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To: achilles2000

I disagree that the idea is toxic. I don’t think it’s what works best for most families, but it will be for some.

What I do think is toxic is telling new/prospective homeschoolers they can’t do it this way or that (unless there are legal requirements, but that’s another topic altogether). We struggled for years because the standard hs’ing methods didn’t work well for us. Telling new hs’ers that recreating gov school at home typically is not what hs families find works best for them is certainly necessary information.

New hs’ers need to find out what works for their family. The fewest hurdles in their way helps them the most. Certainly most families won’t find lectures are what works best for them, but it’s not a “no one does this” case either. Hs’ing goes from unschooling on one end to recreating school at home on the other. I contend none is more valid than any other.


71 posted on 10/16/2015 8:35:19 AM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: FourPeas

I’ve talked to many hundreds of homeschool families and have spoken in front of thousands. Nobody does what you claim you are doing except for those who burnout after 2 months and re-institutionalize their children. The idea is toxic because it encourages new parents who have only known the government factory model of schooling to think that it is model they can replicate at home. Because it is what they know, they do it because it is what they are “comfortable” with. Then they crash and burn. Let’s assume you are succeeding, if so you are such an extreme outlier that it is irrelevant, and the example is vastly more likely to do extreme harm than good for NEW families.


74 posted on 10/16/2015 12:28:41 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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