home schooling

Amanda65

fedupnow wrote: »

I don't care what anybody says. I am of the firm opinion kids respect firm boundaries. Draw them a line, let then be clear of the consequences if they cross it. Too many fuzzy, bendy rules and nobody knows where they are

Couldn't agree more - how can you attempt to rebel if there are no boundaries to try and step over ?

We should run for Government - am sure between us we could lick this into shape :T

fedupnow

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Do you never question if your son had mainstream schooled if he might have been an Oxbridge candidate? Remember when thinking about this I do not know you, your son, his abilities and am making no assumptions, merely asking a question.

Possibly, but unlikely.

I do think he may not have done as well as he has done had he stayed in mainstream school. School wasn't working for him. But, his story is just one of many.

There are so many reasons why some turn out to be Oxbridge (money quite often) but most do not.

I want to say here, that formal qualifications and a university education is not the be all and end all of what makes a person. A person's happiness and sense of well being is more important I think. We can't all be top scientists or Prime Minister.

Lots of kids leave state education with little qualifications and people just accept that they are just not academically minded. I don't see why a homeschooled child has to be super qualified to prove they aren't a 'weirdo'.

We are all different. I just want the OP to know, that if her son wants and is capable of going on to get a university education in the future - it's possible.

righter

i meant that people assumed that she had had a private education...

I listen to the kids on the bus and the kids in the shop where i work,the talk is of how sick they were after getting drunk on the weekend,what colour to paint their nails,who sleeps with who....stereotyping for sure...but its not nice listening to it

Yes Schools should tackle bullying and lack lustre teaching...how long shall we give them...i`ve given them 28 years so far...I tried engaging with the education system, to sort things out...it does not work

patchwork_cat

I have had a similar debate on MSE recently. Teaching is a vocation and too many people believe that teaching is a job. It is what was called in my day a vocational qualification along with nursing and medicine.

I agree that there are good and bad schools and that is where the problem lies. As to salary I feel that there are great swathes of the public sector whose salaries are not commensurate with their roles and others where the public sector are underperforming for their salaries and roles! Another discussion on quangos etc. I feel!

That is exactly why I feel the OP ought to look around for an alternative school before making the huge decision to home school as I feel it is not a decision to be made lightly or before other educational establishments have been tried. I am sure you did not jump into the decision without lots of research.

fedupnow

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Very few young people of 15 will know what they want to do with their lives and even fewer will know what qualifications will be needed. Anyone responsible for their child's education should encourage them to keep as many options open as possible by not dropping vital subjects and certainly not when they have actually enjoyed the work.

Yep, he could change his mind. But, we did cover science, he just didn't sit the exam, he could sit it now or in the future should he wish to.

Maybe he will.

righter

I agree about home-schooling not being "hot housing". I am not expecting to turn out a genius...just someone who engages with the world and does not lose her life long interest in learning.

The school system fills a bucket,home education(and some families whose kids are not HE`d) light a fire

patchwork_cat

righter wrote: »

i meant that people assumed that she had had a private education...

I listen to the kids on the bus and the kids in the shop where i work,the talk is of how sick they were after getting drunk on the weekend,what colour to paint their nails,who sleeps with who....stereotyping for sure...but its not nice listening to it

Yes Schools should tackle bullying and lack lustre teaching...how long shall we give them...i`ve given them 28 years so far...I tried engaging with the education system, to sort things out...it does not work

Yes this is a worry, but would they be any different if they were homeschooled? My DS and DD are not as I have said homeschooled or privately educated and they certainly don't talk like that. Before anyone says you just don't know, yes I do!

fedupnow

patchwork_cat wrote: »

I have had a similar debate on MSE recently. Teaching is a vocation and too many people believe that teaching is a job. It is what was called in my day a vocational qualification along with nursing and medicine.

I agree that there are good and bad schools and that is where the problem lies. As to salary I feel that there are great swathes of the public sector whose salaries are not commensurate with their roles and others where the public sector are underperforming for their salaries and roles! Another discussion on quangos etc. I feel!

See? We can find common ground. I totally agree. :T

And, to answer your other question. No we did not go into it lightly - agonised over it ... researched some ... and then some more. That is what the OP is doing. She is guaging the opinion on a public forum. I'm quite sure she won't make the decision based entirely on mine or yours.

I hope she reads those sites I linked to. Speaks to others in her area, see what local support is available and make her decision based on what is best for her son.

Fang_3

fedupnow wrote: »

No, she admits he had a reputation in the first year which the teachers are refusing to let go.

I don't think so. More like he was a disruptive, and dare I say it - bad, child and still has that reputation now. That's his own fault, and he will have disrupted the education of other, better, children, and that is not fair or right. So he should be removed.

fedupnow

Fang wrote: »

I don't think so. More like he was a disruptive, and dare I say it - bad, child and still has that reputation now. That's his own fault, and he will have disrupted the education of other, better, children, and that is not fair or right. So he should be removed.

Maybe you're right - maybe he is bad through and through but that is not what the OP posted.