04-30-2009, 10:11 AM
Thudz Wrote:Hoofhurr Wrote:Thudz it sounds to me like you're in favor of both at the same time. That's hardly what I would call uninvolved.
I'm against strictly home schooling. The social development aspect of getting your child out of the home and away from the parent is invaluable to the child's social development. You can't get by with play dates and sports activities, it's simply not enough. At the same time I'm disappointed how public school curriculum has been dumbed down to leave no child behind. That is why my wife and I supplement with our own teaching plans and activities.
One thing to note, is that most home schooling (that I've seen) is not done in your own home. For example, (I'm guessing at the numbers) my sister in-law is in a group of about 50 or so families. Each family has different specialties. For example, about 20 kids go to one womens house for art. They go to a different persons house for certain science classes, and yet another house for literature. I don't know if that's how all of them work, but I do know that there is a lot more kid to kid interaction then I had previously thought before I knew someone who did it. Even still, I'm sure that the interaction is less then they would get in a school with hundreds of other children.
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