schools might closed down till September

[Anonymous]

This is great because homeschooling is great for learning. Wish I had homeschooled my kids.

[Anonymous]

I am kind of concerned about this too, but then I ask myself “how did people think about grades during the Spanish flu pandemic?”

I think a sense of normalcy is important, but so is perspective. These are weird times. If we are healthy, we are okay. Nothing else matters that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It wouldn’t work to just use quarter or semester grades as final grades in high school because only final grades show on a transcript and most teachers start the kids out low and raise their grades throughout the year. They call it a trend or showing progress. If they stopped right now, my sons grades would be significantly lower than they would be at the end of the year.

That is not how it works in high school.

It is almost impossible to raise your grade in the last quarter in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It wouldn’t work to just use quarter or semester grades as final grades in high school because only final grades show on a transcript and most teachers start the kids out low and raise their grades throughout the year. They call it a trend or showing progress. If they stopped right now, my sons grades would be significantly lower than they would be at the end of the year.

Uh this is not true. We don’t start your kids’ grades or end them anywhere. Your kids earn them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am kind of concerned about this too, but then I ask myself “how did people think about grades during the Spanish flu pandemic?”

I think a sense of normalcy is important, but so is perspective. These are weird times. If we are healthy, we are okay. Nothing else matters that much.

Millions of people were dying dying the Spanish flu.

Only 3,000 Americans have covid 19. Do you know anyone dying? Do you know anyone critically ill? My guess is no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It wouldn’t work to just use quarter or semester grades as final grades in high school because only final grades show on a transcript and most teachers start the kids out low and raise their grades throughout the year. They call it a trend or showing progress. If they stopped right now, my sons grades would be significantly lower than they would be at the end of the year.

Uh this is not true. We don’t start your kids’ grades or end them anywhere. Your kids earn them.

You should talk to the teachers at my kids high school then. Most will literally tell you that it is standards based and their grade will go up as they master the material during the year. For example, French teacher said at BTS night, no one would get higher than a C first quarter or B second quarter. Only math is a straight average.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am kind of concerned about this too, but then I ask myself “how did people think about grades during the Spanish flu pandemic?”

I think a sense of normalcy is important, but so is perspective. These are weird times. If we are healthy, we are okay. Nothing else matters that much.

Millions of people were dying dying the Spanish flu.

Only 3,000 Americans have covid 19. Do you know anyone dying? Do you know anyone critically ill? My guess is no.

FFS. They aren't testing people. They tell people to just stay home when sick and go back to work when fever is gone (at which point they would still be contagious). We have NO idea how many people are infected.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It wouldn’t work to just use quarter or semester grades as final grades in high school because only final grades show on a transcript and most teachers start the kids out low and raise their grades throughout the year. They call it a trend or showing progress. If they stopped right now, my sons grades would be significantly lower than they would be at the end of the year.

Uh this is not true. We don’t start your kids’ grades or end them anywhere. Your kids earn them.

You should talk to the teachers at my kids high school then. Most will literally tell you that it is standards based and their grade will go up as they master the material during the year. For example, French teacher said at BTS night, no one would get higher than a C first quarter or B second quarter. Only math is a straight average.

What school is that?

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing the 'Homeschooling' forum will become more popular on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It wouldn’t work to just use quarter or semester grades as final grades in high school because only final grades show on a transcript and most teachers start the kids out low and raise their grades throughout the year. They call it a trend or showing progress. If they stopped right now, my sons grades would be significantly lower than they would be at the end of the year.

Uh this is not true. We don’t start your kids’ grades or end them anywhere. Your kids earn them.

You should talk to the teachers at my kids high school then. Most will literally tell you that it is standards based and their grade will go up as they master the material during the year. For example, French teacher said at BTS night, no one would get higher than a C first quarter or B second quarter. Only math is a straight average.

What school is that?

I’m not going to share the name, but it’s a FCPS high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is great because homeschooling is great for learning. Wish I had homeschooled my kids.

The homeschool community is like, "Welcome to the family".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing the 'Homeschooling' forum will become more popular on DCUM.

We'll see. Many companies are offering their classes and curriculum for free during the school closings. They make a killing off of us homeschoolers. I bet they're anticipating a significant increase in homeschooling families in the near future. They will let you sample their product and, when things go back to normal, they'll raise their prices.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It wouldn’t work to just use quarter or semester grades as final grades in high school because only final grades show on a transcript and most teachers start the kids out low and raise their grades throughout the year. They call it a trend or showing progress. If they stopped right now, my sons grades would be significantly lower than they would be at the end of the year.

Uh this is not true. We don’t start your kids’ grades or end them anywhere. Your kids earn them.

You should talk to the teachers at my kids high school then. Most will literally tell you that it is standards based and their grade will go up as they master the material during the year. For example, French teacher said at BTS night, no one would get higher than a C first quarter or B second quarter. Only math is a straight average.

What school is that?

I’m not going to share the name, but it’s a FCPS high school.

It's a bad one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is great because homeschooling is great for learning. Wish I had homeschooled my kids.

I totally agree! Kids learn more and quickly when it's one on one or even a very small group. School curriculum for each grade is available at school district websites so it's easy to figure out what you should be teaching for the grade your child is in. Another advantage to homeschooling is that typically the teacher (you) doesn't stop teaching a topic until the kid gets it, whereas in public schools it is often the case that the class must move on to the next topic before all kids have mastered the one before.

This is all especially true for elementary school, assuming the teacher graduated from high school at least. Upper grades might be a bit more challenging but can be done as well, the school work is all available online.

Don't spend more than 1-3 hrs per day working on academics with your kid, that's enough. Design the rest of the day to cover all the other stuff they need, such as art, physical education, music, keyboarding, a foreign language, social skills, kindness, life skills, etc.

All of you newly homeschooling parents out there, you can do it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is great because homeschooling is great for learning. Wish I had homeschooled my kids.

Same here.