You should do it regardless of local school decisions, it will give your children an unmeasurable edge!
Edited to add, plus you get economies of scale with 4 kiddos, invest in a good curriculum and you can use (adapt) it for all grades. Happy to give pointers, I’ve been homeschooling for 8 years, but my eldest went off to private high school last year😔
Are you asking how homeschooling gives your child an edge? I’ll answer that, sorry if that’s not what you meant, please clarify if so.
Homeschooling bypasses all the indoctrination, if you so choose.
Homeschooling saves time and resources. No commute, no waiting around. Time spent on classroom management in schools is a colossal waste of time and teacher resources. In homeschool, you turn classroom management into character lessons
Homeschooling gives your child 100% customized learning. No struggling to keep up, or boredom when the class has to pace with the slowest students.
Homeschooling saves resources on a macro level. The state spends $18,000+ per year, per student. You would be hard pressed to spend more than $5,000 per year, per family on homeschooling. Unless you add in travel or private coaching in sports or music, which can escalate your budget. I realize this is an apples to oranges comparison, but one day (keep praying for Betsy DeVos and President Trump!🙏) I hope to see full freedom in school choice; ie, your tax dollars are fully returned to you should you bypass public “education”.
Minorities and the poor can't afford to be home schooled. They are either working, don't know the language, don't know the curriculum (you know Common Core), and/or many other reasons. Trump pushing for schools to be opened helps the minorities and the poor the most.
I haven’t done this before. But my first thoughts would be there are advantages tailoring lessons to your specific kid, no wasting time on the kids who don’t listen, including physical activity into learning for younger children, and creating a desire to learn in your children.
I was homeschooled until high school. It turns out that when I didn’t spend all my time watching TV and learning to fit into all the latest fads, I ended up being “weird” too. I wasn’t just going through the motions of education. I found I questioned things naturally unlike the majority of those I met, who treated the objective of classes as just getting the answer. I had to learn to trust the things I learned outside of the school system instead of thinking I was inadequate for the things I missed. There was a small percentage of people who questioned things and created things, most of them went through public school, so it’s not just homeschooling that is the answer. But it certainly helps to not have all that pressure to conform. All those people were classified as “weird”. Looking at my life’s trajectory I’d say being “weird” has really paid off.
I went mainly to ps as well, and turned out ok. But I graduated from hs in 1986. Howard Zinn was not in my rural school then, but I assure you the indoctrination is everywhere now, thanks to Øbama and his common core crap.
There are many homeschooling communities that offer all sorts of social interaction opportunities for kids. Plus, parents should think critically about what a properly socialized student means. Look at history. It’s only in the last 100 or so years of humanity that children have been segmented off by age group. Socializing with 35 4th graders is not as optimal as socializing with a mixed age group, with littles to mentor, and older kids modeling the growing up process.
We have two young ones and found out masks will be mandatory for ours to go back. I feel like the only parent legitimately outraged about that and seriously thinking of homeschooling because of it. Our school is providing an in-person or online choice.
Smart decision. There are many programs and curricula that are specifically designed for homeschooling. Plus, you can structure your day in any way that works best for your family. True homeschooling is far easier and more efficient than remote learning, which tries to replicate the classroom at home, and doesn't work very well.
I have 4 kids still in school. We've already decided that if its virtual, we're pulling them out and home schooling.
You should do it regardless of local school decisions, it will give your children an unmeasurable edge!
Edited to add, plus you get economies of scale with 4 kiddos, invest in a good curriculum and you can use (adapt) it for all grades. Happy to give pointers, I’ve been homeschooling for 8 years, but my eldest went off to private high school last year😔
How so?
Are you asking how homeschooling gives your child an edge? I’ll answer that, sorry if that’s not what you meant, please clarify if so.
Homeschooling bypasses all the indoctrination, if you so choose.
Homeschooling saves time and resources. No commute, no waiting around. Time spent on classroom management in schools is a colossal waste of time and teacher resources. In homeschool, you turn classroom management into character lessons
Homeschooling gives your child 100% customized learning. No struggling to keep up, or boredom when the class has to pace with the slowest students.
Homeschooling saves resources on a macro level. The state spends $18,000+ per year, per student. You would be hard pressed to spend more than $5,000 per year, per family on homeschooling. Unless you add in travel or private coaching in sports or music, which can escalate your budget. I realize this is an apples to oranges comparison, but one day (keep praying for Betsy DeVos and President Trump!🙏) I hope to see full freedom in school choice; ie, your tax dollars are fully returned to you should you bypass public “education”.
Minorities and the poor can't afford to be home schooled. They are either working, don't know the language, don't know the curriculum (you know Common Core), and/or many other reasons. Trump pushing for schools to be opened helps the minorities and the poor the most.
Cite your source bro. Didn't ask for an opinion. All these late joining redditors are lazy as fuck and it's getting old.
I haven’t done this before. But my first thoughts would be there are advantages tailoring lessons to your specific kid, no wasting time on the kids who don’t listen, including physical activity into learning for younger children, and creating a desire to learn in your children.
I was homeschooled until high school. It turns out that when I didn’t spend all my time watching TV and learning to fit into all the latest fads, I ended up being “weird” too. I wasn’t just going through the motions of education. I found I questioned things naturally unlike the majority of those I met, who treated the objective of classes as just getting the answer. I had to learn to trust the things I learned outside of the school system instead of thinking I was inadequate for the things I missed. There was a small percentage of people who questioned things and created things, most of them went through public school, so it’s not just homeschooling that is the answer. But it certainly helps to not have all that pressure to conform. All those people were classified as “weird”. Looking at my life’s trajectory I’d say being “weird” has really paid off.
I went mainly to ps as well, and turned out ok. But I graduated from hs in 1986. Howard Zinn was not in my rural school then, but I assure you the indoctrination is everywhere now, thanks to Øbama and his common core crap.
There are many homeschooling communities that offer all sorts of social interaction opportunities for kids. Plus, parents should think critically about what a properly socialized student means. Look at history. It’s only in the last 100 or so years of humanity that children have been segmented off by age group. Socializing with 35 4th graders is not as optimal as socializing with a mixed age group, with littles to mentor, and older kids modeling the growing up process.
"I met this one homeschooled kid and he was weird so all homeschooled children must be retarded"
Yeah school shootings never happen faggot.
We have two young ones and found out masks will be mandatory for ours to go back. I feel like the only parent legitimately outraged about that and seriously thinking of homeschooling because of it. Our school is providing an in-person or online choice.
Masks are uncomfortable after 20 minutes, couldn't imagine an entire days worth.
Who comes up with these ridiculous guidelines.
The Face Diaper Gestapo
Social Engineers
Petition the school board. It takes action to combat tyranny!
The sad thing is, our county health officials are calling all the shots. It’s pretty upsetting.
God bless you. I have 1 child (2 months old) and I’m starting to realize that folks with 4 kids like yourself are superheros.
Those are rookie numbers. Gotta bump it up.
Infants are hard. It gets easier, for the most part, when they get older. And more fun, too!
Don't wait, start homeschooling now!
Smart decision. There are many programs and curricula that are specifically designed for homeschooling. Plus, you can structure your day in any way that works best for your family. True homeschooling is far easier and more efficient than remote learning, which tries to replicate the classroom at home, and doesn't work very well.