Homeschool or private?

[Anonymous]

Do you live in China, by chance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is this school? I don't think you're from around here. Are you actually a teacher yourself? Do you have degrees in particular subjects you are trying to convey to your kid?

You don't want someone who has just read an anatomy book and the Merck Manual giving you medical treatment. Why would you want an unqualified person teaching your child? There may be issues with your school - hard to tell because something in your description sounds off. So find another school,or pay for a qualified tutor to homeschool your child.

NP here. I am a teacher, master's degree, certified, 20+ years of experience, etc . . . and also a homeschooling mom, and I have to disagree here. I am strong believer that high quality teacher preparation is critical for someone to be successful in the classroom, but a 1:1 or small group homeschooling situation (assuming you don't have a Duggar size family) is different. The demands of the classroom aren't there. There's more time to make mistakes. No, you might not be as efficient as an experienced teacher, but without 20 other kids slowing you down you'll be fine, assuming you have a basic understanding of the subject and a decent curriculum plan.

Now, high school is a little different. I wouldn't homeschool high school without detailed carefully chosen curriculum guides or online classes, but someone can do an excellent job homeschooling elementary school and middle school without an educational background.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where is this school? I don't think you're from around here. Are you actually a teacher yourself? Do you have degrees in particular subjects you are trying to convey to your kid?

You don't want someone who has just read an anatomy book and the Merck Manual giving you medical treatment. Why would you want an unqualified person teaching your child? There may be issues with your school - hard to tell because something in your description sounds off. So find another school,or pay for a qualified tutor to homeschool your child.

NP here. I am a teacher, master's degree, certified, 20+ years of experience, etc . . . and also a homeschooling mom, and I have to disagree here. I am strong believer that high quality teacher preparation is critical for someone to be successful in the classroom, but a 1:1 or small group homeschooling situation (assuming you don't have a Duggar size family) is different. The demands of the classroom aren't there. There's more time to make mistakes. No, you might not be as efficient as an experienced teacher, but without 20 other kids slowing you down you'll be fine, assuming you have a basic understanding of the subject and a decent curriculum plan.

Now, high school is a little different. I wouldn't homeschool high school without detailed carefully chosen curriculum guides or online classes, but someone can do an excellent job homeschooling elementary school and middle school without an educational background.

I would rather someone who went to my university and did some thorough research give me medical advice than someone who went to a 3rd tier nursing program. I was touring a private school and the teacher had all sorts of swag up from her 3rd tier school -- Nope. Not happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is this school? I don't think you're from around here. Are you actually a teacher yourself? Do you have degrees in particular subjects you are trying to convey to your kid?

You don't want someone who has just read an anatomy book and the Merck Manual giving you medical treatment. Why would you want an unqualified person teaching your child? There may be issues with your school - hard to tell because something in your description sounds off. So find another school,or pay for a qualified tutor to homeschool your child.

Um, public school teachers aren't unusually qualified themselves. Mostly they've learned classroom management techniques it's not like they've gotten an in depth education in a particular subject.

This must not be from around here though if there's only one private school near you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is your DC an only child?

OP here. Yes, the only child. I'm afraid of making a project out of my child.

I have volunteered at school and the vibe I'm getting there is a lot of yelling, expectation of them to sit still and be quiet. When I see the upper elementary kids I'm not getting a good impression.

There is little parental involvement. Most kids from lower socio-economic level than we are. They had a Christmas party and were supposed to exchange books as gifts. Parents were asked to come. Only 3 parents came including myself, and half children didn't bring books. We had 2 bday party where the whole class was invited. At first one only 2 kids showed up, including mine. The second party is ours, I had 0 parents RSVP. To me when parents don't RSVP it shows that they have bad manners, and that's usually indicative of a lower socio-economic class.

But the school is ranked 9/10, free lunch is 20%. So you would think it was a decent school.

Well, it sounds like the other children's parents are working.
If you can, bring books for everyone next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if anyone has studied home schooled kids beyond college. It seems they wouldn't know how to socialize and work on work teams.

Many of them come from large families and have had to negotiate with others their whole lives do that's not usually a problem.

We homeschooled a SN child (our other kids went to school) and we were wildly disappointed at times at the lack of tolerance of people with differences. There are definitely homeschoolers who are not interesting in mixing their kids in with kids with learning issues, other nationalities, different classes (though really many homeschoolers we know of are always looking for free stuff so , hmmmm). It's not everyone - it just took us a long time to find a group that wasn't like that.
Of course in our rich area no one (public school families) wants to mix either do it seems to be an epidemic to us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is this school? I don't think you're from around here. Are you actually a teacher yourself? Do you have degrees in particular subjects you are trying to convey to your kid?

You don't want someone who has just read an anatomy book and the Merck Manual giving you medical treatment. Why would you want an unqualified person teaching your child? There may be issues with your school - hard to tell because something in your description sounds off. So find another school,or pay for a qualified tutor to homeschool your child.

You can't tell me that this teacher had a degree in chemistry...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/district-teacher-violated-protocol-in-fiery-lab-experiment/2016/05/20/214521a4-1e9b-11e6-82c2-a7dcb313287d_story.html