Home schooling
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Were any CPian's homeschooled, or does your family homeschool? We're moving in the next couple of weeks and will be looking at schools to put Mikey's name down at (he's only 16 months old, but apparently this is necessary here!). I've never really thought about it before, but after doing a bit of reading homeschooling seems like an interesting lifestyle and very good for kids - any personal experiences would be interesting to read about :). Thanks
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
A little neglect breeds great mischef - Benjamin Franklin
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A little neglect breeds great mischef - Benjamin Franklin
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Were any CPian's homeschooled, or does your family homeschool? We're moving in the next couple of weeks and will be looking at schools to put Mikey's name down at (he's only 16 months old, but apparently this is necessary here!). I've never really thought about it before, but after doing a bit of reading homeschooling seems like an interesting lifestyle and very good for kids - any personal experiences would be interesting to read about :). Thanks
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
I was homeschooled. Don't let that turn you against it though. :) My parents didn't exactly sit down when i was a baby and decide on a method of schooling. I think they both expected they'd send me to the school run by the local Lutheran church (one mile away vs. at least twenty miles to the next closest school), where most of the other local children went and where my mother taught up until my second brother was born. But they both had a low opinion of kindergarten (they saw me learning more on my own around the home and farm than what was being taught at that level), and since that was optional, decided to just keep me home that year. Apparently, it went well enough that they were motivated to look further into the rules governing when and where children were required to be enrolled, and at some point made the decision to teach me at home as long as it was feasible to do so - as it worked out, this lasted until i was about 16-17 years of age, at which point i spent the next couple of years working (farm and factory jobs) and writing code (was big into game dev at that time), until i decided programming for a living sounded better than manual labor and went off to college. I am the oldest of twelve children. To date, all eleven siblings have been taught at home. The most important advice i can give you is to not get hung up too much on any particular schedule or methodology - we all learn things in our own way; your child may not be able to learn the same things at the same rate that you did, or your husband did, or other children do. Some of my siblings were reading very well at a young age, others picked up mathematics more quickly, etc. If possible, seek out other families that homeschool in your area and talk to them. It sounds like you've already done some of that. :)
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Were any CPian's homeschooled, or does your family homeschool? We're moving in the next couple of weeks and will be looking at schools to put Mikey's name down at (he's only 16 months old, but apparently this is necessary here!). I've never really thought about it before, but after doing a bit of reading homeschooling seems like an interesting lifestyle and very good for kids - any personal experiences would be interesting to read about :). Thanks
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
I'll give a little caution when it comes to homeschooling. My wife was homeschooled by her parents and the results were horrible for her. Her parents had trouble relating the coursework to their children as it became more difficult so my wife had to teach herself a lot of the material. Luckily, my wife is very intuitive and could teach herself. One of her older siblings, still suffers from bad instruction. Because of the homeschooling she had she had to start take all of the preliminary classes in every subject to get her up to speed just so she could start taking normal college level classes. I am not suggesting this will be the case for you but here is a good example of homeschooling gone bad. Also, a friend of mine was homeschooled and had a lot of trouble getting scholarships and grants to go to college. Even though she graduated top honors through her homeschooling program she had to do lots of extra work just to get a little 'free' money to go to college. A similar friend of mine went to public school and made similar grades and was able to get a free ride at the same college. This happened in the US by the way. I may be different where you are located.
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Were any CPian's homeschooled, or does your family homeschool? We're moving in the next couple of weeks and will be looking at schools to put Mikey's name down at (he's only 16 months old, but apparently this is necessary here!). I've never really thought about it before, but after doing a bit of reading homeschooling seems like an interesting lifestyle and very good for kids - any personal experiences would be interesting to read about :). Thanks
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
The Code Project's resident neo-nazi was home schooled. Although it isn't a representative sampling, it does at least show that homeschooling does not necessarily result in something of which a parent could be proud. One disadvantage to homeschooling that I've heard is that the child does not learn to interact with others as much as at a school. Therefore their social development is behind that of their peers. (Which probably explain's Kyle's love for hate groups such as Stormfront) Like anything, I suppose it really depends on the child. Me and my sister were brought up in the same way, but our outlook on life is quite different in some areas. [EDIT] I didn't necessarily say that homeschooling was bad. I just pointed out that it doesn't work for everyone - Just like state sponsored education, or any other type of education. So for all you 1-voters: Get a frickin' grip! [/EDIT] -- modified at 9:16 Wednesday 11th October, 2006
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Score 1.0 (3 votes).A little neglect breeds great mischef - Benjamin Franklin
Spoken by the true poster child of mischef.
dan neely wrote:
Spoken by the true poster child of mischef.
And i am homeschooled.
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The Code Project's resident neo-nazi was home schooled. Although it isn't a representative sampling, it does at least show that homeschooling does not necessarily result in something of which a parent could be proud. One disadvantage to homeschooling that I've heard is that the child does not learn to interact with others as much as at a school. Therefore their social development is behind that of their peers. (Which probably explain's Kyle's love for hate groups such as Stormfront) Like anything, I suppose it really depends on the child. Me and my sister were brought up in the same way, but our outlook on life is quite different in some areas. [EDIT] I didn't necessarily say that homeschooling was bad. I just pointed out that it doesn't work for everyone - Just like state sponsored education, or any other type of education. So for all you 1-voters: Get a frickin' grip! [/EDIT] -- modified at 9:16 Wednesday 11th October, 2006
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Like anything, I suppose it really depends on the child.
Yeah, that's certainly true. There are huge differences among my siblings in how much they enjoy or seek out social interaction, with no clear correlation to age or ability. My wife loves to use me as an example of how homeschooling results in awkward, asocial attitudes. I love to use her as an example of how public schooling results in loud, uneducated attitudes. I suspect there are probably other factors involved... :rolleyes:
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
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The Code Project's resident neo-nazi was home schooled. Although it isn't a representative sampling, it does at least show that homeschooling does not necessarily result in something of which a parent could be proud. One disadvantage to homeschooling that I've heard is that the child does not learn to interact with others as much as at a school. Therefore their social development is behind that of their peers. (Which probably explain's Kyle's love for hate groups such as Stormfront) Like anything, I suppose it really depends on the child. Me and my sister were brought up in the same way, but our outlook on life is quite different in some areas. [EDIT] I didn't necessarily say that homeschooling was bad. I just pointed out that it doesn't work for everyone - Just like state sponsored education, or any other type of education. So for all you 1-voters: Get a frickin' grip! [/EDIT] -- modified at 9:16 Wednesday 11th October, 2006
Upcoming Scottish Developers events: * UK Security Evangelists On Tour (2nd November, Edinburgh) * Developer Day Scotland: are you interested in speaking or attending? My: Website | Blog
Unless code-projects resident neo-nazi had neo-nazi parents - they might be proud of him? Anyway, regarding social development, I think it would also depend on the parents personality - if the parent is social there will probably be social opportunities for the child too. I hated school and considered it the biggest waste of time and begged my parents to home-school me, they didn't :( Because they thought I would be isolated cos I am not a social person (so instead I was simply isolated while surrounded by kids at school - I don't think it really helped...). Anyway, if I home-schooled my kids (if I had some), I myself would have to make the effort to be more social, to meet other parents with kids and to show my kids what normal socialising is about. I think that is an important point to be considered, as the parents' social lives will impact on the kids, and if you are reticent in social activities you will have to make a concerted effort for the benefit of your child. Unless you want them to be a loner of course. :) Also, after-school groups, sports groups and music classes could all be used to provide opportunities for socialising for the kids, as well as forming part of the home-schooling curriculum, particulary as they require groups of people or specialist teaching which the parents might not be able to provide. And, wrt whoever had 11 brothers and sisters and they were all home-schooled - wow to the parents. That must have taken a lot of effort. There's another person with a million kids on here too who home-schools them I think? Wow is all I can say :)
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Were any CPian's homeschooled, or does your family homeschool? We're moving in the next couple of weeks and will be looking at schools to put Mikey's name down at (he's only 16 months old, but apparently this is necessary here!). I've never really thought about it before, but after doing a bit of reading homeschooling seems like an interesting lifestyle and very good for kids - any personal experiences would be interesting to read about :). Thanks
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
On another note, I went throught the public shool system in NSW and loved it (well as much as any kid likes school) My girlfriends sister has a 13 year old, they moved to QLD (somewhere about an hour inland of Surfers) last year and he is much happier at the public school there than he was in Sydney. I know several public school teachers that are working all over the country and I would be happy for any of them to teach my child. I think the public education here is pretty good
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dan neely wrote:
Spoken by the true poster child of mischef.
And i am homeschooled.
We know!
Upcoming Scottish Developers events: * UK Security Evangelists On Tour (2nd November, Edinburgh) * Developer Day Scotland: are you interested in speaking or attending? My: Website | Blog
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Were any CPian's homeschooled, or does your family homeschool? We're moving in the next couple of weeks and will be looking at schools to put Mikey's name down at (he's only 16 months old, but apparently this is necessary here!). I've never really thought about it before, but after doing a bit of reading homeschooling seems like an interesting lifestyle and very good for kids - any personal experiences would be interesting to read about :). Thanks
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
The most absurdly screwed up kid I knew from my neighborhood was homeschooled. If you're going to homeschool your kid, for the love of God get him interacting with lots of kids his own age! The worst thing you can do to your child is let them think they're the center of the universe. Kids need to be exposed to peer pressure, bullies, crushes, public embarassment, and personal failure so that early in life they can develop the coping skills necessary to deal with these things. I'm not saying you should pay some bigger kid to smack him around and call him ugly - :) - just that the sooner he realizes that experiences of that sort are recoverable and part of life, the better off he'll be. If you're still on the fence about public schooling, keep in mind that public schooling doesn't take away your ability to teach your child and to be heavily involved in their education. I went to public school, but I learned to read, do basic maths, spell, speak properly, etc... from my mom and dad, and always before they were being taught to my grade level at school.
-- Russell Morris Morbo: "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!"
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The most absurdly screwed up kid I knew from my neighborhood was homeschooled. If you're going to homeschool your kid, for the love of God get him interacting with lots of kids his own age! The worst thing you can do to your child is let them think they're the center of the universe. Kids need to be exposed to peer pressure, bullies, crushes, public embarassment, and personal failure so that early in life they can develop the coping skills necessary to deal with these things. I'm not saying you should pay some bigger kid to smack him around and call him ugly - :) - just that the sooner he realizes that experiences of that sort are recoverable and part of life, the better off he'll be. If you're still on the fence about public schooling, keep in mind that public schooling doesn't take away your ability to teach your child and to be heavily involved in their education. I went to public school, but I learned to read, do basic maths, spell, speak properly, etc... from my mom and dad, and always before they were being taught to my grade level at school.
-- Russell Morris Morbo: "WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!"
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Russell - I'm curious, how many children do you have?
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charlieg wrote:
Russell - I'm curious, how many children do you have?
None - unless you count me :) Perhaps my thoughts would change a bit if I had kids, but I'd still not consider home schooling unless I was in a really bad (i.e. dangerous) school district. It just strikes me as too insular. I'm not the most sociable person around, but I'd be 100% screwed in real life situations if I hadn't had LOTS of practice interacting with people on my own, outside of the house.