Education Today

[WiltonRanch]

Well said goalie guy.

Home schooling is often chosen because of religious reasons or wanting to keep kids from the influence of their peers or because of bullying.

Its most often the christian fundamentalists who take the bible literally who choose to home school.

Legacy Christian in Saskatoon taught creationism instead of evolution. They also locked kids up and physically and mentally abused them. And in one case they they were sexually assaulted by a staff member. They taught according to christian fundamentalism.

It was so bad the province intervened and now it is about to be shut down and rebranded because, surprise nobody wants their kids to go there.

If this is the type of education taxpayers are funding it is indeed very bad compared to the public system which stopped strapping the kids decades ago.

Of course right wingers and social conservatives often disagree with any discussion at school of issues that they don't agree with. They want their particular ideology taught instead of a broad inclusive look at all issues.

Many of the kids that came out of legacy in Saskatoon said the school taught them substandard crap and did not prepare them to succeed in the real world.

The same can be said for home schooling in many cases.

You are right on this one cc.

[blackpowder]

Know nothing of Legacy School.
That post fairly bigoted.
Home schooling to me means at/in the home.
I envy the homes with the resources to do it. Skills, aptitude, time, Money.
I wish I could've done it for my son starting in '19. He'd be in college now.
Instead he'll finish grade 10 next year.
I suspect I would have benefited greatly from home schooling.
Don't take the option away. More will fall through the cracks

[AlbertaFarmer5]

You are right on this one cc.

And that right there is a difference between an ideologue, and a pragmatist.

Can you imagine Chuck ever swallowing his pride and toning down the rhetoric long enough to say you are right on this one Wilton?

[agstar77]

For example?
How many other posters continuously disobeyed the simple rules of conduct so blatantly that the administrators had to permanently banish them from the adult forum?

And you know this how?

[WiltonRanch]

I know some people who have been home schooled and done alright but their parents were all in expanding their knowledge beyond the curriculum. Otherwise I know some with the social skills of a soap dish. I do not think there is anything wrong with home schooling especially for kids with social anxiety issues caused by autism. However, what I find is many of the home schooled around are religious zealots. Aside from zealots one of the local freedom fighters hasn’t had their young child in school for a couple years opting to home school but can’t see it learning much as momma has been camped by the overpass outside of town for a month. That’s bloody neglect and the hag should be taken to task.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

And you know this how?

From observation. I haven't noticed any other posters posting exclusively in Chuck's daycare and not in the commodity marketing forum. Even Austranada had his adult privileges given back. Apparently the administrators decided that Chuck was even worse than that.
If there are exceptions, let me know.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I think there are a lot of valid social, emotional and learning disability reasons to choose homeschool for certain children. And a lot of very capable parents to teach them.
Not wanting your children to learn biology such as evolution, is not amongst those valid reasons.

I begged my parents to let me homeschool back in the day. School seem like the biggest waste of time. Had to endure sitting on the bus for 2 hours, lunch hour and recess and health class and gym class and art class and countless other non-academic activities.
The academic activities themselves were aimed at the lowest common denominator, I was bored out of my tree learning at that pace.
The entire academic content of the school day could have been compressed into less than an hour and I could have spent the rest of the day being productive.
One of our sons took advantage of the opportunity when schools went back in after covid. Spent one extra year doing homeschooling in grade 9. Entirely a self-starter. Had most of his days free to pursue his own interests and help me. Went back into grade 10 far ahead of where he should have been.

[foragefarmer]

Know of someone home schooling their children who barely made it through high school themselves. They have to contact teachers they know for help with the curriculum regularly.

Didn't like the fact their children were being exposed to the real world ( gays, transgender, evolution, etc etc.).

So, they decided to take away their children's childhood, mommy and daddy will provide them with all the education and social skills they will need in the real world.

Great parenting is what is reguired when your children are in public schools, stop blaming the teachers and the curriculum.

As parents education isn't just from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

[chuckChuck]

Its parents who set the example and influence children in the early years to value education. A lot of learning occurs in the home with parents who are engaged.

But how many parents really have the time, skills and knowledge to properly teach advanced math and science?

[agstar77]

From observation. I haven't noticed any other posters posting exclusively in Chuck's daycare and not in the commodity marketing forum. Even Austranada had his adult privileges given back. Apparently the administrators decided that Chuck was even worse than that.
If there are exceptions, let me know.

So you don't know.

[Blaithin]

Know of someone home schooling their children who barely made it through high school themselves. They have to contact teachers they know for help with the curriculum regularly.

Didn't like the fact their children were being exposed to the real world ( gays, transgender, evolution, etc etc.).

So, they decided to take away their children's childhood, mommy and daddy will provide them with all the education and social skills they will need in the real world.

Great parenting is what is reguired when your children are in public schools, stop blaming the teachers and the curriculum.

As parents education isn't just from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

The absolutely number one reason I would consider homeschooling any children I might ever have is to keep their exposure to other people’s kids to the minimum. Lackadaisical parenting has lead to the school system becoming a cess pit of poor behaviour, self entitlement, and disrespect.

Think of it as propaganda. If your child doesn’t watch tv to see McDonald’s commercials and doesn’t even know McDonald’s exists, they can’t demand only McDonald’s for food. They can’t want cell phones or iPads. They can’t think drugs are super cool to fit in. And yes, they won’t be exposed to the ideas that if they feel like an outcast they must be a different gender. I have nothing against legitimate transsexuals but feel that waaayyyy too many are teenagers trying to find their place in the world and now transgender is top of the list of things to find it. When I was a teenager you’d see many suddenly become vegetarian for periods, or find religion, or become goth or emo, now it’s be transgender.

A child raised in a home that doesn’t degrade such things, but also doesn’t toss them around as things to be in the daily, is a more natural environment for a child to grow up and find their real identity, not one the society of school is currently talking about.

Children should find their own identities, not be influenced into an identity because they’re impressionable. In today’s age, this seems almost impossible.

Get them off social media. Get them outside. The easiest way to do this is get them out of the schools.

However I will say that, and this will sound slightly conceited, I think I’m open minded enough and educated enough to pull off homeschooling to a more successful degree than many who choose the path. I was recently called out for playing Devils Advocate, which according to them is a bad thing. However I see it as viewing something from different angles, not just the angle of my opinion. My biggest negative aspect of homeschooling is I like time alone and wouldn’t want to put up with kids day in, day out Lol

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Blaithin, could you help me out please. In my mission to help educate Chuck on effective debating skills, I have nearly succeeded in convincing him that LOL is not appropriate for someone of his supposed age and educational level, especially in the out of context situations where he uses it.
I think the humor of your statement about kids is obvious without including the LOL.
We all need to set a good example if we want Chuck to learn how to behave in public.