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| sunshine |
Posted - Aug 21 2007 : 09:03:39 AM
public school
home school
private school
this is a topic in our home lately and wondering what others are doing right now
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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| babs |
Posted - Sep 15 2007 : 11:04:04 AM
The oldest (14) is very loosely home schooled. She prefers the organization of lesson plans, to know what the goals are, and feels more secure with structure. She's taken control of her education by requesting to spend as much time as required to finish just one subject at a time. She likes to devote all her concentration to one topic. She can burn through a text book in about a month per subject doing it this way. She had her start in public school before I knew better, but that's a long story. She helps me now with my business. She does all the order wrapping and packs it up for shipping.
The youngest has never set foot in public school. Taught herself to read by collecting words in a small journal. She is an unschooler. Don't sit her down with a text book, open your door and show her the world or not at all. ;)
I love my kids.
Babs
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Sep 14 2007 : 7:49:32 PM
Homeschooled my 3 through high school. One is now a full time wife and mommy, #2 daughter is an accountant for a local business. got the job based on what she learned in high school math. #3 is working part-time in a restaurant and the rest of the time with his dad in their own business. I learned a lot right along with them. Some things I had never heard of before especially in our government and economics courses.
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| BlueRoseMama |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 12:53:23 PM
I have one in homeschool (1st grade) and one in public school (6th grade). Both work out great! :)
Val
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| nashbabe |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 09:46:20 AM
Kiddo goes to private school. Long story, but the kid has learning disabilities and is very bright. Public schools are quite weak here, dropout rate is very low, and an LD kid in kiddo's situation (long story) doesn't have a prayer in our local public school system. Therefore, I drive 100 miles a day and am broke! :-)
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| sunshine |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 8:39:00 PM
Yes that is the school they go to nice to see the temple every day. We did move away from af now we wish we where there again as it would be easier with school so yep you guessed it my husband is looking into a home in highland or alpine so we can be close to the kids school looks like we might be moving again in the near future. We live in Herriman right now Jordon school district don't want them in that district at all. Our commute to school right now is 1 1/2 hours ( traffic at that time of day normally would only be 20 minuets to 25 minuets) so we have to leave by 7 am to make 8;30 school. Kind of hard on the kids but they all love the school so much. My oldest missed the second day of school when she came back the whole class cheered that she was doing better. Just a real nice atmosphere there.
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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| katiedid |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 7:20:18 PM
sunshine, do your girls go to the private school up on the hill near the AF temple? Did you move away from AF? |
| katiedid |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 7:18:43 PM
I can certainly identify with all of the farmgirls who want to keep the kids away from the moral trash can...also-known-as-highschool! We are really sheltered here in our tiny town....we like it that way! My 12 year old daughter is alot more likely to go crawdad fishing with her friends, or make sand sculptures, or play with our litter of kittens than hit the mall (nearest one is 65 miles away) and I just fine with that! My oldest first heard of sex from a 1st grade class mate!
Homeschooling definately has it's bright spots! |
| emsmommy5 |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 7:07:16 PM
I have homeschooled all five with a short stint in a public school alternative program which didn't work out in the end. I am down to the last two with our 15 yo daughter homeschooled full time and our 17 yo daughter in college, but still needing some mom help. Everyone is healthy, happy and are turning out to be spectacular people.
Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth! |
| sunshine |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 6:24:58 PM
katidid I live near where you did and didn't want to put them in a school with 1200 kids with 30 to 40 students they are now in classes 12 to 20 students and Parents are required to volunteer to keep their children enrolled not a problem the amount of time they want I can do in less than a month easily ( 20 hours I can actually do that in less than two weeks). My kids have always tested above state scores Utah is in the 64% for the country where my kids are in the 90 to 100 % in every subject mostly above grade level. So when we moved to a bad school district I just couldn't to that to my kids make them stagnate in a class that was aimed at the low end of the scale when they where at the other end at their old school they where accepted into gifted and advanced programs. This school has none of that so we went private.
babysmama the schools our children attend have strong ethics and moral and are God centered school expulsion for bad language and things of that sort so it is a very clean environment. That is one of the reasons we choose it.
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 6:21:24 PM
we homeschool.. we have forever. I have an aspiring writer, a special effects movie maker, a musician, and all are computer geeks..
Blessings, Debra
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| babysmama |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 6:07:53 PM
Our oldest just started with homeschool pre-school this year and is doing excellent! We will be homeschooling all the children. It is not so much as the educational aspect, because I think that most public/private schools can offer a good education (though there are children that learn differently and aren't able to do as much hands on work in a classroom of 20 kids) but it is the peer aspect that I do not like. I feel strongly that the morals of this country are going downhill and some of the reason is that a lot of children/teens will follow their peers rather than their parents becuase they feel the need to fit in. It is shocking what goes on at such young ages these days. My aunt just confirmed this by saying that her 10 year old always talks about boys, her 14 year old just admitted that almost everyone she knows in school smokes or drinks or has at least tried it, there are several pregnant girls in school this year and the sexual behavior of young children is shocking. Yes, I want to shelter my children a little from this. That does not mean that they will live in a bubble and know nothing about drugs, sex, and drinking but it means that they will hopefully not be around those pressures every day. My children will be involved in 4-H and other activites but I think that the actual socialization part of public school is not always a good thing.
-Elizabeth |
| katiedid |
Posted - Sep 03 2007 : 5:59:25 PM
My kids, like Aunt Jenny's go to a great public school..in fact, it's the very same one...
I went to Back to School Night, and Julia's teacher, a very good, veteran teacher, was telling us about testing the kids...all of the kids tested close to grade level which is good, BUT...NO ONE was really advanced!! It used to be that some kids would be behind a grade or two, most would be on grade level (she's in 4th) and a few kids would be at a middle school, or even high school and maybe even 12th grade plus...this year the kids flatlined! The No-Child-left-behind act is really taking a toll on this kids. The teachers are teaching on the lowest levels, for the slowest students, and the kids who really could excell don't get the chance to shine....
It is really disturbing!!
Mrs. Peacock, Julia's teacher, encouraged us all to contact our legislators....
We need to speak out!
Thanks for tolerating my soap box!
To answer your question, Sunshine, we have always gone with public school, and a big reason we chose to live in our town was because the schools are great! Small, good teachers, good principals, active parents, of course great PTA! Good special ed...at the public school in SLC, where my girls used to go, there were 1200 students, with a class size of 30-40! This year Julia has 21 kids in her class...
Like lots of the farmgirls, we do alot of unschooling around home. Cooking, science, animals, gardening lots of life skills and fun! |
| ArmyWifey |
Posted - Sep 01 2007 : 10:48:42 AM
UrbanChick : Well honestly - most of us who homeschool do not feel talented, super intelligent or patient! We do it because we beleive it to be the best option for our kiddos/that God has directed us to. I tell people all the time I am surely NO saint! The Lord is teaching me patience through homeschooling!! That's for dang sure --- just ask my children! And you relearn lots of stuff as you go as well. Not saying you are a HORRIBLE mom just encouraging you that you don't have to be perfect either!
Holly
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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| UrbanChick |
Posted - Aug 30 2007 : 2:28:09 PM
My DD goes to public special needs pre-k, she is homeschooled as a supplement 3-4 days a week, and has a private special needs tutor 1 day per week so she can keep up with her typical counterparts. The private school she will be attending dosen't take children till they are in the 1st grade so we will keep her in public school till then. She will also be able to recieve a scholarship through the state of GA "special needs scholarship act", a voucher program, where I can take the funds they would normally pay for my child in public school and they will give me a voucher toward her private schooling every year till she graduates. She has to attend at least 1 year of public school kindergarten in order to recieve it, so we are waiting to get our voucher because that could save us as much as $6000 off the cost of tuition. And the school we are looking at for her is $14,000/year. So we are putting up with public school till she is able to go to the private school of our choice. I've had nothing but problems with her public schooling but I think it's just overwhelming for her teacher so I can't blame her, we just have learned to supplement her education so she can keep up. So it's public school for now, and then a private school later. I would homeschool full time but I have to admit I just don't have the patience and talent to teach my own child full time, I do it now but I don't really like it too much.
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| joyfulmama |
Posted - Aug 30 2007 : 12:03:53 PM
I homeschool- have for 9 years.. wouldn't trade it for anything.
blessings,debra |
| julia hayes |
Posted - Aug 28 2007 : 2:25:58 PM
Tasha..congrats for your daughter! how wonderful!! You know, I laughed heartily when I read your post..."we unschool". That cracked me up! Many people assume that we are home-schoolers. Apparently I fit a particular stereotype..whatever that is... We are not official homeschoolers but we certainly do a lot of educational type things...My son will be starting kindergarten next week in a public elementary school. We are thrilled! My daughter will go to a new preschool in the same school. I am pretty darn excited to expose them and myself to this whole process.. I was trained in the public school sector for years....post graduate degrees etc...as was my husband..He graduated from the 24th grade whereas I graduated from the 20th grade....or so we like to tease.. We feel really good about our public education options for the most part, but also feel completely comfortable and confident that if the system is just too much that we can always officially homeschool and unschool in the process. Its so wonderful that homeschool has become such a popular viable option and clearly your efforts have paid off with your daughter. So lovely!
many smiles to you,
Julia Hayes
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| GaiasRose |
Posted - Aug 28 2007 : 2:09:18 PM
I tested grace otday on her math, just to find out where she is at....2nd grade level already! I was honestly stunned! I thought max would be 1st grade. I am so proud of her I gloated all over email on her progress to grandparents and aunts and uncles!
next week I am testing her reading (we dont use curriculum as we unschool, but I use the testing to get a good idea of where she is at and it is all verbally administered.)
I am just thrilled! The kid has never set foot in a public school for her education but she is far above her peer group (especially within our local school district. Our local paper just put out progress reports. ALL GRADE LEVELS performed worse than last year and last year they were FAR below the state averages. it's a sad sad school district IMHO.)
So I just wanted to brag a little since we were talking about it all....I'll probably blog about it too ;)
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| sunshine |
Posted - Aug 28 2007 : 11:35:57 AM
hadn't heard of that one
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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| sleepless reader |
Posted - Aug 28 2007 : 11:29:35 AM
We homeschool through a Charter, so how about "Public Homeschool" !?
Sharon
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| farmgrlchick |
Posted - Aug 25 2007 : 6:06:46 PM
We are Homeschoolers. I L O V E it! It's not for everyone, Do what's best for your family.
Farmgirl Blessings,
Theresa
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| wallflower |
Posted - Aug 24 2007 : 09:03:34 AM
My kids attend public school. I thought about homeschooling, but my oldest is very strong-willed, and I don't think it would have been a good student-teacher relationship. I keep on top of what they are learning, so I can explain things I need to, or interject our Christian beliefs when they may be overlooked or undermined. I think my kids are well balanced, and, some kids at school need a Christian perspective, which my kids can offer.
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| ArmyWifey |
Posted - Aug 24 2007 : 07:10:17 AM
We have been homeschooling since 1997 - haven't offically started this year but kids are doing things such as helping build fence, work cattle and such while we are STILL waiting on a house.
Love homeschooling as it allows us the freedom to include all of life in our studies, base our curriculum on our worldview(Biblical), teach to the children's strengths and weaknesses and be off when we need to (military).
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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| sunshine |
Posted - Aug 23 2007 : 1:58:55 PM
I am hoping the tummy thing will be better as I think she will not stress so much here as her class has 12 kids in it so more 1 on 1 with each child i am hoping this will make her feel better the school.The two schools are christian schools that are based on the beliefs of my religion (LDS) so God, son and holy ghost are definitely in the curriculum along with art science music pe math and so on..
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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| mommom |
Posted - Aug 23 2007 : 11:23:57 AM
My youngest son was home schooled by me for two years because of illness. The older three went to public schools. When my twin girls were seniors their grades were high which meant they could go to college as well as high school and the school paid for the college. After graduating high school they were sophomores at college and did graduate from a two year college with an Associates Degree. I think it all depends on where you are, your children, you, and what is best for them. Your choices for the three girls sounds very intrigueing. Good luck to them in the new school year and may our little "tummy" do good! Mommom |
| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Aug 23 2007 : 10:35:30 AM
My children go to public school.
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