Home Schooling
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Muncher said:
sdyson31 said:
not asking your advice
To be fair your first post did ask that! I would never consider it in a million years unless the child had "special needs".
Good way to bring up a mal adjusted weirdo though. I'm sure it can work technically but socially. Oh dear. The poor kids in later life.
I knew a family once. The mother sees herself as a martyr of the children. Has two of her own kids and fosters a few too. All well and good.
But she home schooled her kids and now they are both 'dyslexic' having had s
te education. Both of them are very creative people though so maybe it's not all bad...
But she home schooled her kids and now they are both 'dyslexic' having had s
te education. Both of them are very creative people though so maybe it's not all bad...Not in Berkshire, but my sister was home schooled for a 2/3 years at around age 10 as the local state schools were inadequate. The local schools don't seem to worry if kids start to struggle, and once you're behind it's a real uphill battle. My mum taught her and she went back to school a couple of years later ahead of most of her peers, got good GCSE's, A-levels, BSc and now masters.
You don't really dip out on the social side, as many times a week the home-schooled kids got together with a private PE instructor to take them for a few afternoons for games etc and they'd arrange trips/outings together.
Edit: I think it does depend on the parent though.
You don't really dip out on the social side, as many times a week the home-schooled kids got together with a private PE instructor to take them for a few afternoons for games etc and they'd arrange trips/outings together.
Edit: I think it does depend on the parent though.
Edited by Esseesse on Friday 22 May 09:25
Esseesse said:
You don't really dip out on the social side, as many times a week the home-schooled kids got together with a private PE instructor to take them for a few afternoons for games etc and they'd arrange trips/outings together.
That really doesn't cover a fraction of the socialisation that occurs over a typical school career you know. Also in terms of not picking up on strugglers, in my experience that has changed hugely since I was at school. I can only speak from experience though.
Muncher said:
To be fair your first post did ask that! I would never consider it in a million years unless the child had "special needs".
I should have the hit quote button shouldn't I! Anyway my advice is free and I'm straight talking. If you don't like it then ignore it 
We went to our first introductory evening for my boy's new school last night (he starts in September). If he turns out anything like the kids that were helping with the presentations, showing the parents round etc. I'll be the happiest Dad alive.
Schools have moved on so much since I were a lad. Even though it's a state school the facilities were excellent and all the life skills that they now teach I'm not sure you could replicate at home. It's not all about the three Rs any more. I'm so excited for him
Edited by C0ffin D0dger on Thursday 21st May 16:42
I feel you might be overreacting OP...
I'm sorry your son is being bullied, it's st being bullied. But I bet you could try other things to improve the situation before pulling both your kids out of school.
Spoken to the school about the bullying? They should be able to help reduce it, or even stop it all together.
I'm sorry your son is being bullied, it's s
t being bullied. But I bet you could try other things to improve the situation before pulling both your kids out of school.Spoken to the school about the bullying? They should be able to help reduce it, or even stop it all together.
C0ffin D0dger said:
It's not all about the three Rs any more. I'm so excited for him
Not sure when you went to school. But in the 90s mostly it was about learning how to avoid getting stabbed, spotting violent nutters from 100 paces, and waiting for someone who can't read, to read out of a Geography text book in "mixed ability but with the top 10% creamed off for a good education" classes.Still wouldn't home school though. But I can see the appeal if schools are like mine was....
sdyson31 said:
Our eight years old son gets bullied in schools alot.
Our 4 years old daughter is in nursery and the other day she came home telling us that her friend told her that she wants to kiss boy on lips.
socialising is not bad who are you socialising with is more important.
That's nothing my 5 year old came home last week and informed me that she'd got married. We weren't even invited. Our 4 years old daughter is in nursery and the other day she came home telling us that her friend told her that she wants to kiss boy on lips.
socialising is not bad who are you socialising with is more important.
I know a few people who were home schooled.
One of them openly told me they faked depression to be home schooled so they could do their GCSEs in the family dining room.
They all seem to have real problems interacting with people later in life, not so much introverted but downright odd.
One of them openly told me they faked depression to be home schooled so they could do their GCSEs in the family dining room.
They all seem to have real problems interacting with people later in life, not so much introverted but downright odd.
sdyson31 said:
Our eight years old son gets bullied in schools alot.
ps, not nice, but surely removing him entirely from school might not be the best in his long term interests, presumably you have discussed this with teachers/ head teacher, and an action plan has been put in place, but after further discussion/lack of effective action from the school the bullying is persisting? Timmy40 said:
sdyson31 said:
Our eight years old son gets bullied in schools alot.
Our 4 years old daughter is in nursery and the other day she came home telling us that her friend told her that she wants to kiss boy on lips.
socialising is not bad who are you socialising with is more important.
That's nothing my 5 year old came home last week and informed me that she'd got married. We weren't even invited. Our 4 years old daughter is in nursery and the other day she came home telling us that her friend told her that she wants to kiss boy on lips.
socialising is not bad who are you socialising with is more important.
Seriously - if the OP is really that worried about stuff like that, they've got a World of surprises in store.
They see adults do stuff and want to copy. Unsurprising, really.
Re home schooling, the social aspect was an issue but parents have realised this and now your child can meet up with other home-schooled kids and still get bullied.
I'm largely against home-schooling because many people struggled with school themselves so how the hell they are supposed to teach their kids is anyone's guess. Yes, I'm sure you can get an education from "life" by f
king about in the woods everyday but in the real world where you have to pay bills and pay for food, that comes from getting a job. And whilst it's fun to pretend a stick is a gun, there aren't many jobs out there where having 5 years' experience of pretending a stick is a gun and being able to make that eh-eh-eh-eh-eh noise of your imaginary automatic weapon are called for.That said, my kids would destroy their GCSEs if I home-schooled them because I'm a company director and have an excellent physique. (Sorry, amare32.
)DeuxCentCinq said:
Timmy40 said:
sdyson31 said:
Our eight years old son gets bullied in schools alot.
Our 4 years old daughter is in nursery and the other day she came home telling us that her friend told her that she wants to kiss boy on lips.
socialising is not bad who are you socialising with is more important.
That's nothing my 5 year old came home last week and informed me that she'd got married. We weren't even invited. Our 4 years old daughter is in nursery and the other day she came home telling us that her friend told her that she wants to kiss boy on lips.
socialising is not bad who are you socialising with is more important.
Seriously - if the OP is really that worried about stuff like that, they've got a World of surprises in store.
sdyson31 said:
no wonder why there are many teenage pregnancies
As in being lower now?http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31602417
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