What Don and Dan wrote: My daughter followed Dons advice to the letter, and her three kids turned out to be well adjusted, and capable adults. Even so, there was still a lot more time, effort, and intelligent decision making than most people would anticipate. Gerry
OK Don wrote: > What Dan said - especially "An alternative - get really, really involved > with their school and education. It takes far less time but almost always > yields benefits. Studies have shown time and time again that parents who > take an active role in their children’s education have higher performing > children from an educational standpoint." > > Our four kids went to "the worst" grade school in town and three ended up > attending Ivy league schools with scholarships, three have masters degrees, > one has two masters. I credit my wife's major involvement with the schools > and participation in the local gifted and talented parents association > (gifted kids get shoved aside more than challenged kids). > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > First thing to do is to see what the state requirements are for home > > schooling. > > > > http://sde.ok.gov/sde/home-school > > > > One point of concern: "Academic progress must be established and > > maintained for the child.” That means it’s up to you to make sure the > > student is screened on a regular basis to make sure they’re learning and at > > he expected education level for their age. If you slack off or don’t > > maintain this, your kid is screwed - even more so if you toss in the towel > > and send them back to public school. > > > > I say this with the most consideration for your wife - she doesn’t seem to > > stick with stuff long term, and if that’s the case, home schooling is not > > for her. You’re dealing with the education of a child and a developing > > mind. You screw this up and you’ve got a person who may not ever recover > > from the damage done - for the rest of their life. > > > > I know a couple of people who home school, my boss (four kids) and my next > > door neighbor (one kid.) Both say it takes a major commitment of time and > > effort to do, far more than they ever expected. My boss does it (I think) > > for secular reasons, I don’t know what the motivation is for the neighbor. > > > > I know my boss’s wife is going full bore full time with their home > > schooling, and they interact with a lot of other like minded home > > schoolers, so the social aspect of it really isn’t an issue in their case. > > They also do a lot of extracurricular stuff, like field trips and things > > like that. > > > > It is, for all intents and purposes, a full time job/commitment that can’t > > be blown off. As a university trained teacher myself, I wouldn’t do it. > > > > An alternative - get really, really involved with their school and > > education. It takes far less time but almost always yields benefits. > > Studies have shown time and time again that parents who take an active role > > in their children’s education have higher performing children from an > > educational standpoint. > > > > That’s my professional opinion as an educator and parent. > > > > -D > > > > > > > On Feb 25, 2018, at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > The wife is wanting to start home schooling our kid. I’m not sure if > > that is a good idea. My main concern is being socially inept later in life. > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > >> On Feb 25, 2018, at 7:12 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Home schooling is not the answer for everyone - there were a lot of home > > >> schooled kids that entered HS with our kids - some were very well > > prepared, > > >> but most were left in the dust. Not all parents are capable of educating > > >> their children, and a good number shouldn't have been parents in the > > first > > >> place. . . . > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
