What are your thoughts on home schooling?

[perthblue]

Just getting a temperature check on what the people of BF think about home schooling.

What are your opinions on it? Can it be good or bad?
Any personal experience with it?
Are you electing to home school your own children?

 

[Quivorir]

Socialising is a huge part of school and that reason alone is good enough for me to think it's a bad idea.

 

[Moonwatcher]

You'd want to be well rounded in your skill set to school your kid at home. Would anyone attempt to do Chemistry pracs at home?

 

[Off The Couch]

My great niece is home schooled - She’s in what we call year 10 (she’s 15) and this is her second year. It’s due to crippling anxiety and tbh whether it works or not, it’s probably the best option for her. All her classes are online so she does interact with other kids that way. My fear is that she will add to her anxiety and develop agoraphobia

Work colleague has home schooled her son since he was 9 - there’s an association and they follow rgw curriculum and do excursions together and have catch ups so that he still has interaction. Kids super smart and he appears well balanced so it obviously works for them

 

[raskolnikov]

If you want kids who lack social skills it's fine.

 

[the_interloper]

Socialising is a huge part of school and that reason alone is good enough for me to think it's a bad idea.

Yep I'll go along with this

 

[Spirit Level]

I've always thought that primary school was 30% content and 70% teaching you how to interact with other people, socialise and function within a society.

So not a good idea

 

[FRUMPY]

makes me laugh tbh

 

[Power Raid]

Socialising is a huge part of school and that reason alone is good enough for me to think it's a bad idea.

100%. We all know what happens to dogs that aren't properly socialised from a very young age. They have life long issues with anxiety and other poor behaviours. The same risks happen with humans that are not socialised.

Even in adulthood socialisation is important of continuous learning. I see this issue with brokers and wealth managers who decide to work from home. They become depressed and other dysfunctional behaviours.

 

[Saint]

I think it probably seems easy during Primary School, but you'd want to be a very clever person to be able to not only understand all the curricula across multiple subjects, but also be able to teach them at High School/VCE level eventually. No way would you throw your kids to the wolves as teens if they haven't done it before.

I think it's setting kids up to not have a chance in academic life. And if subjects are not taught well, it will likely cause other problems (i.e. literacy and numeracy problems). Even kids who finish school taught by maths teachers aren't often great at working out mortgages, exponentials, risk etc.

It really limits the kids to non-University type employment in the future, so most professional jobs would end up out-of-reach.

And that's before you consider the social disconnect with peers. Or that the kind of people who want to home-school their kids are probably already a bit socially inept.

Distance education is a bit different because they have professional teachers and acknowledge and try to bridge the social problems.

 

[PT Bar None]

It's quasi popular in the US, isn't it?

 

[Gralin]

The current crop of home schooled politicians in the US tells me it's a terrible idea generally.

 

[revo333]

If you want kids who lack social skills it's fine.

I think if I did primary school and then home school I would have been more confident in socialising with people.

 

[blueboy25]

How can you sneak behind the bike sheds for cheeky ciggie or a vape with your mates if you are home schooled.

 

[nobbyiscool]

I don't/won't have kids, so my opinion doesn't really matter.

I have friends who do it though, and the social development issue isn't a thing because they live well-rounded lives where they dance on Thursday, they swim on Saturday, and they play hockey on Sunday and train on Tuesday. If you're committed to home schooling, you just need to be equally committed to activities that provide them the things they miss with home school.

 

[nobbyiscool]

How can you sneak behind the bike sheds for cheeky ciggie or a vape with your mates if you are home schooled.

If you haven't snuck a gatobong in pop's 60 degree shed are you even 'strayan?

 

[blueboy25]

If you haven't snuck a gatobong in pop's 60 degree shed are you even 'strayan?

Maybe its part of the home schooling science curriculum. How to build and use a bucket bong in pop's shed under extreme weather conditions.

 

[FRUMPY]

I don't/won't have kids, so my opinion doesn't really matter.

I have friends who do it though, and the social development issue isn't a thing because they live well-rounded lives where they dance on Thursday, they swim on Saturday, and they play hockey on Sunday and train on Tuesday. If you're committed to home schooling, you just need to be equally committed to activities that provide them the things they miss with home school.

whats their reason for home schooling?

I wonder why they font home-dance, home-swim, home-hockey etc...

 

[nobbyiscool]

whats their reason for home schooling?

I wonder why they font home-dance, home-swim, home-hockey etc...

I think it's just a luxury they can afford - mum was a school teacher before she had kids, dad is the wealthiest guy I know. The oldest went up to grade 2 in school, and I think they weren't happy with her development and thought a teacher with 3 kids, even of different ages (I think they're grades 6, 3 & 1 this year), could get a better outcome than a teacher with 25 kids.

I knew this guy in uni, I would go clubbing with him - I know exactly why they don't home-dance!

 

[craigos]

Socialising is a huge part of school and that reason alone is good enough for me to think it's a bad idea.

If you want kids who lack social skills it's fine.

Sounds like a fast-track to becoming a moderator on an online forum.

 

[FRUMPY]

Sounds like a fast-track to becoming a moderator on an online forum.

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[Gralin]

Just a wholesome and fun home schooling curriculum that's pro hitler.....

 

[perthblue]

The social side has been mentioned in this thread a few times, and is a definite drawback.
However, how many parents are equipped to actually teach content...plan lessons, give meaningful feedback, administer tests, make adjustments..?
I am just judging based on how I've seen parents "help" their kids with homework...it's usually not great.
Just because you school content easy, doesn't mean you are equipped to teach it to someone.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Can imagine the child would be more likely to be very insulated and socially awkward. In primary school especially, it's all about gaining those intangible skills.

I'd say it's a dying art too due to needed both parents having incomes

 

[Off The Couch]

Can imagine the child would be more likely to be very insulated and socially awkward. In primary school especially, it's all about gaining those intangible skills.

I'd say it's a dying art too due to needed both parents having incomes

It’s actually on the increase

There are groups you belong to that meet regularly for excursions etc. but presume they would also do sport, dance etc.

They must be registered and moderators come out to check the teaching plan etc

Personally I wouldn’t have the patience - parenting all of a sudden literally becomes 24/7 for 18 years