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re: Question about home schooling
Posted on 10/18/14 at 2:43 pm to brgfather129
Posted on 10/18/14 at 2:43 pm to brgfather129
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Without knowing you, assuming you are more qualified, you are the exception rather than the rule. Most people are not equipped to provide a comprehensive education to their children.
I somewhat disagree. It may be true that most people wouldn't do a good job, but in my experience most of those who choose to do so, do a good job. Those who would not do a good job usually would rather send them to public school. There are pros and cons to homeschool, but most of the parent homeschoolers I know are at least as, and in many cases more qualified than most of the teachers that I had. All Have college degrees. Some (like myself) have post graduate degrees. And none of them were education majors, which is good thing. I have been tutoring/teaching my entire life at various stages, throughout school, college, med school, and residency. But still I'm not considered qualified to be a public school teacher. It's crazy.
Plus there is the benefit of being able to choose what we deem to be the best materials, and to give individualized, focused teaching.
This post was edited on 10/18/14 at 2:47 pm
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Posted on 10/18/14 at 3:03 pm to Qwerty
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I somewhat disagree. It may be true that most people wouldn't do a good job, but in my experience most of those who choose to do so, do a good job. Those who would not do a good job usually would rather send them to public school. There are pros and cons to homeschool, but most of the parent homeschoolers I know are at least as, and in many cases more qualified than most of the teachers that I had. All Have college degrees. Some (like myself) have post graduate degrees. And none of them were education majors, which is good thing. I have been tutoring/teaching my entire life at various stages, throughout school, college, med school, and residency. But still I'm not considered qualified to be a public school teacher. It's crazy.
Plus there is the benefit of being able to choose what we deem to be the best materials, and to give individualized, focused teaching.
Very well said. I've seen the same thing in our two years of homeschooling.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 6:40 pm to Qwerty
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There are pros and cons to homeschool, but most of the parent homeschoolers I know are at least as, and in many cases more qualified than most of the teachers that I had
There is a common assumption that when a child is home schooled that the child's parents are the only people doing the teaching. While this may be true in the case of homeschooling in a remote, or rural area, in the suburban setting I see a lot of homeschooling groups where a more qualified person is found to teach a particular subject, calculus for example.
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