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Originally Posted by whaskins09
If anyone can think of one advantage to homeschooling i would like to hear it....
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I didn't have to get up as early as you to graduate
. Oh and I can have a first grader who isn't yet 6, not happening in the public school (he is 'too young') Though funny thing, he isn't to young to ask to learn, why is he to young to be allowed to?
Algebra in my checkbook, Algebra starts as simple as "what plus this equals that", So tecnically I did it yesterday with my son while doing his math worksheet, as well as my checkbook. (what missing amount plus that equals the real amount?)
Socialization in early years, most of the 'personality' is developed BEFORE a child sets foot in a public school, so you are missing that there, most of the peer pressure in the world is experienced in the public school years. That doesn't mean you learn how to deal with it there, that means you experience it there, you learn to deal with it based on your support generally (family and real friends).
'wasted time' Oh man is there ever wasted time in Mass, Age based education! I manage to teach my young son everything he would need to know to pass first grade in a couple hours a day, not that we only learn for a couple hours, but that is all the time I need to finish the required curriculum, beyond that I can do what I want, or more specifically he can do what he wants and learn what he wants.
Do I have a degree in physics? nope but as earlier mentioned I don't have to be the only one teaching him, when he wants to learn (if he wants to learn) physics he can go find someone to teach him, paid or friend. How about all the questions he asks now? I have a library, and internet, and friends, someone has to know the answer, even if it takes a few weeks, I will get the answer for him (I now know what 60 in French is, he has moved on in interest)
The reasons people have for homeschooling and the childs base abilities both play a HUGE role in how well the final kid tests. Obviously (to me) a person Home educating to 'avoid the world' will have a kid at a disadvantage! And I bet they would have a disatvantage forced into school as well. (any idea what kind of teasing a kid not allowed to see a non G movie would get in 6th grade????)
I personally do it cause I do not want to waste my kids time so that he knows the 'pop culture', I would rather he spent his time learning what interests him, though at times that is starwars and the hobbit (not what his age mates are interested in, but officially 'pop culture') other times it is more on animals(is a centipede an insect or does it have its own 'group') or math (what else adds up to 50? - he is only in first grade here) Or any number of things that he can fill his time with (building marblework contraptions, or mixing colors, or rolling clay, or bulding tie fighters from blocks, or digging up dirt)
The reason statistics nationwide are in favor of homeschooling IMO is cause if you chose to home educate, you prolly care about education, and therefor WILL do what you need to get a proper education for your kid. But again if you do it to avoid the world or the work of school (and getting up that early IS WORK) then you might not have the best of success.
Can it work? Obviously it CAN, and has many times. Will it work? That is up to the parent and child team.