Clem Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 right this is extremely rare in the UK but seems to be more popular over t' pond ... and i just wanted to see what people think about it i can see why parents would choose to do it ... wanting to control kids learning etc. but this turns kids into little clones of their parents not posessing the knowledge to think for themselves ... it also seperates them from other kids ... which isnt good with religion ... of course the child is gonna believe in the religion the parents believe in .... cos he/she knows nothing else BAD ur comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Ohh.... It's extremely rare here in DK - but it is allowed. I pity the kids being taught this way - how are they going to get any new friends if they don't go to school? As long as they stick to the guidelines, rules and regulations concering it, I guess it's legal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Nine Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Talk to Fifteen. Fine. Homeschooling is a novel concept that produces some of the most intelligent minds ever to come into existence. But it doesn't always work and also produces truck and cab drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted November 10, 2002 Author Share Posted November 10, 2002 thats not an opinion nine .... we want ur opinions 2 infact i want as many opinions as i can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 I can see some reasons for it, I suppose. If the parents consider that their local schools are poor performers, for example, it might be better to take hold of the reins themselves. Then there are families that may move around quite a lot, and rather than send their child to many different schools, it might be more appropriate to teach at home to assure a more 'stable' setting. Lastly...until recent years, many schools were just being closed down in the UK, so choice has become more limited...and in some cases children have to travel many miles simply to reach their nearest school, which can add unnecessary journey times that may, in the long term, have an adverse affect on the child. Obviously there will be cases where the parents want their child to grow up a certain way, and have control over that, and I don't think that's the right approach. Luckily, there's a decent school close to where I live, so I have no problem sending my kids to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 I find that your opinion on the matter is quite wrong in at least most cases, Clem. I mean, sure, you're going to find a few that home school for the very reasons you listed but overall, that's not what it's all about for most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiRtY $oUtH™ Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 i think that unless the parents are qualified as teachers, its a waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Actually I had a cousin who home-schooled. He had alot of friends. Mostly because,though, he played sports.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiRtY $oUtH™ Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 oh, well of course there are going to be exceptions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Yoda85 i think that unless the parents are qualified as teachers, its a waste of time. I think you have no clue what you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekx Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 I nearly had homeschooling and I live in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elijah Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 OMG... you just lit a fire you won’t be able to dash a bit of fire on... Hello, My name is ZDawg and I have been home schooled my entire life. Clem, it is the ignorant people like your self that stereotype people like me Originally posted by Clem i can see why parents would choose to do it ... wanting to control kids learning etc.[/quote My Life was based on thinking for MYSELF and not what some school teacher told me, OR what my parents told me. Now, tell me my parents *control* my learning But this turns kids into little clones of their parents not posessing the knowledge to think for themselves Man... You have some twisted thinking. I am in no way like my parents who BOTH went to public schools. I can think for my self very well, I have traveled around the world on my own... I've never had any problems thinking for myself it also seperates them from other kids ... which isnt good Sense when did we have to be with kids our age all day long? People say this prepares you for the world? Where on earth are you with 30 other people your age in a single room? that’s a false environment. I have a perfectly fine Social life and I have no problem meeting people my age. with religion ... of course the child is gonna believe in the religion the parents believe in .... cos he/she knows nothing else Ok... I want you to look at yourself... lets take the evolution thread for example... ok... you will/cannot believe anything but evolution, is this because its what they teached you? Or do you just believe it? I believe in God because of MANY MANY events in my life that would tell me I’m a complete idiot to think otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWhiteRaider Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Yoda85 i think that unless the parents are qualified as teachers, its a waste of time. Boy that is where you are wrong. All you need to teach ing a public school is to be politicaly correct. I know of a grammar teacher in Denver that couldn't even spell. Home schooled kids have won top places in the spelling, grammar, math, and geography bees. Doesn't that tell you something. Home schooled kids are prefered at collages also because they come to learn not to mess around. I am home schooled and I haven't always been Home schooled. I like home school much better than any other. And who are you to tell me what school I can go to that sounds like comunism. I can think of many people that were schooled at home. Most of the leaders in the history of the U.S.A. were schooled at home. To tell you the truth only in the 20th centry have we every widely done public schools. And for any of you that say we get seperated from kids of our age that is a bunch of B.S. I am still doing other things apart from school that I talk with other kids. Untill you guys are home schooled don't spread lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 I was homeschooled from Junior High through High School. Was it really worth it? I'm still asking myself that very question, and here are some questions i ask myself as well: Would I have had more time to do things I wanted to do, if I went to public school? Probably not. Would I be stressed out? Most likely Would I be more social towards other people? maybe. Would I know computers as well as I do now? not likely Would I get good grades on my stuff? i doubt it. i'd probably end up depressed with all the homework. (my sister tried to go to public school this year, talk about depression!! i'm glad she quit) Would I have more friends? I DOUBT IT x 100000000/10 nobody i know has same interests, except people i meet online. the GED was easier than the schoolwork, they didn't really have anything hard on it except the essay, and i got a B in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 and i was able to teach myself, through CD-ROMs. and also got my hands on an A+ certification book, and read almost the whole thing. =D ok time for bed. g'night people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elijah Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Originally posted by TheWhiteRaider Most of the leaders in the history of the U.S.A. were schooled at home. To tell you the truth only in the 20th centry have we every widely done public schools. Aye... every president of the United states was Schooled at home or privately tutored in some way. They told Thomas Edison that he was retarded and could not learn at the age of 12... his mother home schooled him and he than went on to create the most used object in history. I have grown up with many kids my age who go to public school... they are now hardcore drug addicts, each one of them having a child or two at the age of 16... you think i regret not going to public school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWhiteRaider Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Also some parents home school their children to keep them safe in some cases. If it is a rough school or neighborhood would you want to go to school every day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediNyt Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 The education system needs a complete overhaul. Concentrate on teaching and learning the right way. Make if fast, effective, and fun which makes it motivating! Duh! Im not the person to figure out how to do it I just know its a good idea. And Im all for puplic schooling. Just do it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWhiteRaider Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 I know two lines if you took out of the schools it would help. "If it feels good do it." This is bad in a way because to some people it "feels" good to kill or it "feels" good to rape. "No one can tell you what is right or wrong you have to find that for yourself." Though they don't mean break every law. That is generaly what some kids think it means. See we changed from a Dydatic to a Dialecital type of teaching. That is why we have so much problems. Also don't have the goverment do it as it is a monopoly and has no reason to work hard. Though I would like to believe that they are in there for the benifit of the people I can't always say that is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SettingShadow Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 My parents are considiring letting me go in a school were you work from home with a computer. I cant even see any point in why I should go in a public shool, Im sick sometimes more than 50% of the school session, Im not sick at vacations but as soon as I get back to school I get an infection. Like this year I´ve been in shool 10times since the summer vaction was over. And about losing contact to other kids, that would be so damn nice, I am completly diffrent than everyone in my class. Also after school I get a headech because of all the screaming and stuff. I doesnt really learn much either, since 50% of the day the kids are just screwing around making it impossible to concentrate. So I wouldnt mind going in that shool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Warrior Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 When i got kids I'd do this and teach them stuff thats useful instead of the unmitigated crap that they come up with in school. the school sysytem here sucks badly and the private schools seem to produce kids that are not street wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Snape Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 i don't think homeschooling is a good idea cuz then u won't have a social life with ne1 and it would be harder to get a girlfriend or boyfriend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SettingShadow Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Do you need to have that???????? I mean who needs to have a girlfriend/boyfriend while your a kid?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elijah Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Originally posted by Dark Helmet III i don't think homeschooling is a good idea cuz then u won't have a social life with ne1 and it would be harder to get a girlfriend or boyfriend And i need one of these at the age of 15? why?... I have no though of getting married... it is pointless to date right now as all i would get is a lot of disapointment and no NO NO NO NO. i do have a social life. that is totally false and isnt true... people need to stop saying that and get some facts. give your stereotypes to someone who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted November 10, 2002 Share Posted November 10, 2002 Hmmm...I don't know, but there seems to be a perception here that if you go to a public school, that's the only avenue for your learning, and if the system sucks, so does your education. I'd have to disagree with that view. Yes, I send my kids (well, one at the moment, the other isn't old enough) to a school, where I expect him to be taught certain things to an acceptable standard. However, that doesn't fulfill my role as a parent. As a parent, I sit down with my son, ask him what he did in school today, go over it, and try and expand on it. I try to impart whatever knowledge I have available in a way they can understand, and hope it makes a difference. It also depends on the child. For example, my eldest son (who is now 5, and has been in 'school' for 2 years [they start at the age of 3 here in Wales, UK]), knew his alphabet, all his colours, shapes, his name, his address, and he could count to 20...by the age of 3, and before he went to school. Frankly, the teachers were a bit surprised, and he's since won a few Headteacher awards. He's a bright kid, and learns fast. My other son takes life at an easier pace. He's soon going to be three, and he can't recite his alphabet, he can't count to 20 (unaided), he knows some of his colours but not all, and he doesn't really identify many shapes. Also, up until about 6 months ago, he didn't want to say a great deal, and he still has problems pronouncing a lot of words and stringing them together into sentences. It's not that he's backward...he's just as quick as picking things up as his older brother. He won't be able to start school until September of next year..and in a way I'm thankful for that. He will have a bit more time to concentrate on things, to improve his speech, to learn his alphabet (if he wants to). So different people have different aptitudes, and I'd say that sometimes the parent has to make a judgement call about what they feel is the right avenue for their child. Also, it's up to the parents to see how well, or how badly, their children are doing if they go to a public school. I know a few people in the past who took more of a back seat and let the education system do the driving. I don't agree with that approach. It's my job to help my kids in any way I can, and if they want to learn something they're not learning in school, I'll help in any way I can. I do feel that it's important for children (particularly if they are an only child) to interact with other children, to develop social skills and learning through play. As long as there are avenues for social progression in a home schooling environment...what's the problem? I also take the point about illness and school. Unfortunately I am also someone who has always been prone to illness. If there's a cold or flu virus floating around, I'm guaranteed to catch it. Schools are, unfortunately, friends of the virus. When my son started school, he started getting coughs, colds, and other things...many of which he passed on to me (bless him). But in some ways that's a good thing, because it can help to build up your immune system if you are exposed to different viral strains. So I don't see anything wrong with home schooling, if the parents are willing, and can impart a range of knowledge in a way they know their kids will understand, while also making it fun, and being aware of the need to develop social skills in tandem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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