Although the women of the United States are confined within the narrow circle of domestic life, and their situation is, in some respects, one of extreme dependence, I have nowhere seen woman occupying a loftier position; and if I were asked... in which I have spoken of so many important things done by Americans, to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of that people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply, To the superiority of their women.
--Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Homeschooling by the Numbers
These statistics are a few years old, but give you a sense of how homeschooling stacks up.
Kind words, but it's just a matter of survival for me. I don't want my kids to be idiots, to be bullied in an environment where they're penalized if they fight back, etc.
I'm glad homeschooling is working for many. Hopefully the very successful examples will help inform our public education institutions proving that kids are more capable of learning at a faster rate and more in depth rate than we previously thought. Unfortunately, I know of a few people who have home schooled their kids that fell far short of actually educating their children. In either case, public schools or home school, it takes dedicated, motivated and responsible parents to be involved in their kids education. Sadly, I've witnessed neglect in both situations.
I know what you mean anon. The fact that some parents are the best educators doesn't mean that their kids would have done great at school either. I know lots of kids who have mentally dropped out of school, because of the police power of the state, they can't physically leave. There are a lot more of these kids than dumb homeschoolers, percentage-wise I'd say.
The main problem with public school is that it cuts the family out of the equation, as it was designed to do by the social planners that constructed it. I find it ironic that people now point the finger of blame at bad parents of schoolchildren, when these parents are products of that very same system. At no point in the public school curricula, is the goal of having a stable, strong family emphasized as a goal in life.
One school model I find interesting is the democratic one as seen in the Sudbury Schools.
I have to say that I don't agree with public school cutting family out of the equation. There are a lot of good parents out there that are involved with the school system and their kids education. There are a lot of bad parents out there who don't get that education is an important aspect of their child's life. The school drop out rate in many areas of the country is growing. Where are the parents to prevent this from happening?
They're dropping out because the school is pointless. Heck, if I had a mature kid in high school who wanted to drop out and move on with their life, I'd get them the GED all lined up. I know one awesome mom who dropped out at 16 just to get away from the sinfulness around her.
It's a pure time factor. Eight hours a day, and then after school stuff means that parents and kids are only spending around four waking hours together. I used public school for the first couple of years and what I found is that all they wanted parents for was help with the darn fundraisers, as if the thousands spent by the taxpayers per year wasn't enough.
Check out Deliberate Dumbing Down on the sidebar to see how the curriculum is written by globalists for the express purpose of replacing the family with the state. They call the family a disease for pete's sake.
Doing business in the schools both public and private for over thirty years, what I find interesting is the number of public school teachers who send their children to private schools or home school. I have found some very good public schools and some very bad private schools. If you can't home school, be very careful where you send your children.
Very true. I've heard the same "language" in the halls of the private schools. Some private schools have very low standards also. Yes, the ranks of homeschool moms/dads is chock full of ex-teachers.
I homeschool in the summer and she goes to school the rest of the year It's working for now. She is dislexic and was struggling. Now she's getting very good grades. But this is only my first year doing it so we will see.
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I have the utmost respect for those that take on the resposibility of educating their own children. Those statistics are impressive.
ReplyDeleteKind words, but it's just a matter of survival for me. I don't want my kids to be idiots, to be bullied in an environment where they're penalized if they fight back, etc.
DeleteI'm glad homeschooling is working for many. Hopefully the very successful examples will help inform our public education institutions proving that kids are more capable of learning at a faster rate and more in depth rate than we previously thought. Unfortunately, I know of a few people who have home schooled their kids that fell far short of actually educating their children. In either case, public schools or home school, it takes dedicated, motivated and responsible parents to be involved in their kids education. Sadly, I've witnessed neglect in both situations.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean anon. The fact that some parents are the best educators doesn't mean that their kids would have done great at school either. I know lots of kids who have mentally dropped out of school, because of the police power of the state, they can't physically leave. There are a lot more of these kids than dumb homeschoolers, percentage-wise I'd say.
DeleteThe main problem with public school is that it cuts the family out of the equation, as it was designed to do by the social planners that constructed it. I find it ironic that people now point the finger of blame at bad parents of schoolchildren, when these parents are products of that very same system. At no point in the public school curricula, is the goal of having a stable, strong family emphasized as a goal in life.
One school model I find interesting is the democratic one as seen in the Sudbury Schools.
I have to say that I don't agree with public school cutting family out of the equation. There are a lot of good parents out there that are involved with the school system and their kids education. There are a lot of bad parents out there who don't get that education is an important aspect of their child's life. The school drop out rate in many areas of the country is growing. Where are the parents to prevent this from happening?
ReplyDeleteThey're dropping out because the school is pointless. Heck, if I had a mature kid in high school who wanted to drop out and move on with their life, I'd get them the GED all lined up. I know one awesome mom who dropped out at 16 just to get away from the sinfulness around her.
DeleteIt's a pure time factor. Eight hours a day, and then after school stuff means that parents and kids are only spending around four waking hours together. I used public school for the first couple of years and what I found is that all they wanted parents for was help with the darn fundraisers, as if the thousands spent by the taxpayers per year wasn't enough.
Check out Deliberate Dumbing Down on the sidebar to see how the curriculum is written by globalists for the express purpose of replacing the family with the state. They call the family a disease for pete's sake.
Doing business in the schools both public and private for over thirty years, what I find interesting is the number of public school teachers who send their children to private schools or home school. I have found some very good public schools and some very bad private schools. If you can't home school, be very careful where you send your children.
ReplyDeleteVery true. I've heard the same "language" in the halls of the private schools. Some private schools have very low standards also. Yes, the ranks of homeschool moms/dads is chock full of ex-teachers.
DeleteI homeschool in the summer and she goes to school the rest of the year
ReplyDeleteIt's working for now. She is dislexic and was struggling. Now she's getting very good grades. But this is only my first year doing it so we will see.
That's great. A little bit of one on one can go a long way.
Deleteyou know my story-started HS 28 years ago-
ReplyDeleteoff-spring accepted at both USMA and AFA-
HS DOES WORK!!!!
Carol-CS
Back then, they would put you in jail. HS is an American victory.
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