They are happily employed people, what else do you want? I am unhappily employed with a graduate degre as I had to get that degree because I don't know what I like to do and I chose money instead. My path is disgusting. I am glad that we don't shoe in everyone in one box. I see importance of school in the social aspect of life and preparing for dealing with "unfairness" in life. Academics - it's a memory exercise, schools don't teach analysis or logic much. |
I know one of these Florida moms. She “unschools”. She’s not educated and is single, and deeply involved in the conspiracy theory world. |
It's not a zero-sum game. |
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It varies from state to state. Some require testing, certification of the teachers/parents, forced curriculums, visits to the home by officials, etc. and some have ZERO regulation (like Texas, where you don't even have notify anyone). |
My good friend from high school is home schooling her kids. She's not doing it for religious reasons, but her local public school system is not very good and she also feels that her own public school education was uninspiring and let her down. She never went to college so I guess according to this thread she would be considered uneducated, although her spouse has a college degree.
She is focusing on the un-schooling movement. She lets her kids focus and do more research on their own unique interests. Her school days are very organized and structured. She does some instruction, but sets aside time for her kids to rotate between different learning stations around their house to which she is there to provide support and stimulate ideas. She incorporates music and music lessons into each week. They also take advantage of local rec classes, community college classes and a local and state home schooling community. Her kids also don't play on electronics and have very limited tv time. Her kids are now teens and are amazing kids. They are friendly, smart, engaging, and interested in the world around them. I do sometimes feel that they are a little naive about the world around them and I do have my own concerns about whether they will be going to college or not. On the opposite spectrum, I know a family who also home schooled their kids, but for religious purposes. They were in the same fundamental cult that the Dugger family is in. The parents are educated with with college degrees. Their kids are now in their late 20s and early 30s and are extremely resentful over the way they were raised. It took them a long time to get back on track to where they should be with their education and careers for their ages. |
How dare you talk that way about black people! |
You've missed the point. |
And you totally missed the point. People should have some training to homeschool and there should be standards. It is criminal what some of these people do to their kids. |
I know the laws that in VA are very lax. That is where my relative homeschooled her kids who are now grown and don’t have jobs or independence. |
This is so dumb. For one, are you aware that for every Jennifer Lawrence (who slept her way to the top, BTW. She made jokes about giving Harvey Weinstein BJs), there are thousands of people who are working deadend jobs in LA trying to make it in the film industry, and are probably not fit to do much of anything else if they quit school at 14 like her? If every, most, or hell, even half of all homeschooled kids had the opportunity to make millions like her, or even 6 figures, no one would be complaining. It's mind boggling this even needs to be spelled out for you. |
Op here. I researched briefly and it seems North Dakota is the only state in the US that requires a bachelor's degree. |
North Dakota: 15.1-23-03. Home education - Parental qualifications. A parent may supervise home education if the parent: 1. Holds a high school diploma or a general educational development diploma; or 2. Meets the requirements of section 15.1-23-06. 15.1-23-06. Home education - Required monitoring of progress. A parent who does not meet the qualifications provided in section 15.1-23-03 may supervise home education but must be monitored in accordance with section 15.1-23-07 for the first two years. If a child receiving home education obtains a basic composite standardized achievement test score below the fiftieth percentile nationally, the parent must be monitored for at least one additional school year and until the child receives a test score at or above the fiftieth percentile. |
You are focusing on Jennifer Lawrence, who I know nothing about. Do you actually know those people? Not fit to do anything else? They don't want to do anything else, why is that so hard to understand. It's not about 6 figure jobs or leading roles. Do you think everyone who works in a corporation dreams about becoming a CEO? Do you think every small business owner wants to create Walmart? Besides, you are comparing quitting a regular school to homeschooling which is not the same. |
We don't homeschool but I know several people who have. For the people I know, I am very impressed with their approach and their outcomes with their kids. An old friend who flunked out of three colleges and never graduated did a fantastic job homeschooling her kids. She was very smart but had a hard time with formal schooling. Her kids got scholarships for a prestigious private high school so they were well prepared (she knew she wasn't qualified to teach through high school).
I agree there are parents out there who do a crap job and probably homeschool for very bad reasons but there are a lot of parents out there doing a great job. |