Id rather find a good teacher and,directly pay them to teach a group of neighborhood kids. Split the costs between the parents and take donations, do fundraisers, etc.
And your parents hired a private teacher to educate you directly? Really? Maybe all the homeschooling families I've known (30+ at least) were just outliers then, weird
We had regular (weekly or semiweekly) group tutoring sessions with professional educators, usually with significant career experience in the fields they taught, contracted and paid directly by the parents. Almost every home schooler I knew did. Obviously I'd have some selection bias because of that, but we associated with lots of home schooler families outside of academic settings too, and almost all of them did similar things.
Yup, indeed. I live in a small county, less than 15G pop.
Assessor and Collector and Clerk were part time jobs 30 yrs ago.
Now when you go in to pay property taxes, there are 5 beatus slob fatties that are talking to their fatherless kid on the phone.
This is what you hear...
"If I ussie my Ipod for a crowbar, kin I unstick my keypad so make my submitshun form to get the medical leave vacation/surgery?"
Home School co-ops are a real thing that needs more promotion. It also quells the concerns of "socialization". Might even build a stronger, more local community.
Years ago when I made the mistake of putting my kid in the K-12 program ,there was a group that was breaking off to form their own co-op and surprisingly it was not all white. Only reason I turned it down though was because I met some of these people before at other k-12 meetings and they bragged about how they cheated. So nope.
The socialization is actually backwards, homeschoolers have better socialization skills across a broader spectrum of ages instead of limited to their own age groups.
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Simonsaysgoat ago
Id rather find a good teacher and,directly pay them to teach a group of neighborhood kids. Split the costs between the parents and take donations, do fundraisers, etc.
glassuser ago
Most homeschoolers do the thing with hiring a good teacher and paying them directly.
Sometimesineedhelp ago
DEFINITELY not most... Have you ever even interacted with a real homeschooling family????
glassuser ago
Dude, I'm from one.
Sometimesineedhelp ago
And your parents hired a private teacher to educate you directly? Really? Maybe all the homeschooling families I've known (30+ at least) were just outliers then, weird
glassuser ago
We had regular (weekly or semiweekly) group tutoring sessions with professional educators, usually with significant career experience in the fields they taught, contracted and paid directly by the parents. Almost every home schooler I knew did. Obviously I'd have some selection bias because of that, but we associated with lots of home schooler families outside of academic settings too, and almost all of them did similar things.
Ho-Lee-Fuk ago
Team homeschool. Only way to fly.
deployable ago
Yup, indeed. I live in a small county, less than 15G pop. Assessor and Collector and Clerk were part time jobs 30 yrs ago. Now when you go in to pay property taxes, there are 5 beatus slob fatties that are talking to their fatherless kid on the phone. This is what you hear... "If I ussie my Ipod for a crowbar, kin I unstick my keypad so make my submitshun form to get the medical leave vacation/surgery?"
gentlemanadventurer ago
Home School co-ops are a real thing that needs more promotion. It also quells the concerns of "socialization". Might even build a stronger, more local community.
yewotm8 ago
You know they're gonna start bitching when it turns out that most co-ops are 100% white
by2inthemorning ago
Years ago when I made the mistake of putting my kid in the K-12 program ,there was a group that was breaking off to form their own co-op and surprisingly it was not all white. Only reason I turned it down though was because I met some of these people before at other k-12 meetings and they bragged about how they cheated. So nope.
Germ22 ago
I didn't know this was a thing. Sounds amazing.
giantthrobbingcock ago
The socialization is actually backwards, homeschoolers have better socialization skills across a broader spectrum of ages instead of limited to their own age groups.
gentlemanadventurer ago
My socialization comment wasn't directed at you, more towards those that believe the opposite of your statement.
giantthrobbingcock ago
I was only adding to your comment. :)
gentlemanadventurer ago
I'm aware, I was doing the same, well more of a clarification. Good show.