We have at least one academically successful child whose public school education has not required me to teach/reteach at home. I can think of one exception that occurred during the 4th grade when daughter was being taught three different ways to divide. That confused her a lot and set her back for a while. She eventually figured out on her own what worked best for her. Though I took one semester of Latin in college, I could not have taught her what she learned in public schools. I took one semester of German in college, and I could not have taught her 3 years worth of high school German. I could not have taught her one word of Chinese, and she has had 3 years worth. I could not have taught her Arabic either. Maybe you’re a better mom than I. And daughter is not done with high school, so I can add another year to each of those languages except Latin by the end of this academic year. The only help my husband and I have offered this particular daughter as far as her public school education goes involves keeping her fed, dressed, and in reasonably good health. And we’ve had to purchase materials for various projects over the years.
I can think of a few other exceptional students in public schools. It is rare, but it does happen. Could our daughter have skipped high school altogether and gone to college after the 8th grade? Probably. Our oldest did. But it was a good thing for our second daughter to learn the things she’s learned at a horrible high school that is largely populated with anchor babies and illegal aliens. Some of the best students at daughter’s school are in bad situations.
Your comments are just as anecdotal as mine.
Where are the carefully controlled education studies that show **exactly** :
— where is the student acquiring their knowledge ( home, school, elsewhere)?
—who is doing the teaching ( parent, the child himself, the teacher, tutor, tutoring center, friends, relatives, trips to museums and historical sites, or study groups as is common with Asians)?
— how is the learning acquired ( textbooks, lectures, TV, video, library, home reading material, etc.)
Since who, where, and how are ***fundamental*** to all learning I would think that any government teacher or college professor of education would be able to **immediately** post links to these scientific studies of education.
One more thing: I bet if we were to review your family’s homelife ( kids and parents) and our homeschooling family ( kids and parents) we would quickly learn that our habits were very very very closely similar both educationally and otherwise.
Your comments are just as anecdotal as mine.
Where are the carefully controlled education studies that show **exactly** :
— where is the student acquiring their knowledge ( home, school, elsewhere)?
—who is doing the teaching ( parent, the child himself, the teacher, tutor, tutoring center, friends, relatives, trips to museums and historical sites, or study groups as is common with Asians)?
— how is the learning acquired ( textbooks, lectures, TV, video, library, home reading material, etc.)
Since who, where, and how are ***fundamental*** to all learning I would think that any government teacher or college professor of education would be able to **immediately** post links to these scientific studies of education.
One more thing: I bet if we were to review your family’s homelife ( kids and parents) and our homeschooling family ( kids and parents) we would quickly learn that our habits were very very very closely similar both educationally and otherwise.