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June 2011 Moms
kenyakeetah
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schooling what are your ideas poll
kenyakeetah
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Re: schooling what are your ideas poll
We moved to this town specifically so we could go to public school. We knew we wanted a large family and private school for 5 kids was not in our budget! If we hit the lotto we might do private school, I don't want my kids to live in a bubble, but I feel that public schools let kids "get away with" so much more than private schools and even though the curriculum is great in our school, the private schools a better (in our area).
ETA: if someone wants to explain the right way to "unschool" I might have a more positive light on the idea, but right now I know two people doing it and I don't see their child benefiting by it in anyway. In fact I think it's a great disservice to the child. Again, I don't know a lot about it, and I have a feeling these parents aren't doing it "right" but only teaching your child what they want to learn about seems a little off to me.
I voted SS... There's a lot of factors that will determine whether or not she ends up in public school, private school, or home schooling. If we stay where we are, I'd prefer to send her to a private school....but of course the one I like the best is like $11K to $15K a year.
So if we can't find a way to pull off the tuition I'll be home schooling her. Considering I'm a semi-professional student, I'm confident I'll be able to keep up with her work. (I say I'm semi-professional because I've got my degree, but I love learning, so I just keep taking new classes!)
However.... If MH takes a job with the naval base.... We'll be moving to an area with an outstanding public school system. Smaller class sizes, better extracurricular programs, wonderful teachers (former students have raved about them). So we'd likely go public school or home schooling if we moved there. I'm not even sure that area has a private school.
So yeah... Right now we have a lot of factors determining what happens.
I thrived in the public school system, but what scares me about the public school systems here isn't the teachers... It's the freakin' kids. The bullying is out of control in our public schools.
Ugh, and when I was bullied the other kids parents didn't care, the school "couldn't do much." I'm like, suspend his butt from school, maybe then he'll learn a dang lesson. 
Then again, I'm noticing a rise in online classes for K-12 lately... I'm watching that to see how structured that program is.... If I like it, I may go for that option and then just get her socialization at the church.
The thing is, peer pressure works both ways. If all the good parents take their kids out of schools, they'll just get worse and worse, and there will be more bullying, not less. DH teaches high school, and in reality, more often than not, the bullies in his school get put in their place by the good kids. Meeting his students and hearing his stories has given me such a great perspective. There ARE still good kids out there.
Remember, the media doesn't find stories like "good kids treat each other nicely, do well in school, and go onto college ready!" interesting, so you only hear the negatives.
What the heck is unschooling?
It is too early to tell for us. If we live where we live now, DS will go to private Catholic school (it is right up the street, affordable, and it is where we go to church). If we move, we will take the public school system into consideration. It has a lot to do with how much we will pay in taxes. If we are paying a sh*t-ton of local taxes then he will most definitely go to the public school.
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Girl, you know I love ya, but I really can't pass this up. There is so much more to teaching children than just having knowledge and continued education. Teaching is far more than just knowing how to do the work. An awesome friend of mine (who is a rock star teacher) shared this article with me. I think it gives an interesting perspective on why you can't just know a subject in order to teach it.
SS: Depending on where we live, what the schools are like, and finances, we'll either do public school or Catholic. I'd also consider Montessori for elementary school.
I went to public school K-5 and Catholic school 6-12.
SS- they will go to public school from K-5. My mom works at the school she will (hopefully) be attending and already said that she would love to pick up LO and take her with her every morning. I could also hand pick her teachers and she would have the added bonus of being known to all the teachers personally.
I am a teacher myself (although currently a sahm) and there is NO way that I am qualified to home school. There is MUCH more to school than just learning, if that makes sense. Sports, learning how to work as a team, socializing, taking turns, listening to authority, etc.
We are hoping to send her to private school from 6-12, just because the public middle schools and high schools around here are so gigantic (5,000 kids!!!).
I am definitely not an advocate for homeschooling, but...I know at least my local Y branches offer several options specifically geared towards homeschoolers: sports, classes, etc. I just can't get behind homeschooling as a whole.
i went to catholic k-6 and there is no way i am sending my child to one. when i transfered to public b.c my catholic school pretty much told my mom that they were putting me in enrichment classes where they would send me to the public highschool i was WAY behind on science and math.
my public highschool was ok, but i don't think it was the right match for me as a student.
i am not a big fan of the public highschools in our area. the kids will go to the small private school DH teaches at (it's a pretty progressive school) and we'll figure out highschool based on the kids at the time.
i'd consider home schooling, but i would rely on other resources heavily.
Exactly. We purchased a house we liked in the school district we wanted. To us it was all about the schools not the house.
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SS here. Too many factors are up in the air.
Right now my oldest DD goes to a fantastic public elementary school (she is in K, but our district has FREE all day pre-K starting @ 3 y/o, so she's been in the school almost 3 yuears). Our house is currently for sale and if we can't move before she gets to the intermediate school (3rd grade) we will explore other options (private or catholic) because the intermediate school is much bigger, with bigger classmroom sizes.
Another factor is that H & I both work for the State Dept. and he is being considered for a job overseas. If we were to move to an Embassy we would have a few choices (send the girls to an American school near the Embassy, send them to a boardign school abroad, send them to a boarding school in the States or homeschool). I honestly have no idea what we would do. I'll worry about it IF it actually happens.
Unfortunately, I'm not basing my views off of the media. I'm basing it off of my nieces and nephews in school, my friends' stories of there kids, and my BILs experiences when he was still in HS. It was bad when I was there (bullied all 4 years of HS, the other kids that stood up for me didn't make a difference and the school did nothing) and it seems to be worse now.
I have two different friends, whose kids are going to different schools and they are going through the same stuff... Their kids no longer want to go to school and are now making excuses about being sick... And these are 6 and 7 year olds. =(
Oh, trust me, I know. I have a friend who is a teacher and she can't even home school her own kids. However, I never intended to solely do the work by myself. I would definitely utilize the online resources available. I was mainly getting at when she gets stumped and doesn't know how to work through say a rough algebra problem... I'm not going to be totally clueless saying "When'd they start using letters?"
That being said.... I know I missed out on nearly everything in my biology class because I was too busy fighting tears from the torment from the three bullies behind me.... And the teacher and other students did nothing to stop it.
Because of experiences in public schools in our area, I highly doubt that we'll go through a public school here. Two of my friends kids are in the same boat I was... They aren't excelling in their classes because they are being bullied and picked on, and no one is doing anything to stop it....despite my friends numerous trips to the school.
Like I said, if we move we will definitely go through the public schools because they are smaller and have more control over bullying... I've just heard too many horror stories from family and friends experiences (in addition to my experiences) to even consider the ones in my area.
I plan to avoid the public schools if at all possible. The district we are in is currently in the process of applying for a penalty waiver to increase the class sizes up to 34 to 1. That's a lot of 5 year olds to corral and teach at once.
If we can get into a newer charter school, I would consider sending DS there. It's a 40 minute drive each way though.
I have no issues with homeschooling and my area has a number of homeschool groups that get together weekly. My city also has sports programs for homeschool kids during the regular school day to foster the interaction and team activities. I would also consider an online school for the structure and lessons.
A friend of mine from college homeschools her two girls along with a small group of other families. They bring in guest teachers for things they feel the kids would benefit from someone else instructing. She recently posted about bringing "Mr. Electricity" in for their group and he taught the principles of electricity and did labs geared toward the subject.
RE: Bullying... I was very heavily bullied from K-9. It wasn't until I was "sick" 4 days a week that my parents really went head strong into getting me into another school district. I hope that more starts to be done to address the subject.