Posted on 05/14/2010 12:23:51 PM PDT by BruceDeitrickPrice
Free time?
Wife’s career?
Second income to support your lifestyle?
Cable TV?
Adult toys?
Expensive vacations?
or, homeschooling your kids.”””
Can you & your spouse work on different shifts to homeschool the kids?
I want to see cooperative homeschools.
Why can’t I be paid to homeschool other peoples kids too? Just a few should be OK.”
A perfect term to use-a cooperative.
Might be worth talking to a lawyer.
Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama is trying to get them back..................
There are places in the country where a house is affordable on one income. Seriously, there are.
“(after I explained taxes to my six-year-old, his response was, “But that’s STEALING, Mom!”)
LOL! Smart kid.
I am in Southern California, and there are so many wonderful options like co-ops. What we do isn’t “my vision” of what I want for homeschooling, but as a single mom who has to work and still wants to home school it’s the best of all worlds.
My daughter is in kindergarten - she goes to school 2x a week, and I home school 3x a week. There’s only 6 kids in her class.
It’s their curriculum (Bob Jones) - I’d like less workbook work, but for now, it really works for us. There are at least 4 other schools that are similar in style and substance nearby. The teachers and parents who help in subjects get paid based on how many kids are enrolled. Tuition is very minimal.
There are tons of options out there if people look for it. I agree with another poster - I don’t want my daughter to have to butt heads with a teacher because of what is taught in class is so different than what is taught (or allowed) at home.
I can’t imagine ever putting my daughter into a “normal” public or private school.
Free time?
Wife’s career?
Second income to support your lifestyle?
Cable TV?
Adult toys?
Expensive vacations?
how about none of the above. we cannot afford private school. as for homeschooling.... i have a high school diploma, an associates degree from a community college, and a 15yr old son who is way smarter than i am. he is in advanced math classes and NJROTC. those are things i cannot provide in a homeschooling situation. i also have a very active 4 yr old who needs plenty of my time and attention. she would be disruptive of any homeschooling. please do not assume that those of us who send our children to public school are selfish and more interested in our own pleasures than our children’s education. we are fortunate in that our public school is a small town, conservative district with parents who stay involved and engaged. we don’t sit down and let a bunch of alinsky-ites teach our kids that communism is great and personal responsibility is child abuse. we can improve the public school system if we get involved and hold the administrators responsible. demand a better education for your child in the system your tax dollars support.
Not sure of your State or local laws, but that might become a daycare and be regulated.
Yes, we can call in “My Home Tutoring” hhmmmm
Find an abled and trustworthy teacher and pay them a small fee (maybe pay by the week or month) to home school your kids. This person does not need to know the answer to everything, thats why teachers’ books have the answers after all.
Reading, Writing, Math etc... field trips to the zoo, the museum etc Sounds like a great idea to me.
“Lincoln freed the slaves.”
Actually, he didn’t. The 13th Amendment did that. They teach in public schools that Lincoln freed the slaves, but no.
I know.but it fits............
Ping
Another reason for the separation of school and state.
Part of what I hate most about the institution of school is that it is an institution and people can not free themselves from the infrastructure. All that influence by your child’s peers is not necessary. The urban public high school ITSELF is a horrible thing to do to a child. Never mind what they are doing inside the classrooms.
Bells clanging, us-versus-them mentality, gates, imprisonment (especially if an act or G-d or of man occurs - try and get your child out if there was a shooting or an earthquake), walking in hordes, hall passes, drugs, competitive dressing, etc. I understand this treatment is necessary if someone has broken the law and SENTENCED to doing time, but otherwise, why do this to a good young person?
Right. Even a single mom could do it; she needs an in-home caregiver who will follow her instructions while she's not home, and she needs to do most of the schooling during the hours she is NOT working. You don't need much time. 3 hours a day is plenty.
School, especially high school, was a hateful place when I went there.
I do know some “single mom” homeschooling families.
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