What are the benefits of home-schooling?

[neumdogg]

Seriously? Why would you home school your children?

[gocubsgo3822]

Teach them dinosaurs never existed.

[thebridge15]

Yea the ability to teach them (or not) whatever you want.

[jackisback24]

No roll call
no bus passes
save on gas
sleep in late
no metal detectors
no bullying
one-on-one focusing on material

[AJF_41]

Originally Posted by neumdogg

Seriously? Why would you home school your children?

Did you have a kid?

[neumdogg]

Originally Posted by AJF_41

Did you have a kid?

Not yet!

[thebridge15]

Originally Posted by jackisback24

No roll call
no bus passes
save on gas
sleep in late
no metal detectors
no bullying
one-on-one focusing on material

no regular interaction with peers

[ThatLetter]

Social retardation.

[ExistenceNow]

1:1 student/teacher ratio, so you can teach the kid at his pace. He won't be dragged down by the half wit masses.

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by opshannon

Social retardation.

Definitely a problem, but can be mitigated by enrolling the kid in extracurricular activities such as sports.

[Dannyyankou]

I don't get it either. And I would assume that paying someone to teach their child at home would be more expensive than public school, right?

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by Dannyyankou

I don't get it either. And I would assume that paying someone to teach their child at home would be more expensive than public school, right?

Public school being free, yea, paying someone to teach the kid would be more expensive. Typically though, homeschool kids are taught by a parent, not by a private teacher (though that parent would lose their income if they quit a job to teach the kid).

[zajDmB1]

So you're kid can be the weirdo that places in or wins the Scripps Spelling Bee.

[Dannyyankou]

Then I guess it makes sense if a family is in a difficult financial situation. Even with public schooling being free, there are taxes that come with it.

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by Dannyyankou

Then I guess it makes sense if a family is in a difficult financial situation. Even with public schooling being free, there are taxes that come with it.

Property tax (and in some states, sales tax), which they pay even if their kid doesn't go to public school. I pay that shit, and I don't even have kids.

[davidw.]

Quality of education can be much, much higher via home-schooling, but most of the kids I know who were home-schooled are just so socially backward that I can't justify home-schooling my kids one day.

[ctalk112]

It could be a good thing depending on the situation. I grew up with a kid whose parents homeschooled him all the way up until 10th grade. His parents took his homeschooling serious and he worked hard at it. He is now looking at Ivy League Schools because he made straight A's from 10th-12th grade because he was so far ahead of everyone. Dude also prepared crazy for the SAT (another benefit of having your own schedule). He wasn't socially retarded either because he was very involved in sports, youth group, etc. I'm very happy for him. With that being said, I would never allow my child to be homeschooled.

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by davidw.

Quality of education can be much, much higher via home-schooling, but most of the kids I know who were home-schooled are just so socially backward that I can't justify home-schooling my kids one day.

I met some really really bad ones when I was growing up. You could tell them to give you $10 because there's a sidewalk tax and they'd give it to you. No way you could tease them, because they'd break the fuck down.

The ones I played sports with were much much better though.

[thebridge15]

You can have the kid do sports and all that but regardless of how normal he/she is they'll still have to overcome being "the weird homeschooled kid" at the outset.

[dre2142]

Originally Posted by Dannyyankou

Then I guess it makes sense if a family is in a difficult financial situation. Even with public schooling being free, there are taxes that come with it.

you think that if you homeschool your kids you wont have to pay those taxes?

[Arby]

Public schools teach kids that steam and ice are liquids

[dre2142]

Originally Posted by som3d3vil34

Public schools teach kids that steam and ice are liquids

and the difference between words that look similar...

dessert vs desert, and then vs than

[Dannyyankou]

Originally Posted by dre2142

you think that if you homeschool your kids you wont have to pay those taxes?

No, I misunderstood. I'm still living with my parents, so I'm learning, haha.

[recentlyJTR41]

You can really teach a kid how to not know how to make friends or interact in public.

[jordanbball17]

I was homeschooled until 8th grade. No I was not socially retarded, yes I had friends and no we were not told that dinosaurs never existed and/or existed with people. When I was in 1st grade at a regular school, they tried to move me up 2 grades because I was at a really high reading level. My mom didn't want me to do that, so she pulled me out and homeschooled me, as well as my 2 brothers. I played all kinds of sports at the public middle school I would've gone to, so I made lots of friends that I ended up going to school with.
My brothers started going to public school in 7th and 6th grade, respectively, and we're all normal. My mom got her master's 2 years ago and is now an elementary school teacher. It all worked out, and I would say I'm much smarter and capable than I would have been otherwise.

[mr. testaverde]

i'll tell you this much: home-schooled students really shouldnt sleep with their teacher

[jordanbball17]

Originally Posted by mr. testaverde

i'll tell you this much: home-schooled students really shouldnt sleep with their teacher

It just makes it awkward for everyone involved

[gakm7]

Maybe if you don't wanna be brainwashed and spoon fed biased liberal views on a daily basis???

(and don't assume that I am a right-winger either b/c I am not a fan of either major party)

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by gakm7

Maybe if you don't wanna be brainwashed and spoon fed biased liberal views on a daily basis???

(and don't assume that I am a right-winger either b/c I am not a fan of either major party)

I went to public school in red Texas. We were most certainly not spoon fed biased liberal views. Quite the opposite in fact.

I didn't realize it was okay to be liberal until I moved to Austin and attended the University of Texas.

[Tiduwho]

In order to properly ensure that your child never has any sort of social regularization i.e. to make sure that they are the "awkward kid" once they finally reach the real world.


Apparently some parents think that education in and of itself is important and social skills don't matter. Like it's some kind of vacuum and they're not dependent on each other in the real world.