What do you think of Homeschooling?

[Cat_On_A_Poptart]

2x +7 = 15

Get it right. Cookie for you

That's pretty easy.
2x + 7 = 15
2x = 15 - 7
2x = 8 (divide both sides by 2)
2x/2 = 8/2
x = 4
Cookie pls?

 

[le quack]

That's pretty easy.
2x + 7 = 15
2x = 15 - 7
2x = 8 (divide both sides by 2)
2x/2 = 8/2
x = 4
Cookie pls?

Cookie fo u. want a harder one

 

[Cat_On_A_Poptart]

Cookie fo u. want a harder one

Uh.. I'll pass. Thank you for the cookie though :3

 

[billyguy1]

That's pretty easy.
2x + 7 = 15
2x = 15 - 7
2x = 8 (divide both sides by 2)
2x/2 = 8/2
x = 4
Cookie pls?

I'm impressed...

 

[Cat_On_A_Poptart]

I'm impressed...

Eh, that's easy stuff though. In reality, I'm just a lazy ass who doesn't like doing math.

 

[Blazerboy | Noah]

i learned a lot of the preschool and kindergarten thru 1st grade stuff before i even entered preschool, so i was well ahead of my classmates, but i wasn't homeschooled, i just watched a lot of educational programming for fun. as a person who really depends on the social aspects of school to keep myself from turning into an even more anti-social freak than i already am, i can say i prefer public schooling. the teachers that teach my classes really care about what they do, and i feel like i learn better from a person instead of from a computer. plus, public schooling got me into my first relationships and really kept me interested in learning, since i wanted to be friends with the cool, smart kids.

 

[Harmonicat]

This is my opinion on the whole thing, and has always been a somewhat similar stance.

Homeschooling can be good, and typically is brought on by the parents simply doing what they see fit for their child's education. Homeschooling usually comes out of 3 things: the parents feeling their education system is better then the schools, religious reasons, or "bullying" reasons and all of that.

Now, I have no problem with homeschooling. If a parent wants that for their kid then by all means it's fine. My problem starts to come in when the parents either:

A. Don't involve their kid in much socialization and he/she ends up just being awkward and unable to communicate with every day chat. I see this with lots of homeschoolers, and it makes it frustrating. It can be really hard to talk with them sometimes because they really just don't talk normally. Now, this obviously isn't the case with everyone. Not every home-schooled kid turns out an anti-social awkward teenager, but it does happen.

B. Don't really keep up with their children on their studies. Lots of times they'll just sign their kids up for a website and don't check up on them to be sure they're getting it done. I see this with LOTS of homeschoolers, and it teaches them to slack off because they don't get any consequence for turning in something late or missing something. In school, if you turn in an assignment late, the teacher will sometimes reject it right in front of you or get after you for it. But because the computer doesn't do that to you you don't take it as serious.

Now, this is something I'm seeing on this forum that kind of bugs me. You'll see people say "I love homeschooling! I get more time to play video games!" and I can honestly say I think this is awful reason to enjoy homeschooling. The goal of homeschooling is not to get you to play more video games, it is, as said earlier, for school teaching purposes or religious purposes. Video games shouldn't become part of a schedule or something you're just trying to get through school to do. They should become a past time, not a priority. These are just my opinions, and I know some might disagree with them, but none the less I think they're worth noting.

 

[KorStonesword]

This is my opinion on the whole thing, and has always been a somewhat similar stance.

Homeschooling can be good, and typically is brought on by the parents simply doing what they see fit for their child's education. Homeschooling usually comes out of 3 things: the parents feeling their education system is better then the schools, religious reasons, or "bullying" reasons and all of that.

Now, I have no problem with homeschooling. If a parent wants that for their kid then by all means it's fine. My problem starts to come in when the parents either:

A. Don't involve their kid in much socialization and he/she ends up just being awkward and unable to communicate with every day chat. I see this with lots of homeschoolers, and it makes it frustrating. It can be really hard to talk with them sometimes because they really just don't talk normally. Now, this obviously isn't the case with everyone. Not every home-schooled kid turns out an anti-social awkward teenager, but it does happen.

B. Don't really keep up with their children on their studies. Lots of times they'll just sign their kids up for a website and don't check up on them to be sure they're getting it done. I see this with LOTS of homeschoolers, and it teaches them to slack off because they don't get any consequence for turning in something late or missing something. In school, if you turn in an assignment late, the teacher will sometimes reject it right in front of you or get after you for it. But because the computer doesn't do that to you you don't take it as serious.

Now, this is something I'm seeing on this forum that kind of bugs me. You'll see people say "I love homeschooling! I get more time to play video games!" and I can honestly say I think this is awful reason to enjoy homeschooling. The goal of homeschooling is not to get you to play more video games, it is, as said earlier, for school teaching purposes or religious purposes. Video games shouldn't become part of a schedule or something you're just trying to get through school to do. They should become a past time, not a priority. These are just my opinions, and I know some might disagree with them, but none the less I think they're worth noting.

I homeschool (to the best of my knowledge) because my mom used to teach and she figured she'd try it with us and it worked out, as well as for some religous reasons. She's also pretty strict about not allowing me to sped 20 hours a day gaming and goofing off. Due to my religion as well as the homeschool group I'm in, I go to a pretty decent amount of social events, and have all my life. Though in my personality I just hate asking people for things, or randomly talking to people for no reason. I can even remember not asking for stuff as a kid all that often because I hated asking people for things. I'm sort of anti-social, but once I get to know someone decently, I will be pretty open with them.

 

[Zado]

Cookie fo u. want a harder one

ill take it #GimmedatCookie