-— So 4 out of 5 8th grade students are not proficient in reading but 19 out of 20 Freepers who send their children to public school pretend that their schools are great. They aren’t like all the others.-—
We have homeschooled our two daughters. The oldest will graduate this year. The youngest (14) was diagnosed with mild autism recently, and my wife’s sisters, who are teachers, and my sister, who’s a teacher, insisted that my daughter had to be in govt schools for her “special needs.” Against my wishes, we sent her off.
Believe it or not, despite the high falutin’ talk about IEP’s, it’s been an unmitigated disaster. She’s studying stuff she learned in fourth grade. They play Scrabble frequently, and almost everyday she corrects the teacher’s spelling.
From her description, school sounds exactly like I remember.
My wife is trying desperately to put a shine on the turd, but I’m already sensing weakness.
But- so far this year we are doing good with a combination of K12 HS course supplemented with other curriculum
He loves PLATO science, Cicero for History, and I may add PLATO or Thinkwell Math for pre-algebra and algebra.
If you can't get your kid out of public school consider supplementing her “education” with outside curriculum
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