Middle school absences for illness WWYD? (sorry, long)

[seashoreCM]

I'm just curious but didn't you say your child was held from starting on time?? So had he started on time, do you think he would still be ahead of his 6th grade peers who are mostly a year younger than him?? I am just curious here as I have an 11 year old in 6th grade who is ahead of her peers but the difference seems is that my 11 year old started school on time and by holding your child back an injustice was done to him.

But if your child has not yet completed all the work then he by definition at that moment would not be ahead of his/her peers, no?

Didn't the hare lie down to sleep while well ahead of the tortoise and upon awakening saw the tortoise well ahead of him?

At least in the U.S. kids have a chance to try again if they fail a course. I read that in China, missing school after a bout of illness can doom a child to a life of working in a coal mine going down down down, or working in the rice paddies, or being a construction laborer 30 stories up on bamboo scaffolding held together with twist ties (been there seen the quite ubiquitous latter).

 

[dyna]

The teacher being a jerk actually it is the counselor an princpal who decides if a child has missed to much school to pass or not.

My DD became ill in oct when she was in 7th grade she was out of school the rest of that school year went on to 8th grade. Started 8th grade with the other kids but never was able to do a full week from very beginning of year an by end of sept was out of school till after spring break in the spring.

DD deterirated rapidly forgetting alphabet ect very basic kindergarten stuff was so weak she could not walk etc drs saying dd could go to school school officials saying dd could not go to school it was a mess but never did they threaten not to allow dd to pass to next grade.

 

[JUJU814]

She said that she did bio, but to get into any accredited premed perogam you must have chem in high school as well, so I assumed that she did that as well if her daughter is pre-med. Many, many colleges are now requiring a minimum of 1 year of high school chemistry for full admission into any science related major. You can get conditional admission without chemistry, but are required to take a noncredit course in your first year to catch up on missed material. If you are talking about an over the stove hood at home i would be super careful using that for anything over a 2-3 M acid or any type of volatile as it is NOT adequate ventilation for any type of concetrated acid or volatile. I know that we use 6M HCL quite frequently in AP and a stove hood does not provide enough air exchange for that, especially if you are heating it. You really need a low hanging sash any time you are pouring or heating concentrated acid. The stove hood is too far above the work area to work properly. All volatiles (acetone, phenols, methanol ect) need to be used in a static free, high air volume hood. We use all of these in Chem 2 and AP chem. Public schools in our area will not allow access by home schoolers because it is a liability issue, and there are only 2-3 private schools I know of with adequate facilities, neither of which will allow it. That is where the question came from. I was hoping mabye she knew something we haven't figured out yet. Some kind of resource to gain access to proper equipment to do the labs she needs to be ready for college.

Where we live, homeschoolers have access to public school classes. It should be that way anywhere...you pay taxes no matter what. If you need your kid to take a class, you have access to the class, and to textbooks etc (although many of the public school textbooks I wouldn't have wanted for my kid anyway when we were homeschooling)

There are many ways for homeschoolers to get their high school sciences in. We have a local coop with science teacher that teaches different classes and there is a lab. Many private schools offer access to homeschoolers.

My experience has been, and I have one graduating this year with several friends that have been homeschooled all the way through, as well as their siblings already in college, that not only did they all get into their college of choice, and are presently being accepted, but they far surpassed their public school peers in so many ways and had an excellent education. One of my daughter's friends takes Anatomy and physiology at a local community college. Her brother took physics and meteorology..both while in high school..and did wonderful.

I think it's wonderful that there are so many different options available to us as parents to educate our children.

There are some great high school science teachers. You sound like a great teacher. My high school chemistry teacher was a child sex predator and flirted with all us girls. I'm just sayin...

 

[princessmom29]

Where we live, homeschoolers have access to public school classes. It should be that way anywhere...you pay taxes no matter what. If you need your kid to take a class, you have access to the class, and to textbooks etc (although many of the public school textbooks I wouldn't have wanted for my kid anyway when we were homeschooling)

There are many ways for homeschoolers to get their high school sciences in. We have a local coop with science teacher that teaches different classes and there is a lab. Many private schools offer access to homeschoolers.

My experience has been, and I have one graduating this year with several friends that have been homeschooled all the way through, as well as their siblings already in college, that not only did they all get into their college of choice, and are presently being accepted, but they far surpassed their public school peers in so many ways and had an excellent education. One of my daughter's friends takes Anatomy and physiology at a local community college. Her brother took physics and meteorology..both while in high school..and did wonderful.

I think it's wonderful that there are so many different options available to us as parents to educate our children.

There are some great high school science teachers. You sound like a great teacher. My high school chemistry teacher was a child sex predator and flirted with all us girls. I'm just sayin...

Thanks for the info. I will pass it along to her. She is basically at the end of her rope and recently came to me asking for help/advice. Sadly, I didn't know about anything she hadn't already tried. Apparently, very few homeschoolers in our area have tried to do chemistry or physics without actually sending the kids to a high school for those classes. No one had any advice for her other than to send her DD to school if she wanted her to have those kid of advanced science courses. Sorry that you had such a bad experience with a teacher. I had some not so good ones in my time, but the good vastly outweighed the bad. I had a wonderful chemistry teacher in high school. I tohught I was going to HATE chemistry untill I stepped into her classroom. I quite literally owe my biochem degree to her. I think thati s the reason I left industry to become a teacher. I wanted to inspire the way she did. My AP european teacher challenged me to think in a way that no one had before. She taught me so much about critical thinking and analysis. I try to pass that on to my students as well.

 

[Leajess99]

Where we live, homeschoolers have access to public school classes. It should be that way anywhere...you pay taxes no matter what. If you need your kid to take a class, you have access to the class, and to textbooks etc (although many of the public school textbooks I wouldn't have wanted for my kid anyway when we were homeschooling)

Actually because many homeschoolers are against what is taught in public schools they are not permitted the use of the textbooks per state statutes in many areas. I did research here and found this out in my state. Whether you pay taxes or not does not afford you the right to use public schools that are not getting the funding for your child. The liability and insurance issues are enough to stop you from having access. Who is going to pay if your child blows up a lab?? Not saying it will happen but the school has to look at it from that standpoint. They also have to look at what happens if the child is injured while using the lab.

Sorry but if you choose to homeschool that do not expect the school to provide for your child. The funding and budgets are stretched enough with providing for the students that attend that school. They do not need to be providing for kids that they are not getting funding for. I had thought about homeschooling my youngest due to her medical issues but in the end found a very good school.

 

[JUJU814]

Actually because many homeschoolers are against what is taught in public schools they are not permitted the use of the textbooks per state statutes in many areas. I did research here and found this out in my state. Whether you pay taxes or not does not afford you the right to use public schools that are not getting the funding for your child. The liability and insurance issues are enough to stop you from having access. Who is going to pay if your child blows up a lab?? Not saying it will happen but the school has to look at it from that standpoint. They also have to look at what happens if the child is injured while using the lab.

Sorry but if you choose to homeschool that do not expect the school to provide for your child. The funding and budgets are stretched enough with providing for the students that attend that school. They do not need to be providing for kids that they are not getting funding for. I had thought about homeschooling my youngest due to her medical issues but in the end found a very good school.

I'm sorry, but you are incorrect. Paying taxes absolutely does afford you right to the public school...textbooks and all...if you choose to homeschool. Obviously, you can't walk in and use the lab on your own. The child would have to attend a class for said science lab.

This whole funding thing is such a load of you know what.

Personally, we chose to have nothing to do with the public school system and feel we were all the better for it. At least where we live. BUT I do know for a fact that we have the right to access ALL of their services..including special ed services.