, "Hey, your parents pay taxes, you can play in our sports."

Now, I don't really think my parents need to 'monitor my internet use' because, what could they do? I got mad...are they going to ban me from coming here? I'm sorry for the name calling, but I'm not sorry I expressed my opinion...though I could have done it without the names.

I really don't think we NEEDED to re-post that here, seeing as thats not the topic....but then again I guess you just had to get a laugh right? Or was it to just try and get people to dislike me here, too? I'm sorry, I'm getting mad again. Oh well...I guess this topic will always get the best of me. But, the point is, I'm sorry for the names. I doubt anyone was actually hurt by them. And I won't go into the name calling again...but I guess it doesn't matter even that I apologized...