Oh and I’m sure there is massive failure in homeschooled kids too. But that’s not gonna be posted, right? Somebody that cares should post impartial articles and stats (and stats can be manipulated as we ALL know).
There is failure and success in education and the bottom line is parents, homeschooling, public or private have to be involved and kids need to be held accountable for their behavior and eduation.
Life is hard. Beer helps.
“public or private have to be involved and kids need to be held accountable for their behavior and eduation”
That’s about it—accountability, along with love and time and attention, all best served from the parents.
10 yrs of homeschooling.
Out of 16 kids...
11 graduated
3 did not (dropped out)
2 were dismissed (and it's really hard to get me to give up/kick out anyone! So, yeah, they were bad!)
1 still in school.
Then, factoring in the parental involvement, the 2 who were kicked out had parents who always made excuses for them. Also, the 3 who dropped were total mommy's boys, always ready with an excuse.
I tell my parents that I am mean, and expect them to be equally mean, and to back me up. Most of them do.
So, 11 out of 15 gives us a graduation rate of about 74%. Not great, but certainly better than Detroit's 25%!. But, of those who decided to stay in school and slug it out, our rate becomes 100%. I like that number better! (Oh, and if my math is off, remember, it is my weakest subject, and this post serves as a great reminder that tomorrow, instead of doing algebra problems, we'll be working on percents!) So, I have failures and I'll admit to them. My saving grace is that one of the little darlings who did graduate, after much work and head-banging and screaming into my pillow, was our son, God bless him!