How old is your home schooled child, BobL?
“How old is your home schooled child, BobL?”
College age...and pretty much done with college for them.
I just made a point of teaching them reading and math, long before any “stranger” ever had a chance to try anything out on them (”strangers” is what I call ‘teachers’, since I know next to nothing regarding their individual background, capability, or even if they want my kids to learn).
My kids were never home schooled in the traditional sense, it more “after-schooling”, but at the pace that I set, rather than the pace set by the schools (which is why they wound up roughly 5 years ahead).
Finally, having read Thomas Sowell, I knew from the very start that they would never step into a public school as a student (once you read his books it’s hard to sleep - one of his books specifically mentions “death education” as they call it being taught in Columbine High School - and it was published 2 years before the shooting). So the kids went to Christian schools, more for daycare and to fill in some other subjects (like History).
Worked out quite well. Without exception, every one of my coworkers with kids that followed “the usual path” and started college as adults wound up not even completing 4-year degrees and are approaching their mid-20s wondering around trying to figure out what to do in life - they are not even close to being able to match the tracks of their parents.
So I agree with W-time, those 2 years years of higher school are a total waste - it’s almost like they’re designed to make kids fail, by giving them a whole bunch of freedom (i.e., college), while telling them they’re fully mature (i.e., age 18). Also like W-time, my kids were nothing special, the last thing they wanted to do was learn reading before they were 4, and then spend the next 6 years learning 11 years of math. If they had there way, they’d be floundering around, just like everyone else I know at those ages - great at video though.
And by the way, a small bit of bullying early on at the Christian schools, not much further up, and nothing at all in college - even though part of it was junior colleges - which meant the same kids as public high schools, just a bit later - oh yea, not forced to be there. Completely different tone once they enter college.