It's that time of year....

[Piotr]

I don't see it as hard work, it's a lot of fun. It is better than regular school for many reasons, if you want to research the subject (quite interesting) I would start on Wikipedia.

[Xaol]

I don't see it as hard work, it's a lot of fun. It is better than regular school for many reasons, if you want to research the subject (quite interesting) I would start on Wikipedia.

Having just read the Wikipedia article on it, it seems like a very interesting idea. The one question I had after reading- do you think that by homeschooling a child, it can promote them to be very introverted and decrease their skills at social interaction as they aren't coming in to contact with many people their own age daily?

[ducttapetitan]

I don't see it as hard work, it's a lot of fun. It is better than regular school for many reasons, if you want to research the subject (quite interesting) I would start on Wikipedia.

Homeschooling is awesome

[Thorn]

I don't see it as hard work, it's a lot of fun. It is better than regular school for many reasons, if you want to research the subject (quite interesting) I would start on Wikipedia.

Having just read the Wikipedia article on it, it seems like a very interesting idea. The one question I had after reading- do you think that by homeschooling a child, it can promote them to be very introverted and decrease their skills at social interaction as they aren't coming in to contact with many people their own age daily?

Not really. Although homeschooled children may be slightly socially awkward they will be able to fit in and as long as they play sports or something so they are not completely isolated social issues should not be a huge problem.

[ducttapetitan]

I don't see it as hard work, it's a lot of fun. It is better than regular school for many reasons, if you want to research the subject (quite interesting) I would start on Wikipedia.

Having just read the Wikipedia article on it, it seems like a very interesting idea. The one question I had after reading- do you think that by homeschooling a child, it can promote them to be very introverted and decrease their skills at social interaction as they aren't coming in to contact with many people their own age daily?

Not really. Although homeschooled children may be slightly socially awkward they will be able to fit in and as long as they play sports or something so they are not completely isolated social issues should not be a huge problem.

If they play magic the gathering they will have friends

[Kaleo42]

I don't see it as hard work, it's a lot of fun. It is better than regular school for many reasons, if you want to research the subject (quite interesting) I would start on Wikipedia.

Having just read the Wikipedia article on it, it seems like a very interesting idea. The one question I had after reading- do you think that by homeschooling a child, it can promote them to be very introverted and decrease their skills at social interaction as they aren't coming in to contact with many people their own age daily?

Not really. Although homeschooled children may be slightly socially awkward they will be able to fit in and as long as they play sports or something so they are not completely isolated social issues should not be a huge problem.

If they play magic the gathering they will have friends

It really becomes a budget issue. I have known many kids who are home schooled under the principle of not exposing the children to bad influences or allowing them to become a part of the "system" and they end up awkward. This is because the parents could properly fund an educational lifestyle and didnt associate themselves with good influences and examples for their children.

On the flip side i have known very happy, social, intellengent, and polite kids who are homeschoolled but their parents had te means to provide an eduactional lifestyle and most of all set an example by how ad with who they communicated with.

[ducttapetitan]

I don't see it as hard work, it's a lot of fun. It is better than regular school for many reasons, if you want to research the subject (quite interesting) I would start on Wikipedia.

Having just read the Wikipedia article on it, it seems like a very interesting idea. The one question I had after reading- do you think that by homeschooling a child, it can promote them to be very introverted and decrease their skills at social interaction as they aren't coming in to contact with many people their own age daily?

Not really. Although homeschooled children may be slightly socially awkward they will be able to fit in and as long as they play sports or something so they are not completely isolated social issues should not be a huge problem.

If they play magic the gathering they will have friends

It really becomes a budget issue. I have known many kids who are home schooled under the principle of not exposing the children to bad influences or allowing them to become a part of the "system" and they end up awkward. This is because the parents could properly fund an educational lifestyle and didnt associate themselves with good influences and examples for their children.

On the flip side i have known very happy, social, intellengent, and polite kids who are homeschoolled but their parents had te means to provide an eduactional lifestyle and most of all set an example by how ad with who they communicated with.

Keep in mind that there are many groups and coops homeschoolers can participate in and get their fill of socializing. It's not like they are shut up in a house. (I never was). They can also participate in more extracurricular activities that a normal school schedual would not allow.

[Piotr]

Yes, socialising is never a problem unless you do it for religious-like reasons. We do it because we can teach our children much better than any school could.

[Wackaman9001]

Though I support the homeschool argument, I still think that high school should be done in the school, not at home, but that is my opinion

[Xaol]

Yes, socialising is never a problem unless you do it for religious-like reasons. We do it because we can teach our children much better than any school could.

Interesting- do you believe this about schools in general or just the schools around where you live?

[Piotr]

Though I support the homeschool argument, I still think that high school should be done in the school, not at home, but that is my opinion

Fair enough, my opinion is that high school is a waste of time for most people, i.e. they should specialise earlier.

[Piotr]

We do (homeschooling) because we can teach our children much better than any school could.

Interesting- do you believe this about schools in general or just the schools around where you live?

In general. To teach mastery to someone you have to know them. No school can know a child better than their parent.

[Kaleo42]

We do (homeschooling) because we can teach our children much better than any school could.

Interesting- do you believe this about schools in general or just the schools around where you live?

In general. To teach mastery to someone you have to know them. No school can know a child better than their parent.

I would add a "should" to this statement. I've been teaching swim lessons for about 7 years and in that time their have been multiple children i knew better than their parents knew them. As i got older i tried to bridge that gap whenever possible, but some parents just dont get what is means to raise a child.

[Piotr]

We do (homeschooling) because we can teach our children much better than any school could.

Interesting- do you believe this about schools in general or just the schools around where you live?

In general. To teach mastery to someone you have to know them. No school can know a child better than their parent.

I would add a "should" to this statement. I've been teaching swim lessons for about 7 years and in that time their have been multiple children i knew better than their parents knew them. As i got older i tried to bridge that gap whenever possible, but some parents just dont get what is means to raise a child.

As they say, cool story bro

Seriously though, would you tell me that you knew those kids better than their parents in every important skill set? Like, maths, physics or economics? How old are we talking?

[#noided]

Public schools suck. There's too many idiots teaching in our school systems. I wouldn't want my kids going to a public school if I could help it.