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If I Could Have Kids I Would Home School Them (Rant)
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 12876915:MV8yMDczMDg3XzM0OTQ1NzY4XzdGQkYzODM2] [quote:Anonymous Coward 29473462:MV8yMDczMDg3XzM0OTQ0NDcxX0E1ODI2OEVG] There really isn't this illusory "dedication" required to home school your children.[/quote] You are quite wrong. This statement is made by parents who just don't want that much responsibility. Homeschooled kids in upper grades can be given more responsibility for taking initiative to work on their own, but absolutely, homeschooling parents MUST be involved AND dedicated, from kindergarten through graduation. [quote:Anonymous Coward 29473462:MV8yMDczMDg3XzM0OTQ0NDcxX0E1ODI2OEVG] If kids are provided with the proper tools (books, internet, love, attention) and kept from too much T.V and video games, they will love learning and it will be a natural process that will require very little facilitation on the parent's part.[/quote] "Faciliation" is different from actual dedication. [quote:Anonymous Coward 29473462:MV8yMDczMDg3XzM0OTQ0NDcxX0E1ODI2OEVG] But, if rigid home schooling with a curriculum is what makes you and your child comfortable, then great![/quote] There really is no need for "rigid" homeschooling - it's actually better to have a relaxed and informal structure. Kids generally do far better when they are neither pushed nor given too much freedom. Moderation is key. But it still requires a dedication on the part of the homeschooling parent(s). [quote:Anonymous Coward 29473462:MV8yMDczMDg3XzM0OTQ0NDcxX0E1ODI2OEVG] P.S. who ever made the comment about a school no longer teaching cursive; it is completely irrelevant and is not a required skill in any workplace. My second daughter pointed this out to me when I was trying to "force" it on her. Our conversation went like this: Me:You have to know how to do this! Her: Why? *I pondered her question, for a minute, realizing she was right; neither my father or husband write in cursive. Then, I said "Well, you have to know how to read it". Her: "I do know how to read it". I wrote something in cursive on a piece of paper and asked her to read it to me.....and she did. She won that one.[/quote] That's sad. [quote:Anonymous Coward 29473462:MV8yMDczMDg3XzM0OTQ0NDcxX0E1ODI2OEVG]Home schooling fosters free and critical thinking, public education generally does not. [/quote] That's very true. [/quote]
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My Wife and I cannot have kids... but IF we could... I would not allow public schools to waste their minds. Public schools waste minds!
Private schools arent much better...
But they are better than the public education system.
I recently talked to several of my old teachers and the non sense red tape and new ways of teaching that exists today is nonsensical...
Multiplication Tables... who the fuck needs to learn them?
lets quit teaching that! Calculators rule!
You don't need to know your ABC's and 123's in Kindergarten... Fuck reading! its for cowards...
You don't need to learn any foreign languages!
Just pass that little bastard regardless if he/she knows anything! Let em go on to high school without even knowing how to divide or even have a clue as to what algebra is...
The list goes on! I dont know about the rest of the US... But the educational system here in Kentucky has taken a nose dive from 'alright' to 'not-worth-a-fuck'
It never was very good to begin with... just look at my use of pronunciation and grammar
But God have mercy... its 10 billion times worse today!
So I would home school my children... but I would let my wife teach the english haha
Its fucking sad...
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