Would you home-school your kids?

[dreamache]

"Homeschooling is just weird"

..a quote from a local AM radio political talk show host. He had nothing else to say other than that it was just weird, even after I mentioned my wife was homeschooled, went to the same college his children did and graduated with a 4.0 with an RN degree. Though I think some local colleges/schools pay to advertise on his show so I think there's some ..bias.. there. This was a convo that took place after that high school shooting in the news.

What do you guys think? I couldn't fucking stand school, I think my biggest gripe was waking up so god damn early and I'd hate to subject my kids to that bullshit too.

My wife loved not going to public schools. Everyone wakes up when they want, you skip days if you want, you devote literally 25% of the time that you do in public schools (not going over shit unnecessarily year after year, bullshit projects, etc..). Plus if you're one of the unfortunate kids who happens to be bullied to fuck (and I witnessed plenty) it's not something you have to deal with.

So I told him, "It's not weird, it's a privilege if you have 1 parent home often and willing to home school." He cuts me off the line and said he still thinks it's weird, LOLs!

I think as long as you're able to keep them in activities with other children so they don't become hermits, it's a go.

+RP wants to give big tax breaks to homeschooling families.

 

[guerilla]

Ideas: The Case for Unschooling

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9yO7TlCa7A]Libertarian Parenting Part 3 - Professor David Friedman on Unschooling - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Elevate]

You go to school to socialize with your peers. I've read that social interaction works the brain harder than any book ever could.

 

[guerilla]

You go to school to socialize with your peers. I've read that social interaction works the brain harder than any book ever could.

Homeschooled kids get plenty of social interaction with adults and other children in a respectful environment.

Another nine year old has very little to teach another nine year old about effective socialization. School kids tend to be unnaturally cruel to one another as they learn socialization through trial and error rather than emulation of best practices.

 

[Elevate]

Homeschooled kids get plenty of social interaction with adults and other children in a respectful environment.

Another nine year old has very little to teach another nine year old about effective socialization. School kids tend to be unnaturally cruel to one another as they learn socialization through trial and error rather than emulation of best practices.

That's true, but it's something you really have to keep on top of. I know a few children who were home schooled who have turned out to be socially awkward - I guess it really just depends on the parents and child.

 

[amateursurgeon]

I think parents who send children to private schools should be given tax breaks on the fees. Education is 10-15% of budget, why the hell should I pay for the shitty public school system if I'm not using it?

 

[Vhaeos]

I think parents who send children to private schools should be given tax breaks on the fees. Education is 10-15% of budget, why the hell should I pay for the shitty public school system if I'm not using it?

A voucher system would be alright.

 

[JoseArmando]

There are quite some studies that are in favour of home schooling in certain aspects but I'd assume the average parent isn't suitable to teach every single school subject. I think most parents would provide inadequate education but I might be wrong.

 

[guerilla]

I think most parents would provide inadequate education but I might be wrong.

If you look at the job public school teachers do, kids teaching themselves (the way we learned for most of human history) is probably better.

Parents in a home school environment provide support and enable opportunities. Kids are encouraged to learn what interests them, instead of some sterile curriculum created by people who are 20 years behind where society and technology is at.

IMO, the best thing you can do for your kids is teach them to be autodidacts.

 

[dreamache]

There are quite some studies that are in favour of home schooling in certain aspects but I'd assume the average parent isn't suitable to teach every single school subject. I think most parents would provide inadequate education but I might be wrong.

Public schools do a shitty job actually, if you look at the high rates of illiteracy; which is a very basic thing.

And my wife said once you reach high school as a homeschooler, you can take classes for more advanced subjects like chemistry and such.

 

[Moxie]

Obviously this is just a message board and it doesn't matter, but if one choice is just "yes", the other should be "no." The no choice here appears worded in a way to make people feel guilty.

If you look at the job public school teachers do, kids teaching themselves (the way we learned for most of human history) is probably better.

Yes, just send children out into the woods and they will teach themselves math and how to read.

Parents in a home school environment provide support and enable opportunities. Kids are encouraged to learn what interests them, instead of some sterile curriculum created by people who are 20 years behind where society and technology is at.

I know people who homeschool and they are using the same textbooks as regular schools. States have homeschool guidelines and some homeschool students prepare for the SATs.

The stereotype is that homeschoolers overall use older science curriculum and such. I'm not going to pretend to know if that is true or not, but I doubt the opposite is true.

 

[Insomniac]

I have not met a home schooled male that isn't a social degenerate. I have on numerous occasions, talked to someone for a couple of minutes, then said "you were home schooled, weren't you" and never once been wrong. Home schooled people stick out like a sore thumb.

Don't want to be bullied in school? Be home schooled. Don't want to be bullied at your job? Go to regular school.

I'm not sure women apply to this. On one hand, being that sheltered just means it's going to be that much later in life before a girl learns how other girls are or that every guy is trying to fuck her. Having a cooch will definitely get them past a fair amount of social issues regardless.

 

[Tro Shi]

I would highly suggest homeschooling.

 

[dreamache]

I have not met a home schooled male that isn't a social degenerate. I have on numerous occasions, talked to someone for a couple of minutes, then said "you were home schooled, weren't you" and never once been wrong. Home schooled people stick out like a sore thumb.

So? You find socially awkward people from public schooling too.

Don't want to be bullied in school? Be home schooled. Don't want to be bullied at your job? Go to regular school.

So you're saying the only way to attain self confidence and deal with negative social situations is to go to public school?

I've seen a couple kids mentally destroyed almost every day during a few years in school and they never escaped it. No matter what they did, including fight, the bullies would be bullies.

Perhaps some people in school or work are going to be assholes regardless of what you do.

I'm not sure women apply to this. On one hand, being that sheltered just means it's going to be that much later in life before a girl learns how other girls are or that every guy is trying to fuck her. Having a cooch will definitely get them past a fair amount of social issues regardless.

I'm sure a certain % of home school'd children are "sheltered" but it's not as if that's a side effect. If the parents are active in getting their kids out in the world they can experience more than enough socializing.

And again you're saying going to a public school is the only way a girl can discover men want pussy and "how other girls are", whatever that means.

Seems there's a cognitive dissonance about what "school" is. It's a fucking building crammed full of children. You can gain all of the positive social experiences that can come from that without sending them there.

It's not: no school == hermit, school == social butterfly.

 

[Kiopa_Matt]

Yes and no. Yes, my kids would goto public school, but they'd also get extra schooling at home. As shitty as you think the world / society / education system is, protecting your kids from it isn't going to help them. They need to learn, know, and understand the world they live in.

 

[dreamache]

Yes and no. Yes, my kids would goto public school, but they'd also get extra schooling at home. As shitty as you think the world / society / education system is, protecting your kids from it isn't going to help them. They need to learn, know, and understand the world they live in.

I'd rather just inform them on what public education is, they'll gain an understanding and when their old enough, they can choose to go to public school if they wish.

A person doesn't have to be raped to know it's bad.

 

[guerilla]

A person doesn't have to be raped to know it's bad.

You'd think this would be obvious but apparently it's not.

 

[guerilla]

I have not met a home schooled male that isn't a social degenerate.

Walt Whitman.

Andrew Carnegie.

Ben Franklin.

Albert Einstein.

Leonardo Da Vinci.

Not saying they were well socialized, but homeschoolers have contributed as much, if not more, than people who received a conventional public education.

The World’s 15 Most Extraordinary Homeschoolers

 

[Fatbat]

What about something in between? Not a home schooling situation, not a full on public school situation, but something like Montessori where kids get a more intimate educational environment plus the social interaction with their peers?

 

[Insomniac]

So you're saying the only way to attain self confidence and deal with negative social situations is to go to public school?

7+ hours a day of practice sure does help.

I've seen a couple kids mentally destroyed almost every day during a few years in school and they never escaped it. No matter what they did, including fight, the bullies would be bullies.

ALL of the kids I went to school with who were bullied constantly, turned into societies trash. I can assure you, it had nothing to do with the bullying. Darwinism at it's best, discourage them from breeding.

I'm sure a certain % of home school'd children are "sheltered" but it's not as if that's a side effect. If the parents are active in getting their kids out in the world they can experience more than enough socializing.

Bullshit. You aren't going to replace the amount of social time you get in school by other means. Hanging out with adults doesn't count either, if anything, it offsets your maturity and causes frustration when you are "treated your age".

And again you're saying going to a public school is the only way a girl can discover men want pussy and "how other girls are", whatever that means.

Considering most 21 year old girls still don't understand how men are, they sure as fuck aren't going to learn it faster at home.

Seems there's a cognitive dissonance about what "school" is. It's a fucking building crammed full of children. You can gain all of the positive social experiences that can come from that without sending them there.

Bullshit. Being bullied, and bullying can be positive. If you don't understand that, then I'm going to suggest you go get a sex change, because clearly you believe all the feminist shit flying around these days.