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I Think Our Kids Aren't Being Educated

... Which is why I support Homeshooling so much. Not always, as some parents are too ignorant or lazy to ensure their kids aren't just sitting around in their pajamas all day doing nothing, but if parents were as dedicated to their children as they were in the old days, it's a much better solution.

I found it incredibly ludicrous that I graduated Middle school and went to High school for a while and knew nothing about politics, government, or law. They expected me to go out and vote at 18, without teaching me a single thing about politics! They expect children to get into University and go on to have a career and do banking and get a house and car, meanwhile they are taught none of this at school. You could argue that that's the parents job, but people these days rarely teach their kids anything, they think that's what school is for.

My children will have the government curriculum, and then I'll build on that to form my own curriculum which I more approve of. This will include Latin, French, Politics, World History, Economics, cooking, farming/gardening among many others.

I've gotten a lot of bad reactions to the fact that all of my children will be homeschooled though, so I wanted to explain my personal plan, to explain a few things and to make it clear that none of my children will be forced into homeschooling. If they ever express they want to try school, they will be allowed, and they will be taught the rest of my own curriculum at home. But they can try out school if they want to. My children will have lots of freedom contrary to the traditional and strict ways I am going to raise them.

Also, they won't just be sitting around all day being in socialized. Although I know many homeschooled kids who are. That's on the parents though, not on homeschooling itself. My children will have a school time uniform and we will dedicate a certain room of the house that will serve as our "school room." They will also participate in sports and activities with other children. I'll ensure they are very socialized, just with people I approve of, not random bratty kids at school who will influence them for the worst.

Does anyone here homeschool their children? I'd love to talk if you do. 😊

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will999 · 70-79, M

Here's to you RisingVirginia. I have 2 kids, the oldest a girl, who both started at an inner suburban gov't school in Melbourne, Australia with a 'good reputation' for what it's worth. The girl worked hard, made friends that she still sees today, went on to complete a Dip. Ed. and is now a qualified primary teacher. That same school did not work as well for the boy. He went into the correct grade for his age but there were many kids in this grade who were older, underachieving and not progressing successfully through the system and it worked to his detriment to be put into that stream. I spoke to his teacher after school one day and she agreed that he was disengaged but simply had no idea why. All the signs were there but his mum and I were slow to see them because of the school's 'good reputation' among other parents in our suburb. He became disenchanted with school and he began missing activities here and there because the expected performance level was no challenge (for him). It appears that the school earned that 'good reputation' with it's safety net policy towards underachievers, but being in that group discouraged him and held him back. His mum was first to notice and said to me that it was difficult to get him out of bed on school mornings. I noticed the same thing on occasions when he slept over at my place during the week. Somehow or another we met up with a group of parents who were homeschooling their own kids mainly because their professional life or livelihood had disrupted their kids' education and as responsible parents they wanted to give them a better chance. I don't think we could have managed it on our own but linking up with a small group of other parents who were already homeschooling was a great way to begin. Right from the start his attitude, not only towards school but life as a whole changed dramatically. He became more outgoing and wanted to be with his school friends even at weekends. Instead of being a nameless number in a rabble of about fifty underachievers his learning took place in a much smaller group of about five or so kids in a kind of extended family. Parents who knew that the free gov't system had let their kids down believed that they could create a better alternative by getting involved, pooling their resources and taking personal responsibility for their kids' education. It's not for everyone. Being divorced we faced some real challenges providing for our two children in a fair, honest and reasonable way. The first and possibly hardest step we took was recognising that our son had already detached from the reputedly good state school system that had worked so well for his older sister. There's no single system that works equally well for all families. No two kids have exactly the same outlook on life. The alternative we chose for our son was more challenging for all of us but also more beneficial.