Home Schooling

[Belen]

My homeschool kids get plenty of socialization, and they are well aware that most kids and people are liars and out primarily for themselves, they know how to recognize drug users, and they know how to tell when people lie to them. They don't want to socialize with a lot of the kids. They have a small circle of about 6 kids that they play with. All without the added trauma of public school.

Dude....that's harsh and a somewhat scary attitude.

 

[Belen]

I wonder if the fact that most people on ENWorld dealt with social stigma issues in school that they are not more predisposed to home school.

Honestly, I was picked on horribly in school. It left its marks, but it also helped fuel my core identity and my view of the world.

Nothing compares to being forced to deal with other viewpoints up close and personal. Documentaries just do not do it. Life is conflict and you will not get that without exposure to the outside world.

 

[billd91]

Kindergarten should be challenging? You see some colors, you eat some paste, you go home.

In my daughter's kindergarten, they were learning about the states of matter (gas, liquid, solid) and they made up presentations on topics that tied in with them. Kindergarten can be pretty challenging.
The real trick is that, being the first entry most kids have into formal education systems, kids will have wildly different levels of knowledge and skill when they come in. Some will be advanced like Vito's and mine (mine was reading at a 3rd grade level) and others won't. Kindergarten is the first time the educational system has a chance to get everyone up to speed and good schools will figure out which kids already are there and will find ways to keep them learning new stuff (even if it means hanging out with some of the older kids from time to time).
Truth is, involvement by the parents in the kid's educations will make huge differences in their educations whether that's preparation for kindergarten or performance in upper grade levels. A lot of public schools tend to look kind of pathetic in part because they have to educate everybody, including the kids of parents who don't give a rats hiney about getting involved in their kids' educations. Parental involvement helps contribute to the success of charter, private, and home-schools because they all require it in greater degrees than public schools.

 

[Raloc]

Hellefire, I certainly hope you choose to homeschool your child(ren), it's a great opportunity to give them a proper education, instead of the poor attempt at mass baby-sitting that constitutes public schools.

 

[Jdvn1]

Dude, if teachers got paid like baby-sitters, they'd be making six figures and everyone would want to be a teacher.

http://www.classbrain.com/artread/publish/article_96.shtml

 

[JIMBOTHEBLACK]

I was home schooled,It's a good idea.

 

[JIMBOTHEBLACK]

Hellefire, I certainly hope you choose to homeschool your child(ren), it's a great opportunity to give them a proper education, instead of the poor attempt at mass baby-sitting that constitutes public schools.

AAWWRIGHT, YEAAHH!!!!!