It's easier than most people think and probably the single best thing you can do for your children. Look for co-ops in your area if you don't know how to get started or you have questions about "the social aspect" of homeschool.
I have 4 kids, oldest now 25 and a professional Electrician, youngest 13 and still being homeschooled. When my oldest was in Kindergarten, my wife and I realized that public schooling wasn't for us. She quit her job and become a teacher.
It's scary at first but it doesn't take long to learn that there are TONS of excellent resources out there. We did it for religious reasons, but it can make sense even for secular parents.
The biggest challenge is not your (the teacher) level of knowledge, that's easily fixed. The biggest challenge is time management! Learn to manage your time and you can turn virtually anything into a learning experience.
Great resource for homeschooling both new and veterans. They are extremely friendly and have your back if your local school board tries to cause you trouble.
Laws and organizations can vary wildly by state, so you usually want to start by checking with the superintendent's website for your area.
This article explains co-ops in more detail, but the easiest way to start is to use the search engine of your choice and look for your state or closest city and "homeschool".
We used a very loose group that went on weekly trips to museums or did science projects together, but there's a huge range. We also did sports at the local YMCA, and music groups through a local music store "School of Rock" kind of thing.
From my personal experience, homeschooling is a hell of a lot easier than this distance learning bullshit that we have been doing, especially from a parent's perspective.
Only a small percentage of families are two parent/single earner.
Then subtract kids who have parents than cannot teach. Believe it or not, many adults would struggle to teach stuff like long division or basic geometry like the area of a triangle.
Then special needs kids require more stuff.
Home schooling is great, but I keep seeing it presented as the solution to all education problems, and it isn’t.
While you have a point plenty of us can and homeschooling doesn't mean its on you to teach everything. Find a tutor to teach math or something along the lines and then hire them for an hour a day to teach the kids a books content. Homeschooling does not have to be mom and dad as teachers. Is it more expensive, sure but you got to know your limitations and either financially prepare or find solutions for the subjects you can't give your kids the best learning experience.
This is spot on. I grew up in another country, and cared very little about American history and politics because I couldn't understand it. I began homeschooling my kids two years ago and have learned so much alongside of them! And when you homeschool, you have the freedom to explore any subject as much as you want. I have several friends who, while very left leaning and wouldn't homeschool for the same reasons as me, are still considering homeschooling in the fall simply because the school experience won't even be worth it if social distancing and masks are required in the classroom.
There's a lot of families choosing to be dual income that could afford not to be. We weren't rich. We weren't even middle classed when we started. Families choosing to send their children to public school because they'd rather have the second income is not a shortcoming of home schooling.
That's what always happens with unchecked social welfare programs. People start to use it not because they have to, but because the savings are fungible. Then they become so accustomed to it, they complain that they NEED it if anyone threatens to take it away. Then they whine that the welfare program isn't good enough for them and everyone else should pay even MORE taxes and jump through more loops to give them better welfare.
Also, you don't need any special qualifications or education to teach children. That's just more of the teacher's union and big academia's BS. Our children studied Japanese and French despite neither of us being fluent. It's not like the teachers in the public school actually know what they're teaching half the time anyway. There is a multitude of resources available at a range of prices depending on your needs. It's capitalist education. The market determines availability and pricing, and what we end up with is a surprisingly effective set of tools at our disposal. If you're problem with teaching children is that you don't know the topic, then learn the topic. Better yourself as well as your children.
As for special needs children, they more than anyone else would benefit from NOT being shoved into a public school system that isn't capable of handling individual needs. The public school system can barely take care of kids that fall within the standard deviation for age appropriate lessons. The inclusion of special needs children in the gen ed classroom is a detriment to both the special needs child and the other children.
All that being said, yes there are some families that literally need public school just like there are families that need food stamps or WIC, or any of the other social welfare programs our taxpayers graciously provide. Single parenthood specifically, isn't an ideal situation. It's not supposed to be an ideal situation, and it's not the government's job to step in and fix all the problems that are caused by choosing to stay a single parent.
I know it's a lot harder, but I've known a few people who made it work. Also, it's much easier these days because there are so many more resources readily available than we used to have.
Too many people have just bought into the excuses.
I was keeping GEOTUS hours for a few years there, but it was so worth it. I wouldn't trade the extra time I had to spend with my son while he was young for anything.
You must have read John Taylor Gatto’s books on compulsory schooling.
John always kept bringing up the same point: the modern public schooling system was invented by the Prussians to keep its subjects loyal to the state. John died a few years ago, but he was a huge Trump supporter in 2016.
School is such a massive waste of time. When i was between 13-16 we lived in the middle of nowhere (literally 50 miles to the nearest town) so instead of spending 3-4 hours a day on a bus we did homeschooling. We didnt spend a lot of time, maybe 4 hours a day, when i went to highschool i remember being worried that i would be behind everyone else. No, spending half the time and 90% self directed (though it was a structured program we were in) I was way ahead of most of my peers. Fuck public schools, they teach people to waste time and be obediant little drones.
Instead of statues - We should be dismantling the public education system and give teachers an opportunity to experience real life. The vast majority are no more than over-paid child care hall monitors.
I think his personal website is still alive, but I found a post that he wrote in 2015 or 2016 talking about what a huge Trump supporter he was shaking up the system.
College profs are just exalted hall monitors. People seem to think academics are all brilliant, hard working, intellectually honest people. I was amazed at how many undergrad profs had unreadable emails. Unprofessional and bordering on illiterate.
Them: “Call me doctor!!!”
Me: ‘Call you a doctor? Why, are you having a seizure? Is that why you sound like an idiot?’
As an introvert I hated school, I hated group projects and I hated staring at the ceiling while the teacher droned on and on about whatever subject. I would always just end up ignoring them and teaching myself from the textbook.
School is a massive waste of time, they don't prepare you for anything, and guidance counselors only exist to destroy your future by giving you shitty advice.
And that sort of socialization is arguably worse for introverts. Far better to have smaller groups of more like minded people for them to meet. This is easier to accomplish through interest specific groups (chess, music, etc) without the regular school bs and bullying.
Most high school guidance counselors don’t give a shit. If your kid wants to be a doctor or a veterinarian, it’s better for them to just shadow somebody working in that field. Then they can ask the person for advice about which schools to go to and majors to pick.
School made me so lazy, depressed, and isolated. I didn’t even realize what it did to me until I dropped out of college and finally entered real life. I learned most of my formative stuff from my grandparents and the rest has been from shear curiosity and personal research. I was lucky enough to go to some of the best public middle and high schools but looking back I could have had so much more. There were (and still are) YUGE gaps in my knowledge on history and life. It’s a real shame.
Homeschooled all Five of our kiddos, extremely sociable children, they've traveled all over Central America, epoc Field Trips are also one of the perks, hanging out with like minded families, also a great perk. Do It! You will be so glad you you did.
-20yr veteran homeschooler
Also handy that you don't have to "get permission" to remove your child from the school so they can go to the dentist, etc. Everything is better when you aren't chained to the public school calendar.
It's already started. Harvard hosted a conference a few months back by some lady who thinks that home schooling children is dangerous and should be illegal. Her reasoning was basically that parents will pass on "racist" and anti-progressive teachings to their children, and kids won't be exposed to "diversity."
We homeschool and every coworker of mine feels the need to chime in about it. The one that floored me was "I wouldn't homeschool because I don't want to indoctrinate my kids with my views and ideas." When pressed, I learned that schools educate 100% objectively. It's the bus drivers you have to watch out for. Who knows what they're telling the kids.
That is what they learned from their 100% objective teachers. That damn bus driver was always telling them to believe in themselves and think for themselves but they saw right through that anti groupthink bullshit.
you have any idea how expensive it is to rent your own satanic drag queen for home storytime?
Actually, if you’re already hiring them for sex, it is only about 30% more to have them show up early and read a book to your kids. Or ask around and find out which drag prostitutes your neighbors use and see about some sort of local discount.
btw Some states will pay you and you can use those funds for co-ops. but Gavin newsome just did some kind of executive order taking away those funds for parents that have recently switched to homeschool as a way to prevent an incentive to homeschool
US Schools were specifically designed to be the way they are following the model developed under the Prussian empire.
They were designed to teach kids to behave a certain way under specific stimuli. The "socialization" you speak of is really "programming", teaching kids to be good soldiers or factory workers, completely obedient to government commands and social shaming.
My youngest kid never set foot in a classroom. He thinks and acts differently, has no restrictions whatsoever, and cannot be shamed or mocked. He is an actual human being. My other four kids have been changed, and I can see the effect school had on them. My 4th kid spent only a few months in kindergarten but it was enough to start the programming process.
+1 for pointing out the Prussian origin of public compulsory schooling. Sadly the Germans still force children to do that. Homeschooling is illegal in Germany
There are lots of quality programs online that teach groups of kids via Zoom. If there is a subject the parents don't feel qualified to teach there are teachers teaching it somewhere online.
My eyes just glaze over whenever I see an article that says "experts say..." I have never had so little trust in so-called experts as I have after the pandemic bullshit.
As they say. EX= A Has-been . Spurt= A drip under pressure.
Them that can - DO , The rest just teach. Close public schools and replace them with vouchers. No parent wants their children to attend these dangerous compounds.
Home School now. This is the right time. Demand vouchers.
Yuri Bezemov said that the experts were part of the subversion plan to have unelected officials telling us what to do. To take our agency away and make us think things contrary to what our eyes see and brains tell us. The experts are a joke.
1.The Public School System are invested in one thing only: their own ass. From the teachers (who are carefully screened for their political views) to the highest levels. Great benefits, 50% less work than private sector employees.
They despise & mock private schools / homeschooling. Actively work to defund them.
At the higher levels, Dept of Education all have severe TDS.
We MUST end Public School System communist indoctrination camps. I beg you.
my kid goes to a classical christian academy and we are tying to figure out what next school year is going to look like. I love the teachers and administrators and they all want to do regular school, with just a little bit of safety-theater. But 20% of the parents are rabidly opposed to sending their kids back in. This is a school full of families escaping the liberal indoctrination of public schools, but the fear is real with some of them. To their credit, most of them are willing to accept a live stream to the regular classroom and lose the personal interaction with their kids just so they don't take any health risks. Some live with elderly grandparents, so I guess I understand the caution. Doing the online school was a nightmare. It probably isn't so bad for the older kids, but the little ones can't focus enough to sit through a whole day of school just stuck in their room by themselves watching a computer all day. And they would probably learn more if they just went outside to play in the dirt at home and forgot all about school. So for us the whole idea of doing next school year online is a non-starter. We will just take the kids out of school if that is the only other option. And even if they open the schools I don't think I want to put my kids through all the bullshit with the masks and social distancing and fear mongering. It seems like child abuse. So if I won't send them back to school that looks like the branch covidian compound, and I don't want my kids to go without education the other options are take the school's online class and be forced to work around the school's schedule and pace and their format and pay their tuition and still have to have my wife spend all day playing teacher...why not just do regular old homeschooling. At least it takes off the pressure of trying to keep pace with a teacher and class that is scattered about. So homeschooling is becoming a real possibility for us and I don't think it is the worst thing either.
There's some very affordable, all-in-one, Classical curriculum publishers out there. The one we use has been excellent and very easy to implement. Great online community of veteran homeschoolers and the company reps are always available to assist.
Children are even claiming they aren't trans anymore. Peer pressure and faddish social movements (such as trans) are gone since children aren't surrounded by it. When left alone people retain their genders and focus on sustaining life and reproduction. There are a lot of good things that came from this plandemic.
I know a left wing family doing this out of fear of the virus yet at the same time shocked at how much more advanced their kids are than what they were supposed to be learning in school
I couldve been self taught from 10 to 18 and gotten a better education. Public schools always boil down tot he lowest common denominator. Even in affluent public schools true learning and discourse is drowned out by the shitty students.
No joke - grew up in the most "diverse" schools my city had to offer; consequently, was bullied for being white, nerdy, skinny, et al. I could have been so much better off if I had been able to finish everything past 7th grade on my own. I've done well for myself, all things considered, but I can't help but think I'd be 5 years ahead if I wouldn't have been held back by the retards and thugs.
Count my household as one of those who are rejecting whatever horseshit "solution" that public schools are going to implement this Fall. We are currently purchasing our homeschool curriculum and are not going to be left helpless as the schools turn our childrens' educations into political theater. Public education is another cornerstone of society that leftists morons have destroyed.
Given recent trends, I'm sure that 90% of future public education is going to be "Muh Climate Change" and "White Man Bad," anyway.
I think trump’s speech was a major wake up moment for conservatives too. The POTUS literally called out leftists for brainwashing American children through schools and Hollywood, if that’s not enough to make people aware of what’s going on, nothing is.
We will be doing homeschooling as a result. GFY, lefties. You won’t get my kids. I’m not going to have my children indoctrinated to hate themselves, hate America, be confused about gender, and love the idea of Islam/Communism/BLM.
Their mom gave up a lucrative career to teach her children’s. (Avoid leftist crap, school unions, dangerous etc)
I couldn’t be prouder. Seriously, get kids out of shitty indoctrination camps!
“Penis don’t mean male, 2+2 is racist, Drag time story hour! Jesus isn’t real but alah is reeely kewl”.
Glad mine missed a lot of this junk when they were in school. Only called in once to a school meeting. Told them what I thought, wasn’t invited back...
I'm not so certain, at least for our experience. Our daughter went to an independent Catholic school this past year and it was great for her. The principal is based and is intent on excluding the liberal narrative. For those that rely on other funds, I have no clue, but our school may come out okay.
Edit: We are still homeschooling this year though. Our oldest is autistic and would definitely have a hard time following special guidelines.
It boggles my mind it has taken this long for anyone that loves their child and wouldn't put them into a meat grinder and give them brain damage on purpose.
Can't wait till they start firing public teachers, and they have to become uber drivers. I will be so happy. Defund Public Employee Pensions, its a marxist cash grab. These people don't work, they kill time, cept for 10% who do everything and are probably closet Trumpers.
I'm a kid who was lucky enough to have a mom who gave the public schooling system the middle finger. Best thing that has every happened to me, hands down. Thanks to her I'm now a rising Junior at my college of choice (Engineering degree) and can laugh at my peer's brainwashing. Homeschooling is the absolute BEST thing you can do for your kids, no doubt about it.
We home school the youngest and send the older to a private school part time. God bless America and our President.
I grew up in public school and my wife did too. I feel guilty sometimes that she isn't in the public school to light up the other kids' lives, but dammit I gotta say it's a joy watching all of the stupid shit the neighbor kids are into washing right over her. She's being taught about the greatness of Western culture and history of this great USA from the union of Jerusalem (God) and Rome (Law).
What we need is vouchers for all children pre-K - Grade 12. Unrestricted for whatever education the parents choose and regardless of income level. This is the easiest way to kill the leftest indoctrination machine. Parents will vote with their wallets. They will never go back once they see the difference choice makes!
In my province the public school teachers negotiated a reduction of funding for home school programs AFTER requesting and receiving counsel on how to best do distance education from said programs.
Instead of seeing the shut down as an opportunity to demonstrate the immense value that they bring to the education of children, they submarined the competition like true communists.
I’m against public schools anyway because I don’t think the taxpayers should be footing the bills of school. For every person that cries about ‘what about the kids who go to school to eat!!’ I think ‘maybe mom should stop buying drugs with her food stamps and make her kids a fucking sammich for lunch.’
Not only do those taxpayers get to foot the bill, but a handful of district residents who pay little to no school taxes keep voting in these fucking school tax hikes. We're already paying nearly $5000 in school taxes.
In NC they give you 7 or so options as to why you have chosen to homeschool. There isn't 1 option about not wanting the "new normal" or that parents found more success with home school.
It's time to provide tax relief for home schooling parents.
For me, we are a 1-income family because my wife teaches my child during the day. We have to pay significant taxes for the local schools (which in my area are among the worst public schools in the state). We have to pay for all our curriculum and supplemental materials and supplies. It makes it fiscally much more difficult to homeschool. If we just sent our child to public school, my wife could work a full-time job and we could be making twice the money we make now.
We should be able to completely write off our tax expenses for our home schooling, or the tax dollars being used for our local schools should be allowed to be used at an open enrollment school for when my son gets to the age where he needs additional instruction (say, for band). He will NOT be going to the school in our district, that's for sure.
If only so many children weren't in single parent households.
Don't know why any sane parent would leave their kid with a group of strangers all day and hope for the best. I didn't go to a particularly rough school but the amount of fights, drugs, sex, and lack of regard for anything was astounding.
That's often the case here in the US too. Unless the mom has a particularly good job, when you account for daycare for multiple kids, work wardrobe, lunches out, parking, ready-made meals, and everything else, her salary barely covers the extra expense. And that doesn't even start on the stress for everyone, because they have to argue over who cooks and does housework, who takes time off work for sick kids. It's so strange to me that some women consider it better to go to work with a boss and awful coworkers instead of managing a peaceful, clean house and cooking decent meals for the family that loves them.
EXPERTS! I think one thing the based pedes can agree on is this. We don’t need much feedback from “experts,” at least the ones in place now or the ones the media has on speed dial.
They try to scare people with how "hard" it is to do, but really, once you get into the routine of it you'd be surprised how well it can go. Co-ops really help with subjects you are not confident in, and there's plenty of socializing opportunities. I love how well rounded the kids get, because they can socialize with all kinds of people not just an artificial bubble of kids their own exact age.
That's why i think they jumped on this as an opportunity. Like Pelosi flying back at the last minute to prevent the aid package. They are trying to turn everything into a crisis and then seeing if anything sticks since they have no master plan. that's why they jump on the BLM bandwagon and now burned down and defunded their own cities.
You think police officers sitting on the fence are more likely to vote Democrat as their union demands they do?
This is jsut another case of them not fully thinking things out.
My family has been so blessed to have already been homeschooling for a few years now. I see all my "friends" dragging their kids to the protests or holding signs or whatever. While mine have been memorizing the presidents, playing at the park and hiking in the forest and saying our prayers. The China Flu lockdown has barely effected us due to us already doing our own thing and schooling at home.
The real problem is college. My son is interested in the Computer Science program at Oregon State University. I looked at the curriculum, and these are among the core classes required for a Bachelor's degree:
College is a huge issue with cranking out leftists, There are colleges like Liberty University in Va that are Christian based and right-minded. You don't have to send your kid to a leftist factory. We did the whole home school thing with ours and Christian based colleges are the only options for us. We've seen too many friends normal kids end up coming home leftists, homos & vegan from secular colleges.
Even if don't want to homeschool yourself for whatever reason, there are a ton of quality online classes and programs available. Children can get an affordable education outside of the public government school system.
We're considering home schooling when we eventually have kids down the road. Seems so taboo due to the stigma of homeschooling when I grew up, but honestly we just don't trust the types of people schools are hiring and the agendas they all seem to push.
God forbid in ten years my child decides to say daddy/mommy own guns or says that only boys and girls exist.. and some lefty teacher has a meltdown that ends with police, CPS, public damnation.
You'd be surprised with how many homeschoolers are all around you (even before china flu), I sure was when we started homeschooling our kids 8 years ago. We wouldn't have had it any other way.
If I were still in school and had to go through those ridiculous restrictions on the schools, I would refuse to go to school. I would have self-taught if I had to.
No they're not. At least, not yet. They are ALL IN on Getting rid of Trump and instituting their goals. It's no longer the inching towards socialism, it's a mad dash for the finish line, and they will burn every pillar of their long term plans if they can get Trump out and puppet Biden in.
This IS the line. There is no inch on either side that can be given, because this is for ALL the marbles, and they don't give a shit about the nation that's left, all they care is that they're the ones shaping it.
Yes, they do really well on the SATs and other tests, plus they're always involved in extracurricular activities or volunteer stuff. The old view of homeschool as just religious weirdos who can't talk to people is way outdated. Homeschool coops allow all kinds of learning opportunities, they always take advantage of parents' knowledge (for math/engineering/etc) plus they arrange lab time for biology, music, sports. I mean, there probably are some that are weird, but so are some public school kids. Only difference is in public school the weird kid will be tormented for 12 years with no escape.
I'm sure they'll use the media to stigmatize that again when they think it's the right time, and government fines/jail to force compliance. That's exactly what they are doing with masks.
It's easier than most people think and probably the single best thing you can do for your children. Look for co-ops in your area if you don't know how to get started or you have questions about "the social aspect" of homeschool.
I have 4 kids, oldest now 25 and a professional Electrician, youngest 13 and still being homeschooled. When my oldest was in Kindergarten, my wife and I realized that public schooling wasn't for us. She quit her job and become a teacher.
It's scary at first but it doesn't take long to learn that there are TONS of excellent resources out there. We did it for religious reasons, but it can make sense even for secular parents.
The biggest challenge is not your (the teacher) level of knowledge, that's easily fixed. The biggest challenge is time management! Learn to manage your time and you can turn virtually anything into a learning experience.
This! It can dovetail into regular living just fine. Have them help cook (fractions!) and figure out prices per ounce on groceries (division!).
You mean teach the kids how to function like adults in life? I don't know if the New World Order can have this.
I believe learning in general should be relevant to the ‘real’ world. Tends to garner more interest from learners anyways
I taught. So many "best practices " are fulfilled by homeschooling. Individualized instruction ✅ Contextualized learning ✅ Holistic approaches ✅
Nonreligious parents have been homeschooling for a while now, and they love it.
https://hslda.org/
Great resource for homeschooling both new and veterans. They are extremely friendly and have your back if your local school board tries to cause you trouble.
This is who we have used.
Great resource.
Not OP but just duckduckgo homeschool coop and your state or county
Laws and organizations can vary wildly by state, so you usually want to start by checking with the superintendent's website for your area.
This article explains co-ops in more detail, but the easiest way to start is to use the search engine of your choice and look for your state or closest city and "homeschool".
We used a very loose group that went on weekly trips to museums or did science projects together, but there's a huge range. We also did sports at the local YMCA, and music groups through a local music store "School of Rock" kind of thing.
https://www.icanteachmychild.com/what-is-a-homeschool-co-op/
This is the one my son attended in Michigan.
https://mihomeschoolconnections.com/
From my personal experience, homeschooling is a hell of a lot easier than this distance learning bullshit that we have been doing, especially from a parent's perspective.
Only a small percentage of families are two parent/single earner.
Then subtract kids who have parents than cannot teach. Believe it or not, many adults would struggle to teach stuff like long division or basic geometry like the area of a triangle.
Then special needs kids require more stuff.
Home schooling is great, but I keep seeing it presented as the solution to all education problems, and it isn’t.
While you have a point plenty of us can and homeschooling doesn't mean its on you to teach everything. Find a tutor to teach math or something along the lines and then hire them for an hour a day to teach the kids a books content. Homeschooling does not have to be mom and dad as teachers. Is it more expensive, sure but you got to know your limitations and either financially prepare or find solutions for the subjects you can't give your kids the best learning experience.
Also makes the parents smarter -- adults should know the subject matter, lean it and teach it
This is spot on. I grew up in another country, and cared very little about American history and politics because I couldn't understand it. I began homeschooling my kids two years ago and have learned so much alongside of them! And when you homeschool, you have the freedom to explore any subject as much as you want. I have several friends who, while very left leaning and wouldn't homeschool for the same reasons as me, are still considering homeschooling in the fall simply because the school experience won't even be worth it if social distancing and masks are required in the classroom.
There's a lot of families choosing to be dual income that could afford not to be. We weren't rich. We weren't even middle classed when we started. Families choosing to send their children to public school because they'd rather have the second income is not a shortcoming of home schooling.
That's what always happens with unchecked social welfare programs. People start to use it not because they have to, but because the savings are fungible. Then they become so accustomed to it, they complain that they NEED it if anyone threatens to take it away. Then they whine that the welfare program isn't good enough for them and everyone else should pay even MORE taxes and jump through more loops to give them better welfare.
Also, you don't need any special qualifications or education to teach children. That's just more of the teacher's union and big academia's BS. Our children studied Japanese and French despite neither of us being fluent. It's not like the teachers in the public school actually know what they're teaching half the time anyway. There is a multitude of resources available at a range of prices depending on your needs. It's capitalist education. The market determines availability and pricing, and what we end up with is a surprisingly effective set of tools at our disposal. If you're problem with teaching children is that you don't know the topic, then learn the topic. Better yourself as well as your children.
As for special needs children, they more than anyone else would benefit from NOT being shoved into a public school system that isn't capable of handling individual needs. The public school system can barely take care of kids that fall within the standard deviation for age appropriate lessons. The inclusion of special needs children in the gen ed classroom is a detriment to both the special needs child and the other children.
All that being said, yes there are some families that literally need public school just like there are families that need food stamps or WIC, or any of the other social welfare programs our taxpayers graciously provide. Single parenthood specifically, isn't an ideal situation. It's not supposed to be an ideal situation, and it's not the government's job to step in and fix all the problems that are caused by choosing to stay a single parent.
I was a single parent, and still managed to homeschool my child. I worked nights and taught my son during the day. Anyone can do it if they want to.
I know it's a lot harder, but I've known a few people who made it work. Also, it's much easier these days because there are so many more resources readily available than we used to have.
Too many people have just bought into the excuses.
I was keeping GEOTUS hours for a few years there, but it was so worth it. I wouldn't trade the extra time I had to spend with my son while he was young for anything.
It was like that when I grew up. It's the Prussian system to create good little soldiers and factory workers who never think for themselves.
Go to the school sucks project. Lots of info there.
This guy knows what’s up!
You must have read John Taylor Gatto’s books on compulsory schooling.
John always kept bringing up the same point: the modern public schooling system was invented by the Prussians to keep its subjects loyal to the state. John died a few years ago, but he was a huge Trump supporter in 2016.
What has already happened to black inner city schools (prison style culture, chaos, nobody learns shit) is spreading outward.
Democrat teachers unions
School is such a massive waste of time. When i was between 13-16 we lived in the middle of nowhere (literally 50 miles to the nearest town) so instead of spending 3-4 hours a day on a bus we did homeschooling. We didnt spend a lot of time, maybe 4 hours a day, when i went to highschool i remember being worried that i would be behind everyone else. No, spending half the time and 90% self directed (though it was a structured program we were in) I was way ahead of most of my peers. Fuck public schools, they teach people to waste time and be obediant little drones.
John Taylor Gatto was an American Educator. Two time "Teacher of the year " in Manhattan. Some of his books include "Weapons of Mass Instruction" and "Dumbing us Down" How Public Education Cripples our kids and why
Instead of statues - We should be dismantling the public education system and give teachers an opportunity to experience real life. The vast majority are no more than over-paid child care hall monitors.
John Taylor Gatto was a wonderful man.
I think his personal website is still alive, but I found a post that he wrote in 2015 or 2016 talking about what a huge Trump supporter he was shaking up the system.
College profs are just exalted hall monitors. People seem to think academics are all brilliant, hard working, intellectually honest people. I was amazed at how many undergrad profs had unreadable emails. Unprofessional and bordering on illiterate.
Them: “Call me doctor!!!”
Me: ‘Call you a doctor? Why, are you having a seizure? Is that why you sound like an idiot?’
Two words: "Busy Work".
Don't forget child warehousing while both parents work.
Most every one remembers only one or two teachers, the remainder were nothing more than place holders.
Basically everything I still use in daily life is from elementary school. Reading, writing, math etc. beyond that I don’t remember a thing.
K-6, I was the last grade 6 class before they changed to k-5. This was in the 90s
As an introvert I hated school, I hated group projects and I hated staring at the ceiling while the teacher droned on and on about whatever subject. I would always just end up ignoring them and teaching myself from the textbook.
School is a massive waste of time, they don't prepare you for anything, and guidance counselors only exist to destroy your future by giving you shitty advice.
And that sort of socialization is arguably worse for introverts. Far better to have smaller groups of more like minded people for them to meet. This is easier to accomplish through interest specific groups (chess, music, etc) without the regular school bs and bullying.
Most high school guidance counselors don’t give a shit. If your kid wants to be a doctor or a veterinarian, it’s better for them to just shadow somebody working in that field. Then they can ask the person for advice about which schools to go to and majors to pick.
School made me so lazy, depressed, and isolated. I didn’t even realize what it did to me until I dropped out of college and finally entered real life. I learned most of my formative stuff from my grandparents and the rest has been from shear curiosity and personal research. I was lucky enough to go to some of the best public middle and high schools but looking back I could have had so much more. There were (and still are) YUGE gaps in my knowledge on history and life. It’s a real shame.
Homeschooled all Five of our kiddos, extremely sociable children, they've traveled all over Central America, epoc Field Trips are also one of the perks, hanging out with like minded families, also a great perk. Do It! You will be so glad you you did. -20yr veteran homeschooler
... and they can play sports, be in community plays, clubs, etc... nothing keeps them from being "social."
Also handy that you don't have to "get permission" to remove your child from the school so they can go to the dentist, etc. Everything is better when you aren't chained to the public school calendar.
Oh don't worry they'll be ramping up the anti-homeschooling propaganda right after the election
It's already started. Harvard hosted a conference a few months back by some lady who thinks that home schooling children is dangerous and should be illegal. Her reasoning was basically that parents will pass on "racist" and anti-progressive teachings to their children, and kids won't be exposed to "diversity."
We homeschool and every coworker of mine feels the need to chime in about it. The one that floored me was "I wouldn't homeschool because I don't want to indoctrinate my kids with my views and ideas." When pressed, I learned that schools educate 100% objectively. It's the bus drivers you have to watch out for. Who knows what they're telling the kids.
So your coworkers say that their own views and ideas are worthless? That's quite an admission.
That is what they learned from their 100% objective teachers. That damn bus driver was always telling them to believe in themselves and think for themselves but they saw right through that anti groupthink bullshit.
It's fucking Harvard.! All of their children attend a private academy. I'm done with diversity.
It basically amounted to "REEEE the State owns all children and it alone can indoctrinate them; parents need to stop interfering REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
Actually, if you’re already hiring them for sex, it is only about 30% more to have them show up early and read a book to your kids. Or ask around and find out which drag prostitutes your neighbors use and see about some sort of local discount.
btw Some states will pay you and you can use those funds for co-ops. but Gavin newsome just did some kind of executive order taking away those funds for parents that have recently switched to homeschool as a way to prevent an incentive to homeschool
I bet he'll find a way to grant some exception for his family.
You're still under the impression that learning happens in a classroom environment.
You'll find that this simply isn't the case.
But definitely get together with other families in your neighborhood.
US Schools were specifically designed to be the way they are following the model developed under the Prussian empire.
They were designed to teach kids to behave a certain way under specific stimuli. The "socialization" you speak of is really "programming", teaching kids to be good soldiers or factory workers, completely obedient to government commands and social shaming.
My youngest kid never set foot in a classroom. He thinks and acts differently, has no restrictions whatsoever, and cannot be shamed or mocked. He is an actual human being. My other four kids have been changed, and I can see the effect school had on them. My 4th kid spent only a few months in kindergarten but it was enough to start the programming process.
+1 for pointing out the Prussian origin of public compulsory schooling. Sadly the Germans still force children to do that. Homeschooling is illegal in Germany
There are lots of quality programs online that teach groups of kids via Zoom. If there is a subject the parents don't feel qualified to teach there are teachers teaching it somewhere online.
Online learning works well got subjects like math through websites like Khan Academy etc
Zoom is stupid though.
My eyes just glaze over whenever I see an article that says "experts say..." I have never had so little trust in so-called experts as I have after the pandemic bullshit.
As they say. EX= A Has-been . Spurt= A drip under pressure.
Them that can - DO , The rest just teach. Close public schools and replace them with vouchers. No parent wants their children to attend these dangerous compounds. Home School now. This is the right time. Demand vouchers.
Yuri Bezemov said that the experts were part of the subversion plan to have unelected officials telling us what to do. To take our agency away and make us think things contrary to what our eyes see and brains tell us. The experts are a joke.
Take this on First Hand Knowledge:
1.The Public School System are invested in one thing only: their own ass. From the teachers (who are carefully screened for their political views) to the highest levels. Great benefits, 50% less work than private sector employees.
They despise & mock private schools / homeschooling. Actively work to defund them.
At the higher levels, Dept of Education all have severe TDS.
We MUST end Public School System communist indoctrination camps. I beg you.
my kid goes to a classical christian academy and we are tying to figure out what next school year is going to look like. I love the teachers and administrators and they all want to do regular school, with just a little bit of safety-theater. But 20% of the parents are rabidly opposed to sending their kids back in. This is a school full of families escaping the liberal indoctrination of public schools, but the fear is real with some of them. To their credit, most of them are willing to accept a live stream to the regular classroom and lose the personal interaction with their kids just so they don't take any health risks. Some live with elderly grandparents, so I guess I understand the caution. Doing the online school was a nightmare. It probably isn't so bad for the older kids, but the little ones can't focus enough to sit through a whole day of school just stuck in their room by themselves watching a computer all day. And they would probably learn more if they just went outside to play in the dirt at home and forgot all about school. So for us the whole idea of doing next school year online is a non-starter. We will just take the kids out of school if that is the only other option. And even if they open the schools I don't think I want to put my kids through all the bullshit with the masks and social distancing and fear mongering. It seems like child abuse. So if I won't send them back to school that looks like the branch covidian compound, and I don't want my kids to go without education the other options are take the school's online class and be forced to work around the school's schedule and pace and their format and pay their tuition and still have to have my wife spend all day playing teacher...why not just do regular old homeschooling. At least it takes off the pressure of trying to keep pace with a teacher and class that is scattered about. So homeschooling is becoming a real possibility for us and I don't think it is the worst thing either.
There's some very affordable, all-in-one, Classical curriculum publishers out there. The one we use has been excellent and very easy to implement. Great online community of veteran homeschoolers and the company reps are always available to assist.
I would check that out. Do you know the name of the publisher?
Memoria Press.
Thank you.
Children are even claiming they aren't trans anymore. Peer pressure and faddish social movements (such as trans) are gone since children aren't surrounded by it. When left alone people retain their genders and focus on sustaining life and reproduction. There are a lot of good things that came from this plandemic.
I know a left wing family doing this out of fear of the virus yet at the same time shocked at how much more advanced their kids are than what they were supposed to be learning in school
"When nobody is left behind, we all are" - Syndrome, 2020 on public schools for his genius firstborn
I couldve been self taught from 10 to 18 and gotten a better education. Public schools always boil down tot he lowest common denominator. Even in affluent public schools true learning and discourse is drowned out by the shitty students.
No joke - grew up in the most "diverse" schools my city had to offer; consequently, was bullied for being white, nerdy, skinny, et al. I could have been so much better off if I had been able to finish everything past 7th grade on my own. I've done well for myself, all things considered, but I can't help but think I'd be 5 years ahead if I wouldn't have been held back by the retards and thugs.
Count my household as one of those who are rejecting whatever horseshit "solution" that public schools are going to implement this Fall. We are currently purchasing our homeschool curriculum and are not going to be left helpless as the schools turn our childrens' educations into political theater. Public education is another cornerstone of society that leftists morons have destroyed.
Given recent trends, I'm sure that 90% of future public education is going to be "Muh Climate Change" and "White Man Bad," anyway.
I think trump’s speech was a major wake up moment for conservatives too. The POTUS literally called out leftists for brainwashing American children through schools and Hollywood, if that’s not enough to make people aware of what’s going on, nothing is.
Oooh. Which speech are you referring to?
Rushmore, probably - he definitely slammed kids being taught to hate their own country in school.
I will watch that soon. I traveled over Independence Day week and hadn't had the chance to watch it.
We will be doing homeschooling as a result. GFY, lefties. You won’t get my kids. I’m not going to have my children indoctrinated to hate themselves, hate America, be confused about gender, and love the idea of Islam/Communism/BLM.
My grands are homeschooled.
Not a dummy among them. (Even with my influence)
Their mom gave up a lucrative career to teach her children’s. (Avoid leftist crap, school unions, dangerous etc)
I couldn’t be prouder. Seriously, get kids out of shitty indoctrination camps!
“Penis don’t mean male, 2+2 is racist, Drag time story hour! Jesus isn’t real but alah is reeely kewl”.
Glad mine missed a lot of this junk when they were in school. Only called in once to a school meeting. Told them what I thought, wasn’t invited back...
So true. Our homeschool co-op enrollment has increased 700% and we can barely keep up with the hundreds of new students.
I'm not so certain, at least for our experience. Our daughter went to an independent Catholic school this past year and it was great for her. The principal is based and is intent on excluding the liberal narrative. For those that rely on other funds, I have no clue, but our school may come out okay.
Edit: We are still homeschooling this year though. Our oldest is autistic and would definitely have a hard time following special guidelines.
We’re homeschooling our children as a result of cv and screwy liberal indoctrination
It boggles my mind it has taken this long for anyone that loves their child and wouldn't put them into a meat grinder and give them brain damage on purpose.
Can't wait till they start firing public teachers, and they have to become uber drivers. I will be so happy. Defund Public Employee Pensions, its a marxist cash grab. These people don't work, they kill time, cept for 10% who do everything and are probably closet Trumpers.
THIS!!
I'm a kid who was lucky enough to have a mom who gave the public schooling system the middle finger. Best thing that has every happened to me, hands down. Thanks to her I'm now a rising Junior at my college of choice (Engineering degree) and can laugh at my peer's brainwashing. Homeschooling is the absolute BEST thing you can do for your kids, no doubt about it.
We home school the youngest and send the older to a private school part time. God bless America and our President.
I grew up in public school and my wife did too. I feel guilty sometimes that she isn't in the public school to light up the other kids' lives, but dammit I gotta say it's a joy watching all of the stupid shit the neighbor kids are into washing right over her. She's being taught about the greatness of Western culture and history of this great USA from the union of Jerusalem (God) and Rome (Law).
What we need is vouchers for all children pre-K - Grade 12. Unrestricted for whatever education the parents choose and regardless of income level. This is the easiest way to kill the leftest indoctrination machine. Parents will vote with their wallets. They will never go back once they see the difference choice makes!
In my province the public school teachers negotiated a reduction of funding for home school programs AFTER requesting and receiving counsel on how to best do distance education from said programs.
Instead of seeing the shut down as an opportunity to demonstrate the immense value that they bring to the education of children, they submarined the competition like true communists.
I’m against public schools anyway because I don’t think the taxpayers should be footing the bills of school. For every person that cries about ‘what about the kids who go to school to eat!!’ I think ‘maybe mom should stop buying drugs with her food stamps and make her kids a fucking sammich for lunch.’
Not only do those taxpayers get to foot the bill, but a handful of district residents who pay little to no school taxes keep voting in these fucking school tax hikes. We're already paying nearly $5000 in school taxes.
In NC they give you 7 or so options as to why you have chosen to homeschool. There isn't 1 option about not wanting the "new normal" or that parents found more success with home school.
What are the options?
I don't recall exactly. My wife was completing the form and named them outloud. They were typical outdated claims.
There are also a lot of new companies popping up offering online interactive classes, where you can choose the content and the the teachers.
Hillsdale College for American History and the US Constitution. Should be required for SCOTUS appointees who seem to have lost their way.
It's time to provide tax relief for home schooling parents.
For me, we are a 1-income family because my wife teaches my child during the day. We have to pay significant taxes for the local schools (which in my area are among the worst public schools in the state). We have to pay for all our curriculum and supplemental materials and supplies. It makes it fiscally much more difficult to homeschool. If we just sent our child to public school, my wife could work a full-time job and we could be making twice the money we make now.
We should be able to completely write off our tax expenses for our home schooling, or the tax dollars being used for our local schools should be allowed to be used at an open enrollment school for when my son gets to the age where he needs additional instruction (say, for band). He will NOT be going to the school in our district, that's for sure.
I saw a homeschool commercial. They're advertising now.
Capitalism good.
If only so many children weren't in single parent households.
Don't know why any sane parent would leave their kid with a group of strangers all day and hope for the best. I didn't go to a particularly rough school but the amount of fights, drugs, sex, and lack of regard for anything was astounding.
Who wants a kid surrounded by that?
LOVE IT
Teach your Kids to love God , family , exercise, how to operate and use guns, grow food , invest, love of the American idea,and love thier fellow man.
All things the left hates
Transfer the public education funding with school vouchers. Let the parents decide how their children should be educated.
That's often the case here in the US too. Unless the mom has a particularly good job, when you account for daycare for multiple kids, work wardrobe, lunches out, parking, ready-made meals, and everything else, her salary barely covers the extra expense. And that doesn't even start on the stress for everyone, because they have to argue over who cooks and does housework, who takes time off work for sick kids. It's so strange to me that some women consider it better to go to work with a boss and awful coworkers instead of managing a peaceful, clean house and cooking decent meals for the family that loves them.
EXPERTS! I think one thing the based pedes can agree on is this. We don’t need much feedback from “experts,” at least the ones in place now or the ones the media has on speed dial.
They try to scare people with how "hard" it is to do, but really, once you get into the routine of it you'd be surprised how well it can go. Co-ops really help with subjects you are not confident in, and there's plenty of socializing opportunities. I love how well rounded the kids get, because they can socialize with all kinds of people not just an artificial bubble of kids their own exact age.
Son of a bitch, I am in. My 4 children are begging to homeschool next year and my wife no longer has to work.
That's why i think they jumped on this as an opportunity. Like Pelosi flying back at the last minute to prevent the aid package. They are trying to turn everything into a crisis and then seeing if anything sticks since they have no master plan. that's why they jump on the BLM bandwagon and now burned down and defunded their own cities.
You think police officers sitting on the fence are more likely to vote Democrat as their union demands they do?
This is jsut another case of them not fully thinking things out.
Yeah? Good.
Time for a school choice vouchers program that applies to home schooling options.
My family has been so blessed to have already been homeschooling for a few years now. I see all my "friends" dragging their kids to the protests or holding signs or whatever. While mine have been memorizing the presidents, playing at the park and hiking in the forest and saying our prayers. The China Flu lockdown has barely effected us due to us already doing our own thing and schooling at home.
Thank you for archiving!!!
The real problem is college. My son is interested in the Computer Science program at Oregon State University. I looked at the curriculum, and these are among the core classes required for a Bachelor's degree:
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I could sum up the collective final exam for these classes as:
Q: White Man Bad? [x] True [ ] False
College is a huge issue with cranking out leftists, There are colleges like Liberty University in Va that are Christian based and right-minded. You don't have to send your kid to a leftist factory. We did the whole home school thing with ours and Christian based colleges are the only options for us. We've seen too many friends normal kids end up coming home leftists, homos & vegan from secular colleges.
Even if don't want to homeschool yourself for whatever reason, there are a ton of quality online classes and programs available. Children can get an affordable education outside of the public government school system.
We're considering home schooling when we eventually have kids down the road. Seems so taboo due to the stigma of homeschooling when I grew up, but honestly we just don't trust the types of people schools are hiring and the agendas they all seem to push.
God forbid in ten years my child decides to say daddy/mommy own guns or says that only boys and girls exist.. and some lefty teacher has a meltdown that ends with police, CPS, public damnation.
You'd be surprised with how many homeschoolers are all around you (even before china flu), I sure was when we started homeschooling our kids 8 years ago. We wouldn't have had it any other way.
Defund the public education system. Vouchers for every one. Give parents a choice.
If I were still in school and had to go through those ridiculous restrictions on the schools, I would refuse to go to school. I would have self-taught if I had to.
No they're not. At least, not yet. They are ALL IN on Getting rid of Trump and instituting their goals. It's no longer the inching towards socialism, it's a mad dash for the finish line, and they will burn every pillar of their long term plans if they can get Trump out and puppet Biden in.
This IS the line. There is no inch on either side that can be given, because this is for ALL the marbles, and they don't give a shit about the nation that's left, all they care is that they're the ones shaping it.
Yes, they do really well on the SATs and other tests, plus they're always involved in extracurricular activities or volunteer stuff. The old view of homeschool as just religious weirdos who can't talk to people is way outdated. Homeschool coops allow all kinds of learning opportunities, they always take advantage of parents' knowledge (for math/engineering/etc) plus they arrange lab time for biology, music, sports. I mean, there probably are some that are weird, but so are some public school kids. Only difference is in public school the weird kid will be tormented for 12 years with no escape.
I'm sure they'll use the media to stigmatize that again when they think it's the right time, and government fines/jail to force compliance. That's exactly what they are doing with masks.