Monday, November 27, 2006
 

Homeschool Parents Are Not Experts


...except on their own children.
People often ask home-schooling families how they can be sure they are doing everything that is covered in a fully equipped school. They wonder how a parent possibly could provide all the instruction in a wide number of subjects, equal to that of 20 to 30 skilled teachers with the latest books, labs and training.
The truth is, we do things differently; we have a different learning structure. Most home-school parents are not experts in a subject, setting up a series of lesson plans, assignments, tests and examinations, but rather are learning facilitators. Read more...

Posted by gary at 11/27/2006 08:36:00 AM | 2 comments

Comments:
What scares me, is how a lot of parents think a school teacher is an "expert" on their child.
I don't owe anyone an explanation of why we homeschool, how we do it, etc. I pay taxes to the lousy public schools, I take nothing from them, or the government, so I don't plan to answer to either.
I appreciate your effort in your post, but I think it's time for hser's to stand up and say hands off, our kids belong to us, not the public, and stop trying to explain why we do what we do.
People against hsing don't want to be educated about it, they want it to go away, so the socialist America our government is heading to won't be threatened.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 11/27/2006 8:46 PM
 
Attitudes like anonymous's are what scares me. No, we don't NEED to answer or explain to anyone, well, we do have to answer to God.
They don't just wish we would go away, they are actively working toward making us go away. Don't hide your head in the sand. Do what you do with integrity and educate legislators.
# posted by Anonymous Christy : 11/29/2006 1:30 PM
 
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