Not Another Homeschool Blog

I am sure you know the stats by now.  Homeschoolers test better than public school students.   Homeschoolers are highly sought by colleges, especially Christian Colleges, and also Ivy League.  Homeschoolers seem to excel across the board. But this is the average.  If there's a high, there's got to be a low.  What about in the case where the child HAD to homeschool because there was no way she was going to keep up in school.  What about the kid who left high school on an IEP that had him destined for hard labor at best. These kids may not come out at the top of the Standardized Test scale, but they still have redeeming value that makes them college material and successful business people thereafter. This is a story of a young man in particular who had such an experience.  He went to public school through middle school, then had no choice but to homeschool for high school.  He started off behind the ball, so to speak. In four years, he...

I feel bad for you, the undocumented alien students who want to go to college, but is it really fair to demand entry into colleges without first taking steps to becoming legal residents?   About 200 protesters rallied inside the Capitol to protest the state's new immigration reform law scheduled to go into effect on Friday. Many of the demonstrators said they were undocumented students at metro Atlanta high schools...  "It is not OK for all these students to sit at home with all this talent and not be able to go to college," Guerrero said. "I'm not OK with knowing there are 74,000 undocumented students in the state of Georgia."    Full story here  My problem is not with these kids wanting a college education, but that they are undocumented. Yes, your parents brought you into the country when you were young and you could not do anything about it. Yes, you finished high school, and want to go to college. Yes, recent rules are preventing you to do so...

My son is spending the week at the SCAD Atlanta Summer Seminar program and living on campus.  He is only 20 minutes away, but to me if feels like he's on the other side of the country.  As he is a naturally quiet and shy person, I thought the transition would be rough.  Normally when he's away from home it is with people he knows, but this time, not a single person he has ever met before it with him. I know he is doing well because he won't call and he won't write.  The most I am getting is one word text messages. I text to ask "is everything cool?"  He answers "yes". I text "are you having fun?"  He answers "yes". I guess that's good.... probably very good. I'll take that. FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE MY BUSINESS WEBSITE WalletPop Contributor Brighthub Contributor

My last post on People Don't Want Teachers , I mentioned how in my area, there aren't a lot of parent run homeschool co-ops but instead hybrid schools so parents can essentially check out for a few hours or even for a full day.  I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, (especially since I live my child-free Mondays) it is just an observation that parents like to take advantage of the time the kids are with teachers, meaning these teachers also become babysitters. In public schools, this is multiplied exponentially. I remember standing at the school bus stop back when my kids went to public school.  Mom's started debating year round schooling.  One mom insisted that it was necessary because parent's didn't get summers off and had to PAY for childcare during that time of the year.  She felt that if school was year round, then parents would be able to save money and not need childcare.  I was kinda floored. When I replied that childcare was not the...

 People don't want teachers... they want babysitters. My husband and I were just having a conversation about SKYPE.  He was telling me about someone he knows who got an online certificate to marry people and now he is not only marrying people, but he is doing it without ever leaving his home!... He just fires up his iPad, and he marries them virtually! I know Skype is awesome I say, while the virtual officiant thing is stupid (IMOP). Too bad that would never work for homeschool teachers, is the next thing I realize.  Too many parents want to be able to leave and go take a break when their children are taking classes and tutoring.  They don't just want to person to impart knowledge to their kids... they want them to take full charge of them...to babysit them as well. I think this is why homeschool co-ops aren't working in my area.  We had a great co-op once, but none of the parents wanted to teach or supervise.  Now, instead we are all paying private s...

It blows me away when a parent does not know that their child is failing in school. It blows me away when a parent somehow doesn't see report cards. It blows me away that schools don't require face to face meetings when a child fails a class or two or three. It blows me away that my local school charges parents for summer school classes... it almost seems like a racket.  Let the child fail with no intervention and then charge the parent an arm and a leg to take the class again. Is it just me bothered by these things. FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE MY BUSINESS WEBSITE WalletPop Contributor Brighthub Contributor

Note:  The inexpensive curriculum I purchased for my nephew were "Teacher Wraparound" editions of public school textbooks.  These books have the same page the student's edition would have, but it is a bigger page with notes written on the sides and bottom to give the "teacher" information on presenting the material to the students.  A highly involved parent with average intelligence can easily teach from these books.  Just search for "teacher wraparound" on Amazon.com with the subject you need.  Here's an example: ps.  Older editions, USED, cost just a few dollars plus shipping.  FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE MY BUSINESS WEBSITE WalletPop Contributor Brighthub Contributor