Pulling 7 year old out of school. What do you do?

[Missingthejob]

so, what you are saying is, that in addition to being insulting, you have no response?? I have said it before and I will say it here, becuase it applies:
When you stoop to personal attack, it is becuase you are out of valid points to make.

Actually sorry, I didn't bother to read either of you last two long drawn out responses. It just seemed useless.

 

[princessmom29]

Actually sorry, I didn't bother to read either of you last two long drawn out responses. It just seemed useless.

I never find a deiscussion on something that matter to me to be useless, so I will be gald to sum up my questions.
1. Why do you homeschool a full curric. AND send your kids to school? I truly don't get it and would like to know what purpose it serves to repeat everything agian at home.

2. Why do you feel the need to be insulting because I have a different opinion, and have some questions about yours?

 

[Leajess99]

Hmm, I guess at that age I don't need the teachers to tell me what they are learning, we just know. Kind of like people who homeschool.
Eh, I guess just different types of schooling. We do a combination of homeschooling and private schooling. If you are just relying on the schools then yes I can see the issue you have.

Wow, that seems quite rude to assume that just because one follows the schools means they are only "relying on the schools." We do homeschooling as well as public schooling but the school still has its own requirements which must still be met by the kids. You can't just take time off and not make up the work.

You just automatically know everything being taught at that specific time?? Hmm, I have 2 older kids and I know that the youngest is learning different stuff than the older ones did at this time. The youngest one has a different mathmatics program than the older ones had and as such the teacher makes sure we know what the kids are learning so yes we are told what they are learning. My daughter does a lot of different things at home but her math program at school is way different than any we have ever used or the program we have at home.

 

[Missingthejob]

Wow, that seems quite rude to assume that just because one follows the schools means they are only "relying on the schools." We do homeschooling as well as public schooling but the school still has its own requirements which must still be met by the kids. You can't just take time off and not make up the work.

You just automatically know everything being taught at that specific time?? Hmm, I have 2 older kids and I know that the youngest is learning different stuff than the older ones did at this time. The youngest one has a different mathmatics program than the older ones had and as such the teacher makes sure we know what the kids are learning so yes we are told what they are learning. My daughter does a lot of different things at home but her math program at school is way different than any we have ever used or the program we have at home.

You may want to reread it, I said "if" and If you read other responses you would see we follow a home program that follows the school program. If you are also following a homeschool curriculum how do you not know what will be taught all year? Is your homeschool curriculum approved through the school?
We send our kids to a private school. In our school knowledge of the current studies is much more important then physical paper work. Mostly our grades come from test scores and projects. We aren't really doing homework every night. I do understand that thats the direction public schools are taking. where you are getting graded on how many homework papers you pass in and how many days you attend. In this case yes you would have a lot of busy work to make up if you missed. In our case, if you know and understand the material, you get a passing grade.

 

[Missingthejob]

I never find a deiscussion on something that matter to me to be useless, so I will be gald to sum up my questions.
1. Why do you homeschool a full curric. AND send your kids to school? I truly don't get it and would like to know what purpose it serves to repeat everything agian at home.

2. Why do you feel the need to be insulting because I have a different opinion, and have some questions about yours?

I understand that you are having a hard time stepping out of your norm. It's fine. If you do not think every one of your responses is rude, then really I don't know what to tell you.
Like I said , I'm really not interested in having a conversation with you. I won;t reply to you again, maybe you can move on too.

 

[Embel]

Missing the Job,

I know we're veering off the original question, but I'm intrigued that you are homeschooling while also sending your children to presumably (?) a private school. Would you mind telling me more about this? I'm wondering....

Does your school communicate with you about what curriculums would be a good fit, or do you chose them on your own?

How much supplementation do you do, and in what subjects? Is it a full curriculum? I'm so curious about the amount of additional time/work your children are doing.

Thanks for any info you are willing to give me!

 

[princessmom29]

You may want to reread it, I said "if" and If you read other responses you would see we follow a home program that follows the school program. If you are also following a homeschool curriculum how do you not know what will be taught all year? Is your homeschool curriculum approved through the school?
We send our kids to a private school. In our school knowledge of the current studies is much more important then physical paper work. Mostly our grades come from test scores and projects. We aren't really doing homework every night. I do understand that thats the direction public schools are taking. where you are getting graded on how many homework papers you pass in and how many days you attend. In this case yes you would have a lot of busy work to make up if you missed. In our case, if you know and understand the material, you get a passing grade.

this is the way my DD's school works as well. Her grades are based on tests and projects, but she gets enough new material in a week that she would need to be taught at home to know and understand that material if she missed a full week of school, and it would take some effort to get it all in. I like to have her do classwork she missed as well, and it is a LOT of work. They are busy all day at school, but I don't feel that it is busy work at all. Everything, or almost everything, is valid and serves a purpose. I fell like it needs ot be done for her to get the most out of what is being taught.

 

[princessmom29]

I understand that you are having a hard time stepping out of your norm. It's fine. If you do not think every one of your responses is rude, then really I don't know what to tell you.
Like I said , I'm really not interested in having a conversation with you. I won;t reply to you again, maybe you can move on too.

so. no respone is really what it boils down to. You are not willing to share what you are doing nad your reasons. I guess we cannot understand it then. Apparently, as evidenced by the pp, it is not just me who is confused.

and no, nothing i have said was intended to be rude. Sorry you see it that way. All I wanted was to discuss the issue at hand. For me, its not personal. Sorry you had to make it that way.

 

[jodifla]

OP, in my highly ranked school district, people pull their kids out for a week all the time, at least in elementary schools. It's just not considered a big deal....I know many, many parents who have done it. I can't even find a district policy on it. There's no "unexcused" absences ... just absences, and all of those must be called in by the parent.

And yet somehow, 90 plus percent of the high school goes on to college. Even though they MISSED A WEEK IN 2nd GRADE! Astonishing.

 

[Missingthejob]

Missing the Job,

I know we're veering off the original question, but I'm intrigued that you are homeschooling while also sending your children to presumably (?) a private school. Would you mind telling me more about this? I'm wondering....

Does your school communicate with you about what curriculums would be a good fit, or do you chose them on your own?

How much supplementation do you do, and in what subjects? Is it a full curriculum? I'm so curious about the amount of additional time/work your children are doing.

Thanks for any info you are willing to give me!

Yes our kids go to a private school. Our school offers a few different ways to graduate from this school. Two of those options is a homeschool curriculum and in school curriculum. They follow each other very closely. We choose to do both. Not all parents choose to do this, and not all of these students are able to remain in this school. It is very important to me that my children graduate from this school. Not only graduate, but graduate at the top of their class, so we put a lot of effort into it. School only takes place 180 days a year, we feel that thats isn't enough. Luckily my kids feel the same way.

I should mention too that we are not american. We are Jamaican. Schooling in Jamaica is different then schooling here. Which is why we chose the school we did.

I hope I answered your questions sufficiently

 

[Embel]

I hope I answered your questions sufficiently

You did. Thank you, I appreciate it!

 

[Leajess99]

We don't just rely on school to teach our kids. I suppose I can see if thats how your kids are taught then you would not know what will be covered. We use homeschooling curriculums as well. Since the homeschooling curriculums follow what they are doing in school it's very easy to teach them what is being learned.
Yes many public schools need to change their curriculums in order to keep the "slower" students up. This is common because of NCLB. the teachers need to teach to the, well, lowest common denominator. This isn't something we deal with in the schools our children go to. If a child isn't keeping up they fail. There are grades you must keep in order to attend their schools.
I forget sometimes that there are people who rely solely on the public school system to teach their kids. So your right you wouldn't know what to cover. My circle of friends all have children who attend the same schools that we use and we all homeschool as well. It's easy to think that everyone is doing the same, when you're right, that just isn;t the case.

Okay, I just find your responses quite rude and made with a sense of superiority to others. Oh well, responding to your posts is like talking to a wall, as my mother would say. So not worth the time.

 

[princessmom29]

Okay, I just find your responses quite rude and made with a sense of superiority to others. Oh well, responding to your posts is like talking to a wall, as my mother would say. So not worth the time.

you are not the only one. I guess I should just accept the fact that it is like talking to a wall and give up.

 

[imthatgirl]

Yes our kids go to a private school. Our school offers a few different ways to graduate from this school. Two of those options is a homeschool curriculum and in school curriculum. They follow each other very closely. We choose to do both. Not all parents choose to do this, and not all of these students are able to remain in this school. It is very important to me that my children graduate from this school. Not only graduate, but graduate at the top of their class, so we put a lot of effort into it. School only takes place 180 days a year, we feel that thats isn't enough. Luckily my kids feel the same way.

I should mention too that we are not american. We are Jamaican. Schooling in Jamaica is different then schooling here. Which is why we chose the school we did.

I hope I answered your questions sufficiently

This is interesting. Is this a religious school? Honestly I have never heard of a school that offers different ways to graduate from it. I actually sounds really cool since not all kids learn the same way.
So do you even have to attend at all? I would think they don't really count absences since you can graduate from home?

 

[Missingthejob]

This is interesting. Is this a religious school? Honestly I have never heard of a school that offers different ways to graduate from it. I actually sounds really cool since not all kids learn the same way.
So do you even have to attend at all? I would think they don't really count absences since you can graduate from home?

Not a religious school, no. No, absences are not "counted" and not really frowned upon unless you aren't doing well enough. At that point the school does intervene and you are put on academic probation. Many of the students travel a lot, so this type of schooling is really ideal. In fact traveling is really encouraged. The classes also travel as a group at times. In the later years. My oldest is 10 and went on her first excursion last year.

 

[imthatgirl]

Not a religious school, no. No, absences are not "counted" and not really frowned upon unless you aren't doing well enough. At that point the school does intervene and you are put on academic probation. Many of the students travel a lot, so this type of schooling is really ideal. In fact traveling is really encouraged. The classes also travel as a group at times. In the later years. My oldest is 10 and went on her first excursion last year.

That sounds really cool. It's funny how different people are schooled differently, yet very much the same. What part of the country are you in? My kids go to a magnet school. So our schooling is different from a traditional public schooling, but in no way as different as your school.

 

[imthatgirl]

You did. Thank you, I appreciate it!

oops.

 

[Leajess99]

Due to serious health problems I missed over 30 days of school in my junior year of HS and ended up graduating early because my health deteriorated each year I was in HS and I missed more and more school. I never had any trouble catching up on the work and maintaining great grades.

You missed 30 days of high school and had no problem catching up and they let you graduate early because your health deteriorated?? How did you meet the academic requirements?? I don't understand this as even when I was in high school we had to complete certain courses to graduate and they were broken down by grades.

I know even now the kids are required to complete so many courses in particular subjects in order to graduate. I also know that it would not be very easy to miss 30 days of school (of course we have homebound student programs here for those kids that have to miss more than a week of school) and just cacth up .

I guess it all depends on where you attend school because where I went to high school and here does not make it easy to miss that many days and just catch up.

 

[Embel]

Not a religious school, no. No, absences are not "counted" and not really frowned upon unless you aren't doing well enough. At that point the school does intervene and you are put on academic probation. Many of the students travel a lot, so this type of schooling is really ideal. In fact traveling is really encouraged. The classes also travel as a group at times. In the later years. My oldest is 10 and went on her first excursion last year.

Does the school follow a similar 180 day schedule as it's surrounding public schools, or is it adapted to the best times to travel? ...or adapted to something else?

Where did your oldest go on their trip?

I love that traveling is encouraged. Life is an adventure.

 

[Leajess99]

This is my DD too. She loves school and hates missing for anything. She wants to go to school, even when she is sick( of course i keep her home when she needs to be)

Yep, mine wants to go to school tomorrow but has strep again. The doctor said no school tomorrow and she was begging for them to let her go. She has to be on the antibiotics for 24 hours before they will let her go and by that time she would be getting ready to go home.