No Schooling

I think there is a legitimate advantage to real home schooling, particularly for younger children. They can learn to be life-long learners! But I have seen many "home schoolers" who did not really teach their children. It is a disservice to the children and society. I hate to see more regulations on home schooling, but the ones who are not doing it correctly do need some help!

I think there is merit to allowing the children to do whatever they want and having their natural instincts take over, but all day every day? No way, that is what the evenings and weekends are for. We do not need more uneducated people here! I think that is ridiculous, everyone needs to have at least some structured schooling.

Hmmm interesting. All (and there are hundreds now) the kids I know who were and still are being homeschooled have a rigorous academic schedule. Plus quite a few of them play on their local high school sport teams. It is my understanding the public and especially private high schools won't let them play if they had no GPA. I homeschooled my son for 2 years. By the time he went to public school he was so ahead of the pack that they put him a grade ahead. He didn't like that. So this year he'll graduate as barely (sp) 17-year-old senior. Who is the GMA by the way?

I don't see how that could be. I thought in order to home school you had to turn in assignments and tests. Unless the parents are just doing the work and turning it in for their child. It is a shame to think those kids are growing up without an education. I'm sure there are some things they could live without, but there is so much more they need to learn in school. Even just the socialization of being with other children their age. I feel bad for those kids.

hi laureninla I think its reallystupid they are letting the children call the shots, what happened to parents being parents and children gettin an education not a silly let them do whatever they damned well please. this is silly,. children are children they do not have the same experience or mental skills as most adults so they are not the ones to decide what they should learn, this should be u p to the parents with help from the school boards as to what they need to learn. Reading and math and science, surely there has to be some structure to home s chooling. i know young people who were home schooled who seemed better educated than those who went to the conventional schools but they were not the no school types. In no schooling a lot of lazy kids are not even going to try to learn what then?

I haven't seen that segment but I agreed with that system. I am still single but if I would have a child or children today , I would do the same way too, because school today is not a "safe" place anymore. No matter how exclusive it is or not Your children may meet different kind of children from different backgrounds and worst your children may be influenced with what they heard and what they seen. I would be the one to guide my children using the curriculum of the school. Meet the deadline. But that system is not good if the parents themeselves are not aware of their responsibilities for home schooled children. They do their part. If their reasons is just to save from fuel, time in commuting, traffic and something else. That would be a bad idea. If you want your children to be home-schooled, be the one to do it as a teacher and at the same time as a mother and as a playmates. Their plays need also a guidance as well.

I think those parents are doing a huge injustice to these children. How many kids are honestly going to say, "I'd like to practice my multiplication facts.". I am fine with homeschooling, in fact I do it myself - but unschooling is another matter!

I have actually had concerns for quite some time now about homeschooling in my area. It started when I knew someone that took their child out of school to be "home schooled" She was having some issues with her child following rules. I suspected there was no type of actual schooling going on. I knew that the mother had to submit certain "school work" to the state but I'm not sure what that consisted of. I think that home schooling should be a bit more supervised.

I think it is not the best way. A good combination of schooling and learning on their own is better.