One of the main reasons we chose homeschool is because our school system sucks. When my older son was in kindergarten his teacher was a bitch (not a word one would likt to use to describe a kindergarten teacher), he constantly got bullied (IN FUCKING KINDERGARTEN!!!!) and the principal told us 'its just kids being kids' Oh, and when we complained to the school board, who do you think it was that we had to talek to? The husband of the teacher. It was a dead end road and we decided we did nto want to subject our children to this.
As time went on, we realized that each of our children have different strengths and weaknesses when it comes to learning. My older son had a stroke when he was born. it seems that one result of the stroke is that he does not comprehend things the way others do, and has trouble with the way some topics are explained. We often have to seek out alternative methods of explaining these to him. There is no way he would get this kind of specialized instruction in public (or even private) school. No doubt in my mind he would be in 'special education' classes in public school when, in reality, he just learns differently than most people. Not sure if it is just 'the way he is, or as a result of the stroke (and I really do not care), but he would not thrive in public school..at all.... When it comes to certain subjects such as math, my younger son is a lot like me. He does not follow the traditionally taught steps to solve a problem...just like I used to do. He is only in the 4th grade, so there is not a big need, at this point, for the 'show your work' instructions - which I used to hate. He thinks about solving problems differently and most times, even if he 'showed his work' it would not make sense to anyone but him (and possibly me). This is another case wehre he would likely get labeled in public school - and likely get poor grades for not following the instructions. And I understand every child is different, but schools (public or private) cannot tailor the curriculum for each individual child,so they must tailor them to fit most children. I know that homeschooling is not for everyone, and I know form previous debates not everyone thinks homeschooling should be a viable option, but for my children, there is no doubt in my mind, homeschooling is the best option. I think that if they were in public school, they would not thrive nearly as much as they do at home. On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > "there is an enormous rant behind that paragraph, but almost everyone on the > list has heard it several times, so I will refrain. Bottom line, the kid is > 21 now and in his weaker subject no worse off than his peers; in his better, > quite a bit ahead. This because I declined to let the schools system make > him a statistic. And yes, he was dually exceptional, with ADD, problems with > fine motor skills, and an IQ of 140.....and they had the test scores to > prove it. They just weren't going to do anything about it until he failed a > grade. Over the fact that his teacher would not accept his homework because > of his handwriting. I'll shut up now." > > I feel your pain. Similar situation with one of my children which is why > she is at a private school now. Her treatment by the school was so bad, > that a teacher encouraged us to take the school to court. > > My other two children are at the same public school and it works great for > them. > > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - > Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go > out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
