This week's entry comes from Jim Jenkins, a homeschooler from the southeast US:
If you and your child are not suited to home-schooling, then don't.
We successfully home-schooled two daughters. They are both home-schooling their children today.
Our third daughter did not want home-schooling. All our attempts to build an environment that she could accept for home-schooling failed. In her teens, she insisted on formal schooling. Now she is the mother of a bright child, but she refuses to even consider home-schooling.
I hope you can do better with _all_ of your children, but - if you can't - please do not try to force it.
Read more about this project here or add the 52 teachers 52 lessons tag to your favorites. Email your entries to teachforeverATgmailDOTcom. Week 17 will be posted next Monday, May 11th.
2 comments:
One of my students now (well not anymore, but this year) was home-schooled. Unfortunately she fell so far behind that she had to be put in a regular classroom. Her anxiety about going to school caused a HUGE problem. She literally had to be dragged into school each day, and sat with a trash can by her desk so she could vomit.
Not only was she anxious, her parents coddled her and allowed the behavior to become acceptable.
What exactly do parents have to do to prove they are capable of providing a competitive education for their children?
I found this blog through 100 Essential Blog Posts for the First-Year Teacher. I am seeking my degree in education and I am a homeschooling mother. The judgment Moe expresses and the example he utilized shows a disdain for home educators. While some children fall behind in the home setting a proportionate amount fall behind in a public school setting also. If that was not the case then there would be no need for state or federal programs to revamp an attempt at raising lagging scores. It is vital for educators, no matter the area or opinion, to build bridges. Home educators deserve to build bridges with licensed professionals and refrain from criticism. Likewise, the licensed professionals deserve to do the same. Although an overripe apple affects the whether other apples are palatable or not: One bad home educator does not a corrupt home education system make. The inverse is also true. Please, if you desire respect apply it first. Build bridges, build excellent learners and build a community.
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