Unit Studies - Home Schooling

Addressing the "socially challenged" aspect of homeschooling, quite honestly, I don't know that I want my children to socialize with some of the people out there. They are getting more from working with me in a benevolance pantry and attending church and running errands than they got at public school.

America is A free country! I am proud to live in America! My three children have home schooled through high school. I want to mention not only are they intelligent young adults but they are also very responsible, they have respect and great family values. My children have excellent musical talents! Two of my children have grown up and are acting. My younger daughter has close to one million fans writing to her from her second short film. I believe that home schooling definetly has the advantage over public school. Behavior is one area of concern I've noticed from public school kids. Another problem area is how well they retain what they learn. I went through high school and personally didn't benifit from the classes. I believe most people forget more than half of what is taught. I like the freedom home school children have. They can study one subject several hours and find A special interest that may be their whole future. They have hands on learning! My Son is nine years old and loves to study NASA space launching and other areas of science. I seen his potential in the study of science so I made A special trip to the NASA space center in Alabama! I am his mother so I enjoy and I go out of my way to see that his interests are not only heard but also important enough to me as a teacher and mother that I will go the extra mile for him! I believe the best teachers for students is their parents if they have loving Christian parents. My Son asks several questions concerning education, he has expressed his concerns and we communicate very well. I toured him through public schools and even A Christian school. I have allowed my children to make their own choice. I would never try to detour them from public school if they expressed their desire to attend. They all have had more than enough social life! They attend church, they sing and play instruments and two of them have been in short film. In public school we are not allowed to pray or teach from the Bible. I have never understood this. The most important area of education is the Bible. Our country is founded under God. Our money has "In God we Trust". Before our President becomes President there is A prayer and an oath. The only place we take God out of is public school and in some cases out of our home. God teaches our children not to be in sin, what sin is and the consequence of sin. He directs their path. Personally in my children's life God comes first. In my home and my marriage God comes first. So to have the freedom to teach my children using Christian curriculums is A blessing to us! I have noticed that in public schools children have been taught out of some science books that the world just happened, that life just happened. Their theory is wrong. If you study three or more science books from different public schools you'll find that they are not the same teaching. So which teachings are right and wrong? I for one am certain that God's answers and teachings on creation are the only true answers. If my children ever read and learn from these public books, they have already learned the truth from the word of God and they will not be confused with the false teaching. All of us have the freedom to decide what is best for our family, our children. I just pray that everyone will always appreciate freedom and never vote against freedom when it comes to the freedom to public or home school. Prayerfully and thankfully, Roberta Lynn

In regards to the poster of 3/14/09, I think it is a public school student who posted. There are a number of errors in his/her writing and this person mentions that the classes are boring, but school is fun because there is so much to do. It sounds like this person knows from present experience. Being a former public and private school teacher, I can tell you I saw a dramatic difference between those students who were homeschooled and those not - maturity, behavior, understanding, skill level. I would get a formerly homeschooled student in my class and they were easily 1 -3 years ahead of some of my best students . Now as a homeschool mom, I can understand why. It seems just from the throught processes and writings of our forefathers who were mostly self educated or on their way to college by 16, we've dropped the ball in our expectation levels and delivery in our education system as a whole. Read original documents written by these men when they were young and compare them to even the best college graduates we have, and you become a bit underwhelmed. What happened?

I have to agree with the poster from 3/17/2009 in reference to the anonymous of 3/14/09. I have 3 daughters who only sit in a classroom for Sunday school. I am constantly being complimented on how well-behaved, thoughtful, and selfless my children are in comparison to those children who attend "regular" school. There is no way I would send my children to a school where there is no discipline for misbehavior, where children who are 'slower' than others are pushed off into a corner and ignored, where children who don't wear the 'right' clothes are ridiculed, where drugs, violence, and weapons are a likely occurence-even in kindergarten- and where teachers can't keep their hands to themselves and behave as a TRUSTED adult should. I was raised in both public and private schools and I struggled to 'fit in'. School is for learning, not for competing. Children aren't allowed to be children anymore. They're being taught sex education in kindergarten. I'm the parent. I'm the first teacher my children had and one of the few they will ever have. Colleges, if you do the research, prefer home schooled children over 'regular' school graduates because the home schoolers are more likely to study than party, are better adjusted when they leave home, and have higher grades going into college. However, you are entitled to your opinion, no matter how uneducated and uninformed you may be.

send them to public school...It's easy and it's free...Home schooling is a waste of time and besides your are socially challenging your kids. How can a kid ever grow up to be a normal person without ever having the joys of high school...i think homeschooling should only be an exception for people that dont have access to schools or for like famous kids that shouldnt risk going to school but for us normal people why not...we have nothing to fear...besides school is fun...well the classes are boring but other than that i mean there is so much to do...who would want to spend all their time being home schooled they can never meet anyone or experience anything

I think your right, but then again, I am only 11

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