Homeschooling - Thoughts as a parent or child with experience?

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Would like to hear the thoughts of anyone has been home schooled or a parent who has home schooled or is presently doing so.

I am a parent finding the current school system to be nothing more than a political box ticking institution with educating a child being secondary to everything else.
 
Socialising. Friends. Discipline. Progress. Routine.

Would never take Lewis out of school, he would hate me for it, for one. Is your kid a little bleeda and not doing well at school or with others? If not I don't see any reason why anyone would do this.
 
Agreed, I think the social aspects of school are as important as the learning. As a parent you expect to have to teach your child the academic stuff the schools might be doing poorly with, but you can't teach them to socialise with their peers.
 
Gimpymoo said:
I am a parent finding the current school system to be nothing more than a political box ticking institution with educating a child being secondary to everything else.
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It sure is that.

The academy system should allow schools to be alittle more creative with their education delivery, and I've heard of plans for more child focused academies.

Otherwise, there are alternative-style learning establishments, if you have the resources to pay, such as Steiner schools. They're a bit odd, though.

Home schooling would seem to spell missing out on social learning, though you could supplement with lots of clubs and suchlike.
 
Rybo89 said:
Is your kid a little bleeda and not doing well at school or with others? If not I don't see any reason why anyone would do this.
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Entirely the opposite.

I see someone not reaching their full potential which saddens me.

EdwardTeach said:
Agreed, I think the social aspects of school are as important as the learning. As a parent you expect to have to teach your child the academic stuff the schools might be doing poorly with, but you can't teach them to socialise with their peers.
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Part of home schooling would involve interaction with other families of children who are also likely home schooled. They are not disadvantaged socially.
 
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Home schooling - what could go wrong?

Everything because you are probably not able to provide the educational, social and non-parental challenges/support which your child needs to grow as a functional person.

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If you can point to 3 or 4 children where home schooling works then great.

You can't.

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OP said:
Part of home schooling would involve interaction with other families of children who are also likely home schooled. They are not disadvantaged socially.
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I thought long and hard about how to reply to this so I'm just going to say nothing I think.
 
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deuse said:
Schooling carries on when they get home and it's up to the parents to carry on were the teacher left off.
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Spot on. I remember when my brother and I were younger we'd sit down with Dad for a least a few hours every night to work which was generally a year or two adhead of what we were doing at school.

The social interactions and aspect of school can not be replicated or replaced when home schooling.
 
[FnG]magnolia;25996929 said:
Home schooling - what could go wrong?

Everything because you are probably not able to provide the educational, social and non-parental challenges/support which your child needs to grow as a functional person.

+++ BEEP BOOP YOU WILL LEARN ENGLISH TODAY, BEEP BOOP NOW MATHEMATICS, BEEP BOOP I WILL DESTROY ANY HUMAN INTERACTION A PERSON OF YOUR AGE NEEDS BECAUSE I AM A ROBOT +++

If you can point to 3 or 4 children where home schooling works then great.

You can't.
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I will take onboard the social concerns but how many of you have been home schooled?
 
I've had discussions at length about this before. If I had the time, I would consider homeschooling my children. The social side is a concern, but not by any means insurmountable. There are plenty of clubs etc where they can learn to socialise and work together with their peers.

There is a potential middle ground where you can do part school part home schooling, but that requires a flexible school which are sometimes rare.
 
[FnG]magnolia;25996958 said:
Were you?

Do you understand the concern raised by home schooling?
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No, I was not.

I understand the concerns.

The thread title does say though " Thoughts as a parent or child with experience?" as I wanted to hear from those who have first hand experience.

I have heard lots already from people with no experience and their concerns.
 
Gimpymoo said:
Have you experiences of homeschooling?
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The only experience I have is bringing up two children and making sure they do\did well in school\collage\uni(which they did).

We always helped them with home work as most parents do, but we added more work were needed..and made it fun :)
 
It's for lazy parents.

You do not know anything like a qualified teacher in the arts, sciences, history, mathematics, PE and languages. If you do, you're superhuman.

Also the child will miss out massively on social interaction, how to develop under new authority and with a load of different people from diverse backgrounds.
 
How would you work? the home schooling would take up a lot of time, not just in teaching but preparation.

Social aspects of school leaning are innumerable, so much social interaction and the life skills it teaches would be missed.

Do you know enough in every subject area to be competent?

Like work and family or work and friendships conflict can arise and being your own child you may give in where in fact you should stand firm and the education would suffer.
 
Hitman_Leon said:
How would you work? the home schooling would take up a lot of time, not just in teaching but preparation.
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This would be my only concern about homeschooling. Making sure I had the time to prepare and teach properly whilst still being financially solvent. If you can do that, you can give an education that is better than what the state can give.
 
Moses said:
What makes you think you could offer a better teaching experience than your child currently receives, ignoring all the benefits of social interaction and so forth for the moment? Is changing school not an option? What about supplementing the education, rather than doing it all yourself (eg. get a tutor for additional after school tutoring sometimes/let them try one of the many free online university courses now/etc).
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This would be my input too really,

How good are you as a teacher as opposed to the ones at their school?
I find if you're willing to give extra tuition yourself after school (or hire someone too) then that would be better for your child/children in terms of their education and social development.
 
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