[ SECRET POST #4496 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4496 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Homeschooled kid here. No, I don't have links offhand, but a few things that most people don't know: homeschooled kids are more likely to pursue degrees, more likely to be happy, and more likely to marry. (I participated in this study.) A recent study showed that the educational level of the parent was irrelevant to the child's success, which just goes to show that it can be more important to have an adult with a personal interest in the child's success than to have a 'highly qualified' teacher.

Of course there are bad homeschooling parents. But they are by far in the minority. From what little statistics are available, homeschooling parents are not more likely to abuse their children than those that attend public school. Cases where abuse occurs in homeschooling families is publicized because it fits the narrative that homeschooling parents are crazy religious nuts, which it seems a lot of people here believe.

And the demographics of homeschoolers? Increasing in diversity year by year, from the income and educational level of the parents to the race and ethnicity of the parents, along with religious views. I heard about a family that sold their house and went on the road with their four/five kids, homeschooling while they traveled the country. People homeschool for a LOT of reasons these days.

I'm in a mom group and most of the moms are interested in homeschooling but feel unqualified, and I think that's sad. If you need help teaching highschool math or other difficult subjects, there's online classes available, and increasingly, charter schools, too. The growth that the homeschooling movement has seen is incredible, and that means increased resources. I'm talking group classes set up by a local homeschooling group, proms, social events, and more. Some children are even homeschooled for a few years to focus on a particular needed subject (whether for special needs or something else) and then attend public school once they're caught up. Homeschooling is flexible in a way public school simply can't be, and some children need that.

I cannot tell you how often I hear about parents worrying about bullying that has led to PHYSICAL BEATINGS, vomiting every morning before school, and other reactions to the trauma, and they KEEP THEIR KID IN because they feel helpless. And often, they are. Public schools are massive bureaucratic systems, no matter how motivated and wonderful the teachers are. My sister was a music teacher at LAUSD for a couple of years. The person she replaced kept the job for 8 months without showing up to work. He finally quit. They never caught him literally never showing up to work. I wish public schools were better, I really do. And some are great.

Some are not. It should be the right of the parents to make the call about what is best for their child, not a bureaucracy.

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[(Anonymous)]

I think I love you.

[(Anonymous)]

This makes me sad, good for you and the kids whose mothers can afford (and are willing t) stay at home and take over their kids education, but what about the rest? If the school is so horrible as you describe it...? :(

[(Anonymous)]

Why is "more likely to marry" seen as plus?! More conservative and interested in gender roles, maybe. Marry, have kids, spend the rest of your life homeschooling them and for the girls repeat?