Better question: Why do many EDUCATED people choose to homeschool?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

Advanced degrees doesn’t mean common sense, an understanding of pedagogy, or a working knowledge of most subjects they will claim to teach. We did several extracurriculars that attracted homeschooling families with well-educated moms, but woefully behind children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

BS

How many parents can teach AP Chem?

Troll somewhere else.

Most homeschools are rw religious nutbags.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

BS

How many parents can teach AP Chem?

Troll somewhere else.

Most homeschools are rw religious nutbags.

I suppose some could, if that’s their area of expertise, but that’s not usually how it’s done. I know kids who take science courses through the local community college, Hopkins CTY, and one through Stanford Online HS (She is NOT a full-time student there. She does a combo of online courses and homeschool.)

You don’t have a clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

Advanced degrees doesn’t mean common sense, an understanding of pedagogy, or a working knowledge of most subjects they will claim to teach. We did several extracurriculars that attracted homeschooling families with well-educated moms, but woefully behind children.

No one needs a degree in elementary education to teach their children. Yes, teachers need classroom management skills to handle the zoo that is a typical classroom. But teaching your own elementary student to read? Unless there are significant learning difficulties, it just isn’t that hard.

I wish someone could explain to me how the so-called “experts” were duped into believing Lucy Calkins was a good idea.

Stop worrying about the homeschoolers. The public school kids are the ones you should feel sorry for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

Because public schools are a dystopian hellscape. Yes, even in your affluent suburb.

[Anonymous]

The public school kids are the ones you should feel sorry for

This. I was a teacher before becoming a parent. In 'good' districts and 'bad'. So little education actually happening. So much time wasted. Bullying. All of it.

I thought homeschooling was the answer. For us, it wasn't the answer long term. But it makes sense why so many people try it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

BS

How many parents can teach AP Chem?

Troll somewhere else.

Most homeschools are rw religious nutbags.

You’d be shocked how many secular homeschoolers there are. I’m not afraid of pronouns or CRT. I’m afraid of kids not learning to read, write, or do math.

Maybe you should check how much iPad time your child has during the school day. Why send them to school if it’s just for Dreambox and Lexia?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was badly bullied in FCPS and the school did nothing until some girls wrote her a note telling her to kill herself. Then the incompetent school administrators outed her during the bullying investigation (“Did you say that to C because she is gay?). My daughter was having panic attacks every morning because the girls were so vicious and the school personnel so indifferent.

That was the final straw after years of disappointing experiences with FCPS. It’s not like the education before that was anything special despite my daughter being in AAP - trailer classrooms, overcrowded classes, lunches at 10 am, 1 1/2 counselors for 1000 kids, way too much online “math.” Then those ridiculous educational packets during the pandemic.

Private is too expensive so we homeschool using a combination of coop classes and online classes. She will start dual enrollment next year.

I’m sorry to read about your experience. I also pulled my DD out of FCPS because of vicious bullying and indifferent school admin/ staff. I hope that your DD is healing from that experience/ trauma.

[Anonymous]

OP asked why many people with advanced degrees homeschool, not why all people who have advanced degrees and homeschool do it. There are just as many bad reasons why parents with advanced degrees think they should do it as parents who barely graduated HS.

Overconfidence is common to both groups. Blanket contempt for people with education degrees is another shared trait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP asked why many people with advanced degrees homeschool, not why all people who have advanced degrees and homeschool do it. There are just as many bad reasons why parents with advanced degrees think they should do it as parents who barely graduated HS.

Overconfidence is common to both groups. Blanket contempt for people with education degrees is another shared trait.

I think you'd be surprised by how many homeschoolers are former teachers with ed degrees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

BS

How many parents can teach AP Chem?

Troll somewhere else.

Most homeschools are rw religious nutbags.

You’d be shocked how many secular homeschoolers there are. I’m not afraid of pronouns or CRT. I’m afraid of kids not learning to read, write, or do math.

Maybe you should check how much iPad time your child has during the school day. Why send them to school if it’s just for Dreambox and Lexia?

We don’t homeschool and I’m a big fan of Dreambox - but you have to use the Family Dashboard, read the emails they send you, and watch your kid use it or talk about the topics suggested in the emails. I learned a new way to multiply two 3 digit numbers this week from Dreambox with my kid. My mom is always saying in front of my kids (which I hate) “I can’t do math” or “I’m not good with numbers”. It’s such a part of her identity and I can’t help but think of only someone taught her the way my kids are learning, she might have stronger math skills and feel more confident about them.

Back to homeschooling- my neighbors homeschool because they are anti-vax q’anon conspiracy theorists. They were normal, weekly church conservatives before 2020 and then they went off the deep end. They sent their kids to school 1 year after the virtual year and then started homeschooling because they wanted to “protect their souls”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

How many parents can teach AP Chem?

In most cases I am aware of, there either is an informal (and secular) home school coop. A parent with degree in Spanish teaches Spanish. Parent from different family with a STEM degree teaches those topics. I am aware of this being especially common in college/university towns, usually with some faculty members’ kids being part of the informal coop and some faculty parents teaching in their field.

In other cases I am aware of, and again remember that this is secular homeschooling, parent enrolls children in a local Community College for HS level topics where neither parent has the relevant degree or knowledge.

It works well for many many families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP asked why many people with advanced degrees homeschool, not why all people who have advanced degrees and homeschool do it. There are just as many bad reasons why parents with advanced degrees think they should do it as parents who barely graduated HS.

Overconfidence is common to both groups. Blanket contempt for people with education degrees is another shared trait.

I think you'd be surprised by how many homeschoolers are former teachers with ed degrees.

That’s me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More and more people are choosing to homeschool their children, many of whom have advanced degrees. Why?

BS

How many parents can teach AP Chem?

Troll somewhere else.

Most homeschools are rw religious nutbags.

You’d be shocked how many secular homeschoolers there are. I’m not afraid of pronouns or CRT. I’m afraid of kids not learning to read, write, or do math.

Maybe you should check how much iPad time your child has during the school day. Why send them to school if it’s just for Dreambox and Lexia?

We don’t homeschool and I’m a big fan of Dreambox - but you have to use the Family Dashboard, read the emails they send you, and watch your kid use it or talk about the topics suggested in the emails. I learned a new way to multiply two 3 digit numbers this week from Dreambox with my kid. My mom is always saying in front of my kids (which I hate) “I can’t do math” or “I’m not good with numbers”. It’s such a part of her identity and I can’t help but think of only someone taught her the way my kids are learning, she might have stronger math skills and feel more confident about them.

Back to homeschooling- my neighbors homeschool because they are anti-vax q’anon conspiracy theorists. They were normal, weekly church conservatives before 2020 and then they went off the deep end. They sent their kids to school 1 year after the virtual year and then started homeschooling because they wanted to “protect their souls”.

Someone didn’t read the question. (The same person who thinks learning math via Dreambox is a good idea. 😆)

[Anonymous]

Secular homeschooler here with an “advanced” degree. I will homeschool my last two kids through elementary school. The foundation you build when you do it right is incredible and far superior than what public school can do. My children read, write, do math at a very high level given their ages. No skill falls between the cracks because of the 1:1 attention. Their science and history knowledge is much deeper than other kids their age. I have 3 older children with the same intelligence that are public school kids. The academic differences between them is very obvious. My homeschoolers are very social as they attend daily group activities and a weekly co op. They both excel in music and sports.

You really do have to put in the time, effort and commitment to fostering a rigorous environment for them. I use high quality curriculum and have high standards. We have fun too and enjoy a variety of cultural outings as well.

The amount of time my public school kids spend on computers and wasting time with very little actual learning is incredible. They are middle and high schoolers now, but if I could go back, they would have homeschooled for the early years. That foundation is important.

I won’t be homeschooling past elementary school, but the parents that do often dual enroll their kids in college classes. I have also met some “unschooling” type families and most of the kids are below level on so many skills. Thankfully that has been more of the exception than the rule in our experience in this area.