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depend on the kids and the parents and your local school system. It might be the right fit for some in some areas.
Public schools here are great though.
My kids need the social aspect of school too. Most of the homeschooled kids and their families around here are real weirdos
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Re: Home Schooling .....
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you missed on the analogy there Were you home schooled by chance? You make different sound bad. I didn't want to produce sheep. I tried to produce wolves.
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Re: Home Schooling .....
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depend on the kids and the parents and your local school system. It might be the right fit for some in some areas.
Public schools here are great though.
My kids need the social aspect of school too. Most of the homeschooled kids and their families around here are real weirdos I doubt if you would recognize home schooled students if you ran into them anywhere. How would you know? Most people would be shocked to learn how many there actually are. In Minnesota there are between 20-25,000 home schooled. There are around 70-75,000 in non-public schools. They look and act just like everyone else, except maybe fewer of them have purple hair and are wearing hog rings in their noses.
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Re: Home Schooling .....
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you missed on the analogy there Were you home schooled by chance? You make different sound bad. I didn't want to produce sheep. I tried to produce wolves.
I think we covered this subject before two days ago. Public school educated. I wonder why I'm different?
Who is John Galt?
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Re: Home Schooling .....
[Re: Nessmuck]
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For what it's worth, I think I have a unique perspective on this. My wife and I both are products of public school systems. But they were nothing like the public schools today. I am good friends with several public school teachers, about half of which put their kids through Christian schools. One was a public school principle for many years before retiring and helping start a Christian school. He now serves on the board of that school. I've had these conversations with these friends over and over. Nothing covered in this thread has not been discussed.
My unique perspective is this. We homeschooled our kids for the first 2-3 years of school and then enrolled them in a Christian school. Private schools are expensive and a big burden on the budget of a middle class family. There was a point where we needed a break and we decided to put our kids in the public school in small town Iowa. A small, rural, politically conservative area. They were in 9th, 7th and 5th grade. Half way through the school year, they were begging us to get them out of there. Lots of reasons, no need to list them all here. Our 9th grade son offered to get a job and pay half his tuition if we would pay the other half. The following school year they were back in the private school getting a much higher quality education in a much more calm environment where they could really thrive. They were in sports and did well. Our two younger sons never had to experience the public school, they went right from home-schooling to the Christian school. Two of the three oldest were valedictorians. My daughter was also valedictorian in college and played college volleyball. One of my sons played college soccer on scholarship. One is an airline pilot, one is a software developer, etc.
I believe the individual attention they got from being homeschooled early, helped them excel in school. I also think the $100,000+ I paid for private education over the years (While still paying property taxes to the public school system) was worth every single dime.
Our story is not an exception, it's the most common outcome for people who are serious about their kids' education and aren't willing to throw them into the mess that is our public school system today.
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Re: Home Schooling .....
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Whew. I was really upset when you said your kids only spoke elvish as I assumed you meant Sindarin and figured they would all never amount to anything more than a cook or maid for the hobbits. Glad you specified that they're Quendi.
Glad you understand the difference. We're gonna make something outta them kids, by Eru! I've been a public school teacher for 15 years. All three of my children go to the school that my wife and I teach at. That said, you hit the nail on the head jht. As parents, teachers, and caring adults, we should all be in the same business of doing what's best to raise our children the right way. For some that is public schools. For others it's home schooling. Based on your comments, jht, you and your wife are doing a wonderful job raising your children and they will do very well in life. Not all children are fortunate enough to have parents that have the perspective and dedication that you and your wife do. For those children that aren't fortunate to have that caring adult in their life, I hope to be a little glimmer of inspiration as their public school teacher. I could go on and on discussing the "pro's and con's" of public education versus home schooling but it really just comes down to what works best for everyone's situation. Like all professions, there are great and terrible teachers. There are great and terrible parents. No one blanket statement about public education is true and no one blanket statement about home schooling is true.
Thanks and amen! I appreciate your perspective on the role you can play for children at your school. A very worthy calling. Keep up the good work.
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For what it's worth, I think I have a unique perspective on this. My wife and I both are products of public school systems. But they were nothing like the public schools today. I am good friends with several public school teachers, about half of which put their kids through Christian schools. One was a public school principle for many years before retiring and helping start a Christian school. He now serves on the board of that school. I've had these conversations with these friends over and over. Nothing covered in this thread has not been discussed.
My unique perspective is this. We homeschooled our kids for the first 2-3 years of school and then enrolled them in a Christian school. Private schools are expensive and a big burden on the budget of a middle class family. There was a point where we needed a break and we decided to put our kids in the public school in small town Iowa. A small, rural, politically conservative area. They were in 9th, 7th and 5th grade. Half way through the school year, they were begging us to get them out of there. Lots of reasons, no need to list them all here. Our 9th grade son offered to get a job and pay half his tuition if we would pay the other half. The following school year they were back in the private school getting a much higher quality education in a much more calm environment where they could really thrive. They were in sports and did well. Our two younger sons never had to experience the public school, they went right from home-schooling to the Christian school. Two of the three oldest were valedictorians. My daughter was also valedictorian in college and played college volleyball. One of my sons played college soccer on scholarship. One is an airline pilot, one is a software developer, etc.
I believe the individual attention they got from being homeschooled early, helped them excel in school. I also think the $100,000+ I paid for private education over the years (While still paying property taxes to the public school system) was worth every single dime.
Our story is not an exception, it's the most common outcome for people who are serious about their kids' education and aren't willing to throw them into the mess that is our public school system today. yessir . . absolutely agree
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]Who on here were publicly schooled or home schooled. I didnt go to school at all, then travelled and worked as a circus clown to expand my life experience. I consider it all part of my education.
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My name is Man Do because I like men I figured you might be that way,lol.
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My name is Man Do because I like men I figured you might be that way,lol. Bahahaha. Love it Boco.
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