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| Topic Started: Sunday, 12. August 2007, 14:19 (1,311 Views) | |
| Eve | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 14:19 Post #1 |
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On the miscellanous thread Clare mentioned home schooling. Is it worthy of a full discussion? Is home schooling a helpful in passing on Catholic teaching? Is it socially beneficial or not? Is it educationally beneficial or not? Is it good for the parent? Does the Catholic Church in England and Wales, or in Scotland or Ireland give any support to home-school parents? |
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| Clare | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 16:20 Post #2 |
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The Daily Mail
Home School Legal Defense Association: UK page
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 16:38 Post #3 |
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Do the Education authorities check on the standard of education achieved by home-schooled children? The disadvantage I see is that the child may lack the opportunity of socialising with peers. However if such socialising would involve mixing with knife-carrying peers, there is a distinct advantage to keeping the child out of school. |
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| Clare | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 16:39 Post #4 |
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Check out the BBC link in my earlier post, Rose (I was being good, not breaching copyright!) |
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| PJD | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 17:48 Post #5 |
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With increasing Government interference I think the clergy are looking at this as a possible move for many in the future. But from what I can gather, at the moment that is only a sentiment. Of course it may happen in reality quicker than one thinks. Money of course is the great difficulty. PJD |
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| nelly k | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 20:19 Post #6 |
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A few of my friends Homeschool, its not for me and my Husband for lots of reasons. It would have been very difficult with my older Daughter because of her Dyslexia, which many of you would have gathered by now is a problem for me, although we have both done remarkably well considering, mines has never been picked up, but Iam afraid that was to do with education at the time. Whereas with my oldest the state sector has been realy good. The friends chose Homeschooling primarily on the grounds of Faith and Morals. A great effort was made to have them involved in Clubs of all sorts so as to avoid the social isolation issues and I think to enable them to cope in Adult life with a variety of challenges. I think it is pretty new teritory so in its infancy.Some have done it part and part using either the State or Private for small blocks. I think it is a case of each to his own, Homeschooling is a huge task lots of commitement, My 2 mix with all sorts its up to me to be informed about youth culture and trends in secular society and prepare them for this, so far they have done very well. I am a realy proud Mum. nelly PS I forgot to add the Schools and the Teachers my Children have had are terrific, they are due more than a fair degree of credit for the work they have done, the schools being Catholic I have no doubt make a diffrence. |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 20:30 Post #7 |
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Gypsies have always home-schooled. In the forties I knew of a bargee whose wife had died in childbirth. He took the job so he could care for the baby, and later educate her, as the horse took the coal-carrying barge along a canal. My friend who is a qualified teacher home-schooled her son, who is autistic. He was bullied at school, despite being a very quiet boy. Now that he has grown up he is well on the way to gaining an Open University degree. With home schooling there is no danger of the school nurse giving so called "sexual health" guidance. |
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| Rose of York | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 20:38 Post #8 |
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Judging by the accounts of the Bishops Conference, money is not a problem. It could be the usual case of prioritising, giving priority to holding seminars. :D I would happily contribute to an appeal to help hard up parents buy the books and equipment, especially if there was moral or physical danger in local schools. However, if there is a good school available, why not let the child attend? |
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| nelly k | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 21:47 Post #9 |
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Rose , I think it is the large comprehensives that are the problem... also there are a lot of duff subjects that are imposed, one being PSE , physical and social developement, I am not sure what the equivilant would be in England and Wales. It is realy hard for Teachers to do anything other than work with these subjects. If you get a good Teacher its usually fine,there is also a lot of over education the ciriculum is huge. PE is cumpulsory agian the thinking is that there is a lack of physical activity undertaken by children so they go for all doing it. For me my 2 will have to go out into the world and work with people they have no chioce about if they do go to college or Uni I want them well able to cope. The drugs education I have felt positive about. But that is because I meet a lot of drug users who a fell into this, The sex education hmm well I belive Ive balanced this out , being at Catholic Schools has helped as I would say the programes used have been family orientated and when doing babtisim at high school it was done from conception which was very clever. I think the media of all sorts is probably the real evil thsi is then carried into schools and they have to deal with it. To be honest its not the children or the young people its the Parents. nelly |
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| Derekap | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 21:49 Post #10 |
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I would say that where there is a well-run Catholic School, Catholic Children should attend it. Naturally distance, some form of disability and one or two other things may legitimately discourage it. |
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| Jamie | Sunday, 12. August 2007, 22:40 Post #11 |
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You sound like a really good mum Nelly.....I hope your children are just as proud of you. |
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| Jamie | Monday, 13. August 2007, 08:00 Post #12 |
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I have known a few "home schooled" kids in my time, and I have to say most of them were, if one was being kind, quaint, and if one was being more honest, just plain odd. There is a lot to be said for learning how to muck in with your peers - and I don't mean smoking pot behind the bike sheds - and keeping children attached to mum's apron strings isn't necessarily a good thing. I do appreciate that as parents we want to keep our children from perceived harm - but unless the local school really is a sink establishment I think on the whole youngsters ought to be allowed to mix with their peers and learn to deal with real life. |
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| Clare | Monday, 13. August 2007, 09:05 Post #13 |
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Which is why I'd like to be in an area where there are other young families. If I did go the "homeschooling" route, I'd also consider enrolling my children in things like dance and music lessons. Clare. |
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| Shell | Monday, 13. August 2007, 19:40 Post #14 |
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Hi, this is my first post. I have been home schooling 2 of my children for over 2yrs now. I wish I had home schooled earlier and included the oldest-but hey, hindisght is always 20/20. My 4yr old starts school in Sept and I hope I am doing what is best for him. I'll keep a close eye on things. While I may send the younger ones to primary school as things stand no child of mine will attend secondary school unless something drastic changes in the system. I recently joined Education Otherwise. If you want to ask me questions about home ed. feel free and I'll do my best to answer them :) |
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| Clare | Monday, 13. August 2007, 20:08 Post #15 |
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Hi Shell, I was thinking of doing the opposite! Knowing that I reckon I could just about teach primary school level things, I'm not really upto teaching secondary level! Clare. |
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