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Home Schooling
Topic Started: Sunday, 12. August 2007, 14:19 (1,315 Views)
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Good to see you here,Shell. It will be good to hear from someone who actually has experience of homeschooling in the UK, as many of the resources available seem to be US based.
I agree with you that secondary school is the "danger" area. Parents can become so much more involved at primary level, both with the school and the parish.
Homeschooling was a definite "no-no" when my children were school age, but I would certainly give it serious consideration if I had my time again.
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Jamie :D , I was dead chuffed with your comment, and I hope you are right my husband and I do our best we have good families and good Schools Teachers who all influence our children and indeed we inflence each other.
As for homeschooled children being a bit odd, my experience has been diffrent, in that the same can be said about children educated in either state or independant sectors, my daughters have friends from both of these some are totally of the wall some are arrogant, its perceptions about things that are different.

Even if I had my time agian I wouldnt home school, but thats me ... I think that homeschooled children can be just as odd as any other children.

I think the disadvatages of homeschooling from an accademic perspective is Science because of lack of equipement and labs, and possibly in sports and the arts.
But I think Shelly is probably better placed to say whether this is correct or not.

Primary is probably the less difficult period, once they read, then that is a major step, so this first couple of years is okay, after that there can be some peer pressure and children bring all sorts from home, high school the first couple of years is the worst lots of competition and the young people themselves are going through amy changes.
Any way a very welcome hello to Shell who will be able to give more information than me. Can I ask Shell was it the Faith and Morals that lead you to homeschool?
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Aug 13 2007, 10:12 PM
As for homeschooled children being a bit odd, my experience has been diffrent, in that the same can be said about children educated in either state or independant sectors, my daughters have friends from both of these some are totally of the wall some are arrogant, its perceptions about things that are different.

Quite. I went to school, and look what happened to me!

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Found this on another forum:

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You know you're a homeschool mom when...

When a child busts a lip, and after seeing she's okay, you round up some Scotch tape to capture some blood and look at it under the microscope.

You find dead animals and actually consider saving them to dissect later.

Your children never, ever leave the "why?" stage.

You look at every room in your home to try and imagine how to squeeze in another bookshelf.

You turn your china cabinet into book shelves.

When your teenager decides to take one community college course, and comes home and asks you why the teacher wrote "At" on his paper. (A+)

You ask for, and get, a copier instead of a diamond tennis bracelet for your wedding anniversary.

Your kids think reading history is best accomplished while lying on the floor with their head resting on the side of their patient dog.

Your husband can walk in at the end of a long day and tell how the science experiment went just by looking at the house.

You never have to drive your child's forgotten lunch to school.

Your child will never suffer the embarrassment of group showers after PE.

The only debate about the school lunch program is whose turn it is to cook.

You never have to face the dilemma of whether to take your child's side or the teacher's side in a dispute at school.

If your child gets drugs at school, it's probably Tylenol.

Your neighbors think you are insane.

Your formal dining room now has a computer, copy machine, and many book shelves and there are educational posters and maps all over the walls.

You have meal worms growing in a container....on purpose.

If you get caught talking to yourself, you can claim you're having a PTA meeting.

Talking out loud to yourself is a parent/teacher conference.

You take off for a teacher in-service day because the principal needs clean underwear.

You can't make it through a movie without pointing out the historical inaccuracies.

You step on math manipulatives on your pre-dawn stumble to the bathroom.

The teacher gets to kiss the principal in the faculty lounge and no one gossips.

Your honor student can actually read the bumper sticker that you put on your car.

If your child claims that the dog ate his homework, you can ask the dog.

Someday your children will consider you to be a miracle-working expert and will turn to you for advice.

Your kids refer to the neighbor kids as "government school inmates."

You can't make it through the grocery produce department without asking your preschooler the name and color of every vegetable.

You can't put your produce in your cart without asking your older student to estimate its weight and verify its accuracy.

You live in a one-house schoolroom.
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Now Clare this is where I become a pain...
My Children have never experienced group showers and my children are certainly not government school inmates...
I appreiciate much of it may be for fun but I object to the above to most of all, I bake withmy children so we do cover weighing and the like , my children have friends from Africa and China, the best weekend she had was when staying with the African family they cooked exotic food all weekend, the Aunties were amazed at my daughters hair she is a fantastic red head. This friend is a school friend, my youngest loves art we do lots in the house and at home.
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:D :D

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You can't make it through a movie without pointing out the historical inaccuracies.

reminded me of the day my youngest son came home saying that "Braveheart" had been shown - in a history period - as if it was fact :rolleyes: He just couldn't believe that the teacher hadn't pointed out all the inaccuracies. Fortunately, that period of history wasn't on the GCSE syllabus.
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Katy its all true, he even did look like the man :rolleyes:
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Aug 13 2007, 11:31 PM
Katy its all true, he even did look like the man :rolleyes:
nelly

nelly, I'm going to show him your reply :rofl:
BTW We have something in common - my eldest has beautiful red hair - unfortunately he doesn't like it
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My grandchildren drive me potty, forever asking questions like"Why do dogs have the same sort of teeth as dinosaurs, when dinosaurs needed them to get food but dogs get their food given to them in a bowl?" They attend state school.

An old friend told me why so many other kids came to our house whenever they felt like it. Many of my school pals lived in tiny one up one downs where there was no room for book shelves. My parents had books everywhere, even under beds and in packing cases. Their nine children attended school. My friends came to our house because my parents let them read the books.

My son turned an airing cupboard into a book store. His kids go to school.

Snuggling up to the dog to read is a very relaxing way. School kids read in their free time.

Schoolkids can learn to cook, at home.

I agree, some schools, but not all, have a problem with drugs.

My neighbours know I am insane.

Most school pupils and their parents have computers and desks, at home, in the dining room if they are lucky enough to have such a thing.

We used to culture little white worms, for our tropical fish. We also made bird cake from dried fruit, semolina, flour or stale bread, milk and dripping.

When I get caught talking to myself I say I was having a conversation with the dog.

Mothers with full time paid employment have to find time to change their underwear.

I remember pointing out to my children the historica innacuracy of having a vapour trail in the sky in the film "The Vikings".

My kids read Tolstoy. They could also read bumper stickers.

In my experience, kids are aged at least 35 before they catch on that their parents are clever, let alone miracle workers. When they become parents they begin to realise that any person who survived "parenting" is ok.

I used to ask my children about colours, ask them to identify the bird in the garden, or a wild flower.

Believe me, Clare, however good the school, even working mums give their children a lot of education. Parents and schools are all educators.

If my parents had wanted to home school, they would have been capable (teaching was their profession). I went to two good Catholic schools, where in addition to learning general subjects, I shared the Catholic ethos with others. There are memories of Catholic sodality meetings, retreats, visits to Kirkstall Abbey and a Norman church, and a few of sad memories. At school, we infant pupils said "Eternal Rest" as Requiem Mass commenced in the parish church, for a parishioner, at the moment he was hung for murder. One day a pupil's mother came to school, had a quiet word with Sister, and went home. Sister told us "Catherine died this morning. Please stand up, children. We must pray for her and her parents." Catherine was seven years old. We pupils at my secondary school were proud to sing in Leeds Cathedral at the first televised Mass in England. There were Masses for the beginning and end of each term. At Assembly we followed the Church's year, with Rosary, Stations, Hymn to Saint Joseph or Saint Patrick when appropriate. During the lunch break girls would make private visits to chapel.

By correcting us for bad manners, unkindness or sloppy English the teachers led us to understand that our parents were doing right, insisting on good standards.

Just a few thoughts on what can be gained from a loving school.
Keep the Faith!

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Aug 13 2007, 11:22 PM
...My Children have never experienced group showers ...

We had group showers at my school. I hated it!

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You know you're a homeschool mom when...


When a child busts a lip, and after seeing she's okay, you round up some Scotch tape to capture some blood and look at it under the microscope.-er, yeah I have done this

You find dead animals and actually consider saving them to dissect later.I haven't done this but I did ask the butcher for pigs hearts, but we never got around to actually dissecting them.

You look at every room in your home to try and imagine how to squeeze in another bookshelf. Indeed-but I was doing this way before home ed days..

When your teenager decides to take one community college course, and comes home and asks you why the teacher wrote "At" on his paper. (A+)He starts Sept so we'll see. .

You ask for, and get, a copier instead of a diamond tennis bracelet for your wedding anniversary.I would like an laminater for Christmas-does that count?

Your kids think reading history is best accomplished while lying on the floor with their head resting on the side of their patient dog.We don't have dog but they have done this with a baby or toddler in their lap..

Your child will never suffer the embarrassment of group showers after PE.Too right! The kids refused the showers because of lack of privacy. Surely it doesn't take much to offer that. DS tells me when they'd got really muddy once everyone went into the showers with their clothes on!.

The only debate about the school lunch program is whose turn it is to cook. :lol:

If your child gets drugs at school, it's probably Tylenol.drugs were not a problem; alchohol and smoking though.....

Your neighbors think you are insane.always did...now they always will....

Your formal dining room now has a computer, copy machine, and many book shelves and there are educational posters and maps all over the walls.The dining room has their work all over the walls..

You have meal worms growing in a container....on purpose.Yes, but that was my school kid.

If you get caught talking to yourself, you can claim you're having a PTA meeting. :rofl:

You can't make it through a movie without pointing out the historical inaccuracies.This drives the kids mad-but I can't help it!.

You step on math manipulatives on your pre-dawn stumble to the bathroom.It's usually some science thing.....

The teacher gets to kiss the principal in the faculty lounge and no one gossips.Yeah, but they still roll their eyes.

Your honor student can actually read the bumper sticker that you put on your car.YES-and that was hard going. And one of the things I am still angry at the school about![/COLOR]

Your kids refer to the neighbor kids as "government school inmates."No, the kids do that themselves.


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Clare why did you or your parents not complain, I would I can assure you.

Shell , if my children made derogotary refrance to Home school children I would tell them not to be arrogant and rude.

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You know I think I should give this Topic a miss, I have no problem with Home schooling but if it going to be used as a battering ram agiants the state Catholic Sector well I am better staying away.
By all means support those who have a desire to Homeschool, talk about the positives, but if atall possible could the bashing of the state Catholic sector be avioded, granted it has problems but life is full of these and I will continue to take part.
America has particular problems as the State I believe provides no funding for Religious Schools... we do and on the whole I have postive experiences.
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Shell , if my children made derogotary refrance to Home school children I would tell them not to be arrogant and rude.


My children have NEVER made derogotary reference to anyone! What are you suggesting?
I haven't even posted on comments my children make about anything!

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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.


Hi Clare,
A lot of home ed is about learning alongside your children. But I do think we have to be aware of our limitations. I have a tutor come in for Maths for example.
There are far more easily accessable resources at Primary level I think.

We use the internet a lot and share books and other stuff with other home ed families. I also have friends who have helped out with ideas and resources.
I've learned loads of stuff LOL.

My son has done a portfolio and International GCSE's. My daughter will do the same. The LA officer is really good in my area and writes references on portfolio work for colleges and employers.
On the basis of that my son has been accepted at college for a higher level engineering course than he applied for.

The reason I'll send the little ones to the local primary school is because it's a good school. If it wasn't I would just home ed and be done with it.
Unfortunately my experience with the secondary sector is very very bad indeed.
Of course most of us who home ed have pulled our kids out of school although there's a lot who never sent their children at all.

In the end you are the mum. It's for the parents to decide what is best for their children.

Hope that info helps.
God bless
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