Re:For many home-schoolers, parents are no longer doing the ...
by slashdev on Saturday August 26, 2023 @07:54PM
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My brother and I were homeschooled after a point, but it had nothing to do with this. We followed the same curriculum and wrote the same exams at the end of grade 12. We scored well above average and had no trouble getting into university. I was on the Dean’s list at university and my brother scored in the 97th percentile on the SATs.
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Re:For many home-schoolers, parents are no longer doing the ...
by cogman10 on Saturday August 26, 2023 @08:00PM
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And, to be clear, I'm not saying there aren't legitimate reasons to home-school nor that it can't be done well.
Heck, I'd even say that after essential skills like reading are mastered, homeschooling can lead to great results.
A lot of that depends on the motivation (or lack thereof) of the parents.
Re:For many home-schoolers, parents are no longer doing the ...
by slashdev on Saturday August 26, 2023 @08:05PM
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I think it also depends on the kids. After about grade 4 my parents were mostly hands off with our schooling. We followed the program and phoned or emailed the teacher when we had questions. Our parents just made sure we were working. Some years we had trouble with that and got behind and had to work through the summer holidays.
Buy some kids just won’t work if you’re not right behind them every day making sure they work. Others would struggle with direction in that kind of environment.
My brother tried to homeschool his kids, but it didn’t work out.