Attention Homeschoolers

I've got to sleep, but I'll check back in a few hours or sometime tomorrow.

Anyone?

I am actually enjoying homeschooling my kids.

The public school system is the greatest danger that civilization faces.

It promotes self-destructive behavior.

Great! Please tell us more.

Last Edited by SoulWinner on 04/02/2020 02:42 AM

Care to expand on that?

I can think of several greater dangers, honestly. Many public schools are great. But it's not the government's job to educate our children, and the best teachers do not live your kids like you do.

time for speaking over/done

Huh?

Wow, how true is this... Wouldn't have supported this statement in the past, but after homeschooling my daughter for three weeks I realized we are wasting our tax money!

The teachers kept telling my daughter just can't do the Common Core Math and (shame on me) I believed them. When the schools closed down and I took over teaching my daughter...I was shocked. Not only is she picking it up - she is damn good at MATH! I am furious at them (and myself for believing them)

Also, every day the Math teacher makes teaching videos and today she informs the kids (and homeschooling parents) that she just came back from a long run. How nice! She is telling this to families who are working at home for their own jobs plus doing the teachers' jobs while teachers are being paid to go out and run. Sorry, I may sound petty right now, but I am angry that they wrote off my daughter (who does have some development delays) but is perfectly smart and VERY GOOD AT MATH!

hope the schools open back up
i dont do home schooling, no thank u

my kid is kind of a maniac
i thought they might demand he go on attention drugs
so i asked them would u ever make him go on them
and they were like hell no!
i was like great, seems like good teachers to me
he is in 1st grade going on 2nd and knows how to read, can do basic math
better than me teaching
i have many things to teach but reading and writing and basic stuff is not my skill set

at the parent teacher conference i wanted to whoop my kid right then and there and the teachers had to calm me down and explain that he is not malicious just has attention problems
i was like oh ok, my wife calmed me down too
i was afraid they would kick him out and it sounds like they wouldnt ever
its a hard job to be a teacher man oh man
my wife tries to home school but its not all there to do it for 4 boys full time, they gots to go to school and get bullied a bit to humble them too
homeschool kids can be mildly idiotic and arrogant

I've been home schooling my kids for 8 years. Both have never set foot in a public school. In Cali. Internet school. Works for us.

We’ve been homeschooling for years. My first two graduated from public school and they thrived in the environment. My third has health issues, so we’d rather just do school at home. We love it!!!!!

the traditional catholics are always pushing homeschooling
and i run in that crowd from time to time
i just roll my eyes when they say that
like we are all cut out to teach reading and writing and math
no thank you
i love teaching them handy skills and the catholic faith and hard work and how to not be idiots but ill let the teachers teach math and reading
they love it too, i got nonstop emails from these people
how someone gets excited about teaching a kid to read is beyond me
but wow, im impressed
homeschooling could be done well, but seems damn near impossible and the kid almost always turns out to be a dweeb, sorry folks, thats my opinion, ive dealt with many homeschoolers and man oh man are these people something else

i bet the schools in cali are a hot mess
luckily where im at they seem good so far

Once you all get used to it, you'll find your child can breeze through so much in a day. I homeschooled my kids and was always worried we weren't doing enough because they would have all their work done in 2 hours, so I started creating our own program and made it more challenging. Long story short, they ended up so far ahead and we actually had time to look into things more that they were interested in. Public school is comparable to a magazine- short little bits of info to memorize for use on standardized test. I'm glad your able to spend time helping your daughter and you moved past her trouble with math- which probably just was her questions weren't ever addressed. Happy for you all.

I can see why. She has learned more in 3 weeks than she has learned since school started in August. And she has lots of breaks and playtime during the day so we only work in total about 3 hours a day...but I am seeing great results.

huh ?
the union is the problem ?
YOUR school board remains the problem along w/these teachers not protesting the crap curricula presented to them to program their students with.

get the hell down to every school board meeting held,open your mouth regarding the shyte being told to your children,
remind THEM WHO PAYS THEIR SALARIES
and these school closures made it all possible to EXPOSE THE CRAP the children are being indoctrinated with.

since the sk00ls also get $$$ based on enrollment and attendance,remove them AFTER being fully informed on YOUR RIGHTS--also sign on w/the home schooling groups and associations for your state.
Make them lose money.

concerns on what to do if both parents work full time are simple--form groups --it can get done.
network w/as many as you can,get organised ,be knowledgeable on exactly what your state demands and do it.

Cali schools are a joke. Common core is a joke. Here is an example of common core: "what addition equation helps you solve 10-8?" They want the child to say "8+2=10"

For children that are already struggling with math, and finally get a concept, then they throw in a question like that, is a bunch of bullshit. The very reason so many are struggling in school is because of their common core bullshit. It is no longer about letting the children solve it on their own, in their own way. It is about "explain how you got your answer". If a child is able to do it their head with mental math, that doesn't matter anymore. What matters is the ability to explain how they got their answer, which I think is ridiculous. So even if they get the correct answer, if the child doesn't show or explain their work, they still get it wrong.

As a home schooling mom, I hate fucking "common core" which is a requirement in Cali

Thank you! We are thinking this is the way to go...I only worry about socialization because she is an only child.

I know, right!! I had to take a few days to learn the common core speak before I could work with her...it is nonsense!

Now I understand why my daughter hated Math and would throw fits when she had to do homework. What I realized over the last couple of weeks is she was confused by all the different methods. That's it.

Yet the teachers just recently requested a special education IEP for Math. It happened right before the shutdown and we didn't sign anything yet. But if we did, California would be paying for a counselor, a special ed teacher, special ed aid
and the math teacher all to deal with my daughters "issues."

You know what the issue was...she was discouraged from memorizing addition and subtraction and told to draw out every equation in either a number line, base ten blocks, etc. And she would get frustrated. So we spent the first few days going back to her flash cards and now she is rocking and getting the concepts because she isn't wasting time drawing ten blocks or jumping 10 blocks...lol.

Yes, I know exactly what you are saying. Ten frames, number charts, ten blocks, number lines, etc. My son just uses his fingers to subtract and add. If he can't explain it, he "needs extra help". It's ridiculous. I HATE COMMON CORE!