Public school vs. home schooling?

Purely philosophical question. Thanks for your insights! :) Asked by e.v.

E 38 months ago Similar questions: Public school home schooling Education & Reference.

Similar questions: Public school home schooling.

Homeschooling is a personal choice based on what is best for the child. If your child is doing well in school and the school seems to be adequate in your eyes then I would leave him there. However, (theres always a however) if the child is responding well but the school is a poor academically or socially then homeschooling is a good option.

For the most part school in any given area are good. But it's the occasional one that makes homeschooling sound good. Wow, what makes a school bad or good?

Well, I think it is bad when the children run all over the teachers and the good students are punished along with the bad. Or when good students find it hard to learn because of the badly behaved children around them. This makes you wonder if you truly want your children to grow up grade by grade with these people.

On the other hand, homeschooling presents challenges. It takes much effort to keep them interested and having fun. There needs to be P.E., music, art, and lots of patience.

Then, there is the organization of social activities so that your children are not isolated. Here is where the planning of field trips and play dates come into play. Homeschooling is school and should be taken just as serious.So, we as parents need to meditate seriously as to whether or not we are well qualified.

1 I think one thing to weigh is amount of attention from a teacher in a class of 30+ vs time socializing with ohter children his/her own age .

I think one thing to weigh is amount of attention from a teacher in a class of 30+ vs time socializing with ohter children his/her own age.

2 The only thing I really wonder about (no kids, retired mathematics professor who taught at a two year college) is how the parents teach the mathematics. In so many of my interactions with members of the public, I have heard the response, "Oh, I was never any good at math" to the statement of my profession. I have almost never heard anyone say that they were good at it, enjoyed it and would feel competent to teach it even on a low level.

Of course, I must point out few of the education majors I have spoken to have ever said those things either... however, a child has a chance of rotating out of the poor teacher's class and into a good one's (and vice versa) but the parent would remain contant. Just curious... I have no horse in the race.

The only thing I really wonder about (no kids, retired mathematics professor who taught at a two year college) is how the parents teach the mathematics. In so many of my interactions with members of the public, I have heard the response, "Oh, I was never any good at math" to the statement of my profession. I have almost never heard anyone say that they were good at it, enjoyed it and would feel competent to teach it even on a low level.

Of course, I must point out few of the education majors I have spoken to have ever said those things either... however, a child has a chance of rotating out of the poor teacher's class and into a good one's (and vice versa) but the parent would remain contant. Just curious... I have no horse in the race.

3 My grandfather was good at it and my son is a math whiz. I started teaching him money math when he was real little by telling him that if he could tell me how much my change was (not the dollars just the coins) he could have my change. Ow at 8 I ask him what is the smallest number of coins to reach that total If right he gets my chane.

Very rarely do I get to keep my coins. I was good at basic math but got lost at geometry .

My grandfather was good at it and my son is a math whiz. I started teaching him money math when he was real little by telling him that if he could tell me how much my change was (not the dollars just the coins) he could have my change. Ow at 8 I ask him what is the smallest number of coins to reach that total If right he gets my chane.

Very rarely do I get to keep my coins. I was good at basic math but got lost at geometry.

4 When one of my little relatives was 2 (I can not keep up with the exact names for what he is to me) my father asked him if he would rather have the shiny quarter that he had in one hand or the nasty (not really), crumpled up dollar he had in his other. He thought about it and then decided. He wanted both!

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4 When one of my little relatives was 2 (I can not keep up with the exact names for what he is to me) my father asked him if he would rather have the shiny quarter that he had in one hand or the nasty (not really), crumpled up dollar he had in his other. He thought about it and then decided. He wanted both!

Your story reminded me of this! .

When one of my little relatives was 2 (I can not keep up with the exact names for what he is to me) my father asked him if he would rather have the shiny quarter that he had in one hand or the nasty (not really), crumpled up dollar he had in his other. He thought about it and then decided. He wanted both!

Your story reminded me of this!

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