Comments on: Why Some Kids Aren’t Heading to School Today

By: purebillow

purebillow — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:40:02 +0000

I realize this thread is years old, but I feel compelled to point out that Pantera disproves his/her own “correction mechanism” theory. The fact that (s)he remembers nerds and dorks in high school proves that socializing with peers does nothing to correct the weirdness (in Pantera’s estimation) of these people and is therefore unnecessary for that purpose. FAIL!

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By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:11:59 +0000

Hi! I would love more than anything to home school my daughters, we do not have the lifestyle to do so right now. My husband is military and I am in my last quarter of an ADN program. We are hoping to get orders overseas where our daughters will have an opportunity to attend a local private school, one with advanced placement. We are also looking into overseas laws regarding private teachers for homeschooling. Any advise?

Thank you,
Dee

By: Oliver Hellenbach

Oliver Hellenbach — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:04:16 +0000

It’s fine with me that you homeschool your kids, and I don’t begrudge you wanting the best for them, and think it’s great that you and your wife can do so much for them. I’m sure they will grow up to be wonderful men. But it would be nice to see smugness and self-congratulation tainting this entry seasoned with just the faintest awareness of your own privilege.

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On Homeschooling : IT: Technology, Language, and Culture — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:42:37 +0000

[...] Woodlief has written a thoughtful, and thought-provoking, opinion piece about why he and his spouse have chosen to homeschool their children. He writes, in part: The reason we’ve broken with tradition, or perhaps reverted to a deeper [...]

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Little Homeschool on the Prairie — FoundValue FoundValue Blog — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:33:37 +0000

[...] boys under nine and homeschooling. [...]

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:07:42 +0000

Stanford University’s Educational Program for GIfted Youth (EPGY) has been very useful for us as homeschooling parents. It has online classes that we used both as part of a homeschooling education and also at the parochial school he attended where they let him do that instead of the math curriculum they had. My husband and I also have as many degrees as the thermometer (funny metaphor, BTW) but there was an extra bit of confidence in using this program. I believe they’re not the only university that offers this- an obvious hint that the top schools recognize many very bright kids are getting their education at home.

EPGY also has summer camps which all of my three kids have loved. All of this is, of course, expensive. But in the case of our son in particular the trouble we avoided by homeschooling him during junior high more than made up for the cost. Fast forward a few years and he’s now happy, healthy and if it all works out he’s headed toward Harvey Mudd (sorry, Stanford) where he’ll be the happy geeky kid he was always meant to be, but could not be in the settings available to us in our little city.

My other kids have done very well in the parochial school system supplemented with EPGY. We never tried the public schools but they’re good here from what I understand and they are generally supportive of the homeschool and parochial school groups- driver’s ed classes, SAT testing, sporting events etc. are often done at the public schools since we are ALL taxpayers and they have the facilities. I think that’s because we’re in a generally conservative area of the country to begin with and with the large number of homeschoolers here it’s not unusual to see parents pick and choose what works best for their child. Too bad it doesn’t work that way everywhere.

By: web

web — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:25:25 +0000

I have asked nothing for my money from my public school until this, my son’s junior year. He scored well on last year’s PSAT. This year taking the PSAT is the only way for him to qualify as a National Merit Scholar. Our “inclusive”, “diverse”, community minded public high school first said “NO” he could not test there, because ” a ceiling tile might fall on him” and they were concerned about his safety. Unbelieveable? We thought so, so we asked our school board. They said our son “might cheat or bring a gun on the school grounds”. Even though he has the same earlier scores as his sister(a 2008 National Merit Finalist), our public school would not allow him to take the test there. We had to drive across town to a private school.

By: antivirus

antivirus — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:23:57 +0000

(Tony Woodlief explains this very well). [...]

By: L. Smith

L. Smith — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:12:09 +0000

Homeschooling has taken on a fairly large following not because it “works” but because the traditional schoolhouse model does NOT work. Further, homeschooling has risen in popularlity simply because parents have no real alternative to schools (whether public or private) but to keep their children at home.

Unfortunately, homeshooled children basically get the same teaching and learning approach in their own homes that they would be getting in formal schools and unless the homeschool “teacher” (usually a parent) is highly skilled and able to dedicate upwards of 8 hours a day to this task, the children as often as not do not emerge any better off.

What is needed is a better way to enable children to learn and provide for them to do so outside of their homes and without needing for one or more parents to make a life commitment to it. Take a look at the definitive treatment of this problem developed by Trigon-International in its recently released commission report, “Education in America — What’s to Be Done?”