Home schooling.

[NorthernRaider]

(9 October 2012, 10:16)Dorset Lad Wrote: My daughters are at opposite ends of the accademic spectrum. One is very bright and was being held back by the school as they didn't want her to get too far ahead of the others and cover all of the work too quickly, and the other struggled and needed one to one tuition which the school were unable to provide. There were also other reasons such as bullying and bad teachers. Since we took then out about six years ago they have done much better.

We moved our lad when he was in year 2 from what was supposed to be the best Primary school in Teesside, Ultra modern, new build, 500 kids, loads of teaching kit like white boards and PCs, but Tom struggled with the lessons, the PC teachers and bullies. So we moved him to a village primary school in an ancient old victorian school with only 180 pupils and he thrived.

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(9 October 2012, 10:19)Prepaday Wrote: 11 years at school, 4 at collage, 10 at uni..work until they are (probs 80 by then) and for what? spend all your life studying and working and for what?

A chance to get that rewarding elusive career, not working in Tesco or a factory, or a car plant, a chance to become a gp, an army officer, a vet, a lawyer, an archetect, a college lecturer, an astronomer, pilot, a forestry expert, Those with the knowledge and the skills have the best chances of escaping.

[Dorset Lad]

Home schooling is not right for every kid but it certainly works for ours. People comment on how confident they are.
It is a financial struggle though as it usually means only one parent is free to work but we have to make sacrifices for our childrens futures don't we.

[Prepaday]

I am planning to move abroad and want to home school the kids but it is seen as neglect over there....WTF? Neglect? when they are with me 24/7 being taught proper stuff like survival, Living of home grown pesticide free food, fresh, clean water ETC...Go figure....

[NorthernRaider]

(9 October 2012, 10:27)Dorset Lad Wrote: Home schooling is not right for every kid but it certainly works for ours. People comment on how confident they are.
It is a financial struggle though as it usually means only one parent is free to work but we have to make sacrifices for our childrens futures don't we.

I gave up my full time job to ensure our son was not farmed out to nurseries and play groups and to ensure he got properly prepared meals each day not shit supplied by the lowest bidder and cared for by retards on the minimum wage. He is still state schooled but get extratuition as and when needed from me or hired in specialist teachers but the greatest thing he thrives from are the educational camps he goes to during half terms and summer hols.

[Hexyprep]

I think many schools are rubbish and do brainwash and for a long time I wanted to home school... before my daughter started school... now I must say I am pretty satisfied with the one my kids go to as it is not at all what I was expecting.
Not only do they have a frog pond and a yurt as an outdoor classroom, but they also raise chickens, have giant rabbits that have free reign of the KS2 side of the school. They also grow vegetables (one plot per class).
The head teacher is a little nuts, but in the most delightful way and does all she can to give the kids a well rounded education. My older kid is cooking her own lunch on Thursday from a recipe she choose using veg she helped to grow! After school clubs include knitting, sewing and cooking.
I got realllly lucky with this school as we moved locally when she was a baby and I had no thoughts on school at the time.
Must say though on the summer camp thing... I did summer camps from age 8 through 15 and they were some of the best days of my life... amazing memories and friends and we did so much! Not sure what they are like here but we did canoing and camping and horse riding and art, games, singing round camp fires and fishing. It wasn't educational in the academic sence... but it was an education and one I am planning to do for my kids from this next summer.

[NorthernRaider]

(9 October 2012, 16:55)Hexyprep Wrote: I think many schools are rubbish and do brainwash and for a long time I wanted to home school... before my daughter started school... now I must say I am pretty satisfied with the one my kids go to as it is not at all what I was expecting.
Not only do they have a frog pond and a yurt as an outdoor classroom, but they also raise chickens, have giant rabbits that have free reign of the KS2 side of the school. They also grow vegetables (one plot per class).
The head teacher is a little nuts, but in the most delightful way and does all she can to give the kids a well rounded education. My older kid is cooking her own lunch on Thursday from a recipe she choose using veg she helped to grow! After school clubs include knitting, sewing and cooking.
I got realllly lucky with this school as we moved locally when she was a baby and I had no thoughts on school at the time.
Must say though on the summer camp thing... I did summer camps from age 8 through 15 and they were some of the best days of my life... amazing memories and friends and we did so much! Not sure what they are like here but we did canoing and camping and horse riding and art, games, singing round camp fires and fishing. It wasn't educational in the academic sence... but it was an education and one I am planning to do for my kids from this next summer.

The Learn & Experience camps saw my lad learning languages, practising maths, studying geography, pot holing, archery, scuba diving, canooing, caving, orienteering and doing survival skills.

[Hexyprep]

(9 October 2012, 17:07)NorthernRaider Wrote:

(9 October 2012, 16:55)Hexyprep Wrote: I think many schools are rubbish and do brainwash and for a long time I wanted to home school... before my daughter started school... now I must say I am pretty satisfied with the one my kids go to as it is not at all what I was expecting.
Not only do they have a frog pond and a yurt as an outdoor classroom, but they also raise chickens, have giant rabbits that have free reign of the KS2 side of the school. They also grow vegetables (one plot per class).
The head teacher is a little nuts, but in the most delightful way and does all she can to give the kids a well rounded education. My older kid is cooking her own lunch on Thursday from a recipe she choose using veg she helped to grow! After school clubs include knitting, sewing and cooking.
I got realllly lucky with this school as we moved locally when she was a baby and I had no thoughts on school at the time.
Must say though on the summer camp thing... I did summer camps from age 8 through 15 and they were some of the best days of my life... amazing memories and friends and we did so much! Not sure what they are like here but we did canoing and camping and horse riding and art, games, singing round camp fires and fishing. It wasn't educational in the academic sence... but it was an education and one I am planning to do for my kids from this next summer.

The Learn & Experience camps saw my lad learning languages, practising maths, studying geography, pot holing, archery, scuba diving, canooing, caving, orienteering and doing survival skills.

Sounds good to me. Thanks I'll take a look at your link.

[Hrusai]

home schooling is a great idea and a terrible one in my mind, with no other choice im sure you can teach all the important skills you need to to bring a well balanced intelligent and able child, pretty much anyone can with enough dedication but i had a mate who was fiercly intelligent and went first to home school then to a comp, and he was very bad socially (one of my best mates though cause he was the only one i knew close to being as clever as me and not a total knob end xD) and also he went crazy alot and wasnt stretched by the school (same as me lol)...only main diffference between him and i is i had social skills and was just as clever

but yes i think all modern schooling is terrible, encourages bad social behaviors and spreads disregard for intelligence...and only home schooling or really good schools will cultivate and encourage intelligence

must say one of my most vivid memories from secondary school is my teacher saying, right everyone right everything you know about radiation down on this bit of paper, and me being a total science lover started writing about neutrinos and lepton number conservation and all sorts of sub atomic sh!t (which was all right too), then handing it in and getting shouted at for writing stuff above what i should know apparently extra curricular learning was a bad thing and if i wrote it in my gcse's i'd get marked down

so yeah school is rubbish xD least with home schooling you can encourage that special talent of your childs

[HunterNurturer]

Speaking from personal experience - as long as you have the textbooks that's all you need.

I was homeschooled for 2 years by me dear mum, I spent half the time "working" as I would at school but every time we had the education folk come round to do an assessment I was ahead of the curriculum and getting top grades in any tests they sent us.

So yea, for anybody with young kids I would definitely make a collection of textbooks an essential part of your preps!

[NorthernRaider]

(9 October 2012, 17:09)Hexyprep Wrote: Sounds good to me. Thanks I'll take a look at your link.

My spoilt Brat wants to go back both Easter and the Summer hols, god knows where he thinks money comes from.