Um, is everyone reading the homeschooling thread on CEP?

[rootbeerfloat]

Yes. What else am I going to do while I sit in my office and otherwise fail at life?

[redheadbaker]

Opened the thread, saw it was 10 pages. Then I saw that AW was the first reply and it made sense.

[bowies]

YES.

America - raising kids in a bubble so they can't cope with the world. Trump 2016!

[Deleted]

I just don't understand why people that are good homeschoolers and doing it all well would object to being checked in. Especially if that means that other children being forgotten, abused, malnourished etc. Are identified.

[Deleted]

I need a tl;dr of the 4000000000 word article.

[ssmjlm]

I don't get homeschooling. I mean I'm smart I have masters degree, but hell if I want to attempt to teach my child. I wouldn't know where to begin or what tools are needed.

[jssymom14]

We had a student who couldn't pass basic world geography, algebra I, etc as a freshman. He was homeschooled by his mother who told us she only had her GED and got a B in every class including chemistry! Totally legit I am sure.

[jeaniebueller]

I can't believe I started a thread that has that much excitement! And brought AW out of lurkerdom.

[mlt]

I was but then I got too insulted/depressed right about halfway through and stopped.

[curbsideprophet]

Aug 27, 2015 20:06:57 GMT -5 @this said:

Aug 27, 2015 19:59:48 GMT -5 @sessalee said:

I need a tl;dr of the 4000000000 word article.

DO THE TIME.

I read a good portion of the article but I eventual gave up.

[osulori]

Aug 27, 2015 19:56:07 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Opened the thread, saw it was 10 pages. Then I saw that AW was the first reply and it made sense.

I might have done a C. Montgomery Burns style "exxxxxcellent" at my desk when I saw AW had chimed in. Thank god I had some openings this afternoon!

[mlt]

Also it's SO WEIRD how the homeschooling advocate can't, um, type or spell.

[spk926]

To be fair I will say I have seen some families do a great job at homeschooling and their children are at or beyond grade level and well adjusted.

BUT most of the time when I get a student that has been "homeschooled" it's not a good experience. They are often so far behind and the parents refuse to believe it and just think we're not challenging them enough.  It's typically not a good experience. 

[pugz]

I was just thinking about starting a thread about homeschooling here the other day. I have lots of thoughts, lol.

the anti-vaxxers in my area have started to mobilize and form their own preschool co-ops, a precurser to homeschooling I assume. These are non-religious people. None have a background in education

[Deleted]

Aug 27, 2015 20:11:58 GMT -5 @this said:

Aug 27, 2015 20:09:39 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

I read a good portion of the article but I eventual gave up.

Ohhhh the article. I didn't read that either. Sorry @sessalee, I was public schooled.

Fucking public schools, teaching kids and stuff. Sheesh. 

[rootbeerfloat]

Aug 27, 2015 20:17:38 GMT -5 @this said:

Isn't flgirl the one who claimed to exercise her fetus in the womb? Or something? Am I making that up? lol

I only remember she got a lot of shit about her older son sharing a room with his youngest sibling.

[ny96]

I like the comment about how a child's education should be none of the government's business, because do we really need a country full of productive contributing citizens.

[bowies]

Just once I need one of the GBCN eccentrics to be from, like, Massachusetts or something.

[thebreakfastclub]

Aug 27, 2015 19:56:07 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Opened the thread, saw it was 10 pages. Then I saw that AW was the first reply and it made sense.

I just now realize who that is. She was on my birth month board. Ugh

[jeaniebueller]

I can't believe that she doesn't see the irony in arguing the government needs to stay out of her schooling, but it's no problem with her legislating other people's uteruses.

[thebreakfastclub]

Aug 27, 2015 20:17:38 GMT -5 @this said:

Isn't flgirl the one who claimed to exercise her fetus in the womb? Or something? Am I making that up? lol

She has made some dubious claims. I need to do my due diligence, but I think her kids were doing gymnastics moves and could eat perfectly off of fine china by 12 months. Or something like that.

[rugbywife]

can someone clarify for me if lurkingaw is who I think it is? (adam.s.wife?)

[jorja]

I was homeschooled for middle school.

Completely non-religious reasons. My mom has a degree in education, and always wanted to do it, but didn't. I got involved in some pretty nasty meal girl shit in 5th grade, and after seeing what middle school did to my older cousin, she decided that was a good time.

Totally agree that it shouldn't be allowed for just anyone, and that there needs to be a lot of oversight. I believe she had to submit lesson plans, and I had to pass the normal standardized tests.

I'm normal, though, I promise!

[glinda]

There is a woman I know as a friend of a friend who is homeschooling her kids and is barely literate. I am not exaggerating or being mean, it's something she admits. I just don't understand it.

[bowies]

Aug 27, 2015 20:49:33 GMT -5 jorja said:

I was homeschooled for middle school.

Completely non-religious reasons. My mom has a degree in education, and always wanted to do it, but didn't. I got involved in some pretty nasty meal girl shit in 5th grade, and after seeing what middle school did to my older cousin, she decided that was a good time.

Totally agree that it shouldn't be allowed for just anyone, and that there needs to be a lot of oversight. I believe she had to submit lesson plans, and I had to pass the normal standardized tests.

I'm normal, though, I promise!

Totally anecdotal but it feels like it's morphed from this rare, highly circumstantial decision into an extreme way to exert total control. It just doesn't read as healthy for any party. I'm not against it totally but I want a lot of oversight because unfortunately I think a lot of these kids need to have an advocate in their lives that aren't their parents.

[chedifuen]

It's insanity! I would like to have more time to post in it but I'm busy being a cog in the 9 to 5 wheel.

[mrsfarmer]

My coworker was homeschooled and has absolutely no people skills whatsoever. Her grammar and spelling are also terrible.

[mcfelix]

Nope. Homeschooling is not something I'll entertain.

Now I'm off to read the thread on CEP!

[hermione]

I have a dumb home school question. Does a parent have to be the teacher or can you hire someone to home school your kid?

Disclaimer: I have no intention of home schooling my kid and if I did I would expect and support monitoring of such a thing.

[redheadbaker]

Aug 27, 2015 20:29:56 GMT -5 @this said:

Aug 27, 2015 20:24:39 GMT -5 bowies said:

Just once I need one of the GBCN eccentrics to be from, like, Massachusetts or something.

I don't think AW is in FL. Sooooo we got that going for us...

She's in Ohio.

rugbywife, it's adamwife. Adamswife was a different poster on the old cooking board.