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Darwynnia  Title: Sugar Kibbi
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Registered: 2003-10-13 07:40:13
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Do you believe in/accept home schooling for children? |
Gaevren posted:
Darwynnia posted:
If the parents are qualified to teach their children, I'm fine with it.
Otherwise, I'm not.
What do you think makes a parent qualified vs. not?
Virtually none of the homeschooling parents in the US hold teaching degrees and yet successfully educate their children, for instance.
edit: and by successfully I mean they excel not only on standardized tests such as the SATs and ACTs, but are more and more being welcomed by colleges (and sometimes actively recruited) and are excelling there as well.
A qualified parent is one who understands the material they are teaching to their children; i.e. they themselves have an education/knowledge/familiarity with the subject which is above that of the material they are attempting to teach to their children.
You cannot expect to teach your child how to do calculus if you yourself do not understand it. The same goes for chemistry, physics and other sciences.
I had a family on my block that homeschooled; the father was Navy and out to sea all the time while the mother 'homeschooled' their son. She had no real qualifications to do so as she herself hadn't graduated high school or received her GED. Her grammar was atrocious and she couldn't do basic math without a calculator.
She did her son no favors by homeschooling him.
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Caledric  Title: Pew! Pew! Pew!
Posts: 1,327
Registered: 2001-12-22 07:59:39
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Date Posted:
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BT and Combat mage are what happens when you home school your kid... Do you really want that?
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Gildash  Posts: 515
Registered: 2001-4-26 16:26:13
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:01am
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Wait, why all the focus on parents?
In my world home schooling often (if not mostly) refers to groups of kids who are taught by tutors hired by the families.
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JD_HOGG Posts: 2,846
Registered: 2008-3-18 08:04:21
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:01am
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Do you believe in/accept home schooling for children? |
jeune posted:
No.
I think that school is an important part of social development for kids. Your kid might learn more at home but they are missing an important development tool... you need to learn how to interact with people from different backgrounds.
I see no reason why you cannot challenge your kid at home and also send them to school.
In fact, that's probably what every parent should do. You can't teach your kids how to interact with other people by home schooling. They have to learn to deal with other people that aren't hand-picked by mom and dad.
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Jezza_Belle Title: =^.^=
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Registered: 2001-2-24 02:29:30
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The home schooled people that I know are some of the smartest, most well adjusted adults that I know. They have great self esteem and make good choices in life.
early socialization is a double edged sword, and totally overrated, you don't have to be around other people your own age to learn social skills.
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Lasraik Title: Chasing the tail of dogma
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Registered: 2003-11-13 00:14:47
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I was against it at first but then I took the time to look into it and my wife has been home schooling our 6 and 3 year old for almost 3 years it's worked out really great.
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JoAyanami  Title: Camelot Vault Staff
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Registered: 2009-10-5 18:06:52
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:01am
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Jezza_Belle posted:
you don't have to be around other people your own age to learn social skills.
qft
-Jo
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combat_mage_sc Title: Hi. My name is Combat and i'm an alcoholic.
Posts: 1,061
Registered: 2001-7-20 21:19:21
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Date Posted:
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Bunch of recluse internet nerds worrying about the social skills of the home schooled.
lol!
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Fozzie_Bear Posts: 2,490
Registered: 2001-12-20 01:43:43
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:01am
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combat_mage_sc posted:
Bunch of recluse internet nerds worrying about the social skills of the home schooled.
lol!
ROTFL yeah no profanity hahahahaha
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JD_HOGG Posts: 2,846
Registered: 2008-3-18 08:04:21
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:01am
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JoAyanami posted:
Jezza_Belle posted:
you don't have to be around other people your own age to learn social skills.
qft
-Jo
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