People who are against homeschool...?

Question

okay im definitly not against it what i am against is trying to shelter ur kids from every little thing as uve probly herd i was homeschooled for 4 years and im now baq in school by my own chocie see i was lucky my mom let me make wat choice i wanted and...she has never sheltered me from the world she has always worked i have always been on my own but as i was saying some parents such as my aunt homeschools her kids and she shelters them from every single thing for example she comes to my house and sees my and my cousins hanging out with girls and the next day shes telling all my other frinds parents that i and the girls were having s*x doing drugs and drinking only 1 thing there is true ....but i do belive kids have to learn life on theyre own sure im a Christian and my mom has always taught me Christian stuff thats awesome every parent should do that but still kids have to learn how to survive the world on their own,,wich is totally misunderstood is that most homeschool parents let..

Answer 1

I'm new mom and my little son is 3

I am so protective. I want to home school him because I fear bad kids making him a bad kid. The world is a scary dangerous place.

Answer 2

did you not get taught grammar & punctuation at all? a pity.

i know people who push others to homeschool, and they do it to keep the "non christians" away from their kids so their kids won't "rebel" (ie, think on their own & question things--this IS their definition of rebel). not all are like this of course, but many many are.

Answer 3

I have mixed feelings about homeschool..I know kids who are homeschooled, the majority of which are pretty good people.  

I'm also against it because I think that a lot of times it's because parents are really protective over their kids. I know my friends mom has told me that she doesn't want her daughter to know anything about drugs or anything until she has to know. [my friends 14] I think her mom is doing her a disservice because she doesn't understand why some things in the world go on..nor does she understand that people aren't always going to agree with you or help you. I can see both sides, but I lean towards public schools because you learn a lot more, not just about books, but how to stand up for your morals and whatnot.

Answer 4

you're just mad because your aunt told on you!

I know some pretty sheltered public schoolers!

Answer 5

From what I've seen so far on here, homeschooling parents fall into two categories: either they are completely unable to express themselves in English, which means that they are incompetent to teach but do so anyway; or they have utterly false assumptions about the rest of society--thinking that the public schools are some kind of evil institution, full of terrible influences, out there to capture their precious child.

If you homeschool, the very best result that you will come up with is a bad photocopy of yourself--someone who shares either your inability to understand basic subjects, or your utterly false assumptions about everyone not in your in-group.

Answer 6

I got a good laugh about this!

First, I have a hard time believing you were homeschooled for four years considering your post.

Second. There are some homeschooling parents who ARE homeschooling to shelter their children. A lot of Evangelical Christians and other religious groups for instance. They homeschool because they do not chose to have outside influences on their children. Buy their children are still usually apart of big homeschooling groups.

I however and the 170 families in my homeschool group are *secular* or *inclusive* which means we welcome people of all faiths, no faiths and all homeschool ideologies.

However, you are darn right I am sheltering my kids, even if it is not for religious reasons. I am sheltering them from children who are being raised in a narcisistic society which is all about me, me, me. I am Sheltering them from the rampant sexuality and abuse of drugs, alcohol etc. I am even sheltering them from a goverment made school system created in the 50's that is outdated and no longer viable in the new world market.

What I am not sheltering them from is experiencing life. We have park days every Friday where for four or more hours they are left alone to explore ponds, parks and trails. They are free to interact in a truly positive way with children and connect on a deeper level rather than the shallow.

They are doing civic projects and interacting with the homeless. Voluntering at animal shelters. Traveling around the country truly exploring the "real world".

And let me tell you what happens when a homeschooled child is pressured into doing the wrong thing:

My oldest was approached by another boy in the neighborhood who wanted to give him a free *sample* of marajuana. What did my child say. "No thanks, I'm not into that." What happened? Nothing the other kid went away becuase unlike other children going to public schools, homeschooled children are taught to think for themselves. They are not embarassed about going against the crowd and not being "cool".

So why some parents are "sheltering" there children that word does not always have to be a bad thing!

Answer 7

Ok, Im for homeschooling, not to shelter him, he gets interaction with other kids, through 4-H, library craft & reading classes, field trips, pot lucks with other kids (they pick what they want to make).

I chose homeschool becuase my son is severly dyslexic, & the schools here after fighting them for 3 years refuse to even acknowlege it. We were always told "Dyslexia DOSNT exsist anymore!"

So I took his education in our hands. He went from D&F's to A&B's.

I asked my son what he likes best homeschool, or regular school, he said homeschool, becuase hes alot clamer, he dosnt feel rushed or nervous.

I felt liek i was doing the wrong thing for him, unti lI saw his grades, & how he would tell me while doing work, "I GOT IT MOM", man, thats an awsome feeling knowing hey I taught him that.

Another thing is my son is on a feeding pump every 3 hours, the school said that it was a hassel, so we told them in nice words where to go too!

I wasnt in the mood for a law suit, becuase we have enough on our plates with teaching our children right from worng.

I didnt want to teach him to be sue happy either.

I hope this helps you out too.