Posted on 09/14/2007 5:40:01 AM PDT by cinives
I wonder what Mom thinks is in the little dear's head when he is pretending to swordfight or playing cowboys and indians?
There’s probably not an exclusive private school nearby. However, one thing where I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt - if I had incurable cancer, I’d want my kids around me for as long as possible. I don’t fault her for that. I’m sure her version of a history or civics text would not be mine, however.
He said it as a general rule, not as a hard and fast medical directive. A choice is different than being forced into something for which you are simply not ready physically or mentally.
Another very good book on brain development is Jane Healy’s “Endangered Minds”.
The Census Bureau released this report today; thought it was interesting about the type of people who home school.
U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for September 14
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Following is the daily
“Profile America” feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14: HOME SCHOOLING
With school under way again, yellow school buses are a familiar sight
lumbering along roads all over the country. But a number of children do not
climb aboard each morning — their parents have decided to make the
extensive personal commitment to home school their children. Across the
nation, there are nearly 56 million students enrolled from kindergarten
through 12th grade. Youngsters being educated at home number 1.1 million,
or about 2 percent of the total. About half of all home schooled children
are in grades K through 5. Households involved in home schooling tend to be
made up more often of two-parent families, and families in which only one
parent is working. You can find these and more facts about America from the
U.S. Census Bureau on the Web at http://www.census.gov.
Snort. I shall translate.
"I am an elitist politician's wife who wouldn't dare put my kids into public schools so we have a tutor teach them at home...wait, we HOMESCHOOL! I can pander to the dirty masses! Now where's that reporter from the Wall Street Journal..."
(Do I seem a little too cynical?)
To your last question - yes *laughing*
However, if I had incurable cancer I’d want my kids around me as much as possible.
Single working parents think it is not possible because everyone tells them it’s a full time commitment.
Being one and having homeschooled for 6 years, I’d say that’s not true. Hmmm - maybe I should write a book on the subject of homeschooling while single.
I read Drs. Moore and Moore’s book, “Better Late than Early”.
Fantastic book.
My question about single working parents who homeschool is, who watches the children while you work, especially during normal work/school hours? Did you work a job with a 9-5 schedule, or different hours?
Another situation where satire is really not so far from reality.
You have a point there...forgot about her illness. I would too.
I think that homeschooling might be over the hump.
All of the objections to it (”socialization!” “exposure to diversity!”) have become pro-forma. They are political theater, designed to keep the sluiceway between our bank accounts and the teacher unions’ bank accounts nice and smooth. They are no longer seriously intended to discourage homeschooling parents or inspire colleges to discriminate against homeschooled applicants.
It’s much the same as the pro forma protests against the allegedly anti-social impact of choosing to privately school your children. The goal is solely to keep up property taxes and resist vouchers, with no thought that it will reduce actual private school enrollment by one student. I actually like that particular political theater, it’s actually a great demonstration of the rottenness of the system: the UAW won’t stand for a Democrat politician driving a Toyota, but with all their power the NEA and AFT have to look the other way when virtually no Democrats will enroll their kids in the Washington DC public schools or in home district public schools if they are even slightly troubled.
Here's an anecdotal answer. My sister and I both homeschool. I've always been able to stay home with my kids but my sister's had to work. When she was working full time (she's now cut back to one day a week), this is how they did it - she worked from 6-2 and my BIL would start the kids off in the morning. Then he often worked his job from 3-11. If he had an earlier shift, he would take the kids to my mom's house during the overlap, and she would pick up the homeschooling slack, with my sister wrapping things up in the afternoon. At one point Grandma was doing at least half the homeschooling, but my sister does it all now. It's got to be hard work, but it can be done, especially with willing family support.
Oh wait, I just realized that you asked about SINGLE working parents, not just WORKING parents. Very good question - I have no idea and can’t even imagine what that would entail. Although I’m sure some people pull it off, and God bless em.
Me too - I actually modeled my kid’s education on it.
This one is excellent, good director.
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