Anonymous wrote:Why aren't home-educated children held to the same minimum standards as public school students? I'm European and it's illegal in almost all European countries. This is absurd.

Anonymous wrote:I have met a handful of moms in Florida who homeschool. I know for a fact they did not attend college. Their grammar is awful. I know I am not perfect myself but that's why I plan on sending my children to public or private school. Why do they homeschool? It seems so backwards. In my home country home schooling is not legal. We would see it as backwards.

Anonymous wrote:I personally know a woman who is extremely smart but also extremely socially awkward. Her husband painfully so. These two decided to “unschool” their two children. The oldest is 9.5, cannot really read, but understands some high level chemistry and math and is therefore “gifted”. It boggles my mind, but I’m also interested how it will all unfold.

Anonymous wrote:I have met a handful of moms in Florida who homeschool. I know for a fact they did not attend college. Their grammar is awful. I know I am not perfect myself but that's why I plan on sending my children to public or private school. Why do they homeschool? It seems so backwards. In my home country home schooling is not legal. We would see it as backwards.

Anonymous wrote:Several home schooling kids in our area have gone to top Ivy league universities, including two to Harvard on full scholarship. We live in a university town in Appalachia where there is a VERY strong home schooling organization that crosses the lines between religious and non religious families. They offer a huge support network, classes in advanced subjects, choirs, sports teams, drama: the works. I'm not doing it but not knocking it either. I do think annual testing is necessary to make sure kids aren't just being neglected or chained to beds and starved.

Anonymous wrote:My cleaning woman home schools. She is uneducated but her children are all going to colleges. I think this is partly a reaction to public middle and high schools, which have all but abandoned kids who aren't in the top tier.

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Anonymous wrote:*shrug* I homeschooled without a college degree. Anyone who went through the K-12 system and thinks that they are "unqualified" to teach an elementary schooler really doesn't have a whole lot of confidence in their own education. I mean, really... Obviously I am not qualified to teach high school courses with the depth and breadth required, which is why almost all homeschooling parents - including myself - use outside curricula, outside classes, and other resources to facilitate learning those subjects. But a kindergartner? Second grader? What kind of qualifications do you think you need? Remember that it isn't about teaching a room filled with elementary schoolers from all different home situations and all different needs, which is what teachers are educated to do. It's about teaching your OWN child. What happens when they turn five that makes it impossible to teach them? Most of us taught our own infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children how to speak, use the potty, describe things, use scissors, climb up and down trees and the jungle gym, blow bubbles, help with simple chores, and all the rest. Suddenly we are unqualified when they get to school age?

Nailed it.

Children are expected to learn A LOT more in kindergarten than we were. Some parents can do this well and some parents can't. And some parents WILL do this well, but some WON'T. This summarizes pretty well current expectations:

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/parenting/2955444-home-school-public-school-8.html#ixzz5OecKAZkR
https://www.k5learning.com/blog/what-kids-learn-kindergarten

Interesting you should include a link for an online (ho eschool) program. This is DCum, a forum for the Washington mtro area, the majority of homeschooling parents in this area undoubtedly know how to research and provide a typical course of study for their children.

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Anonymous wrote:*shrug* I homeschooled without a college degree. Anyone who went through the K-12 system and thinks that they are "unqualified" to teach an elementary schooler really doesn't have a whole lot of confidence in their own education. I mean, really... Obviously I am not qualified to teach high school courses with the depth and breadth required, which is why almost all homeschooling parents - including myself - use outside curricula, outside classes, and other resources to facilitate learning those subjects. But a kindergartner? Second grader? What kind of qualifications do you think you need? Remember that it isn't about teaching a room filled with elementary schoolers from all different home situations and all different needs, which is what teachers are educated to do. It's about teaching your OWN child. What happens when they turn five that makes it impossible to teach them? Most of us taught our own infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children how to speak, use the potty, describe things, use scissors, climb up and down trees and the jungle gym, blow bubbles, help with simple chores, and all the rest. Suddenly we are unqualified when they get to school age?

Nailed it.

Children are expected to learn A LOT more in kindergarten than we were. Some parents can do this well and some parents can't. And some parents WILL do this well, but some WON'T. This summarizes pretty well current expectations:

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/parenting/2955444-home-school-public-school-8.html#ixzz5OecKAZkR
https://www.k5learning.com/blog/what-kids-learn-kindergarten

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Anonymous wrote:*shrug* I homeschooled without a college degree. Anyone who went through the K-12 system and thinks that they are "unqualified" to teach an elementary schooler really doesn't have a whole lot of confidence in their own education. I mean, really... Obviously I am not qualified to teach high school courses with the depth and breadth required, which is why almost all homeschooling parents - including myself - use outside curricula, outside classes, and other resources to facilitate learning those subjects. But a kindergartner? Second grader? What kind of qualifications do you think you need? Remember that it isn't about teaching a room filled with elementary schoolers from all different home situations and all different needs, which is what teachers are educated to do. It's about teaching your OWN child. What happens when they turn five that makes it impossible to teach them? Most of us taught our own infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children how to speak, use the potty, describe things, use scissors, climb up and down trees and the jungle gym, blow bubbles, help with simple chores, and all the rest. Suddenly we are unqualified when they get to school age?

Nailed it.

Children are expected to learn A LOT more in kindergarten than we were. Some parents can do this well and some parents can't. And some parents WILL do this well, but some WON'T. This summarizes pretty well current expectations:

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/forum/parenting/2955444-home-school-public-school-8.html#ixzz5OecKAZkR
https://www.k5learning.com/blog/what-kids-learn-kindergarten

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Anonymous wrote:*shrug* I homeschooled without a college degree. Anyone who went through the K-12 system and thinks that they are "unqualified" to teach an elementary schooler really doesn't have a whole lot of confidence in their own education. I mean, really... Obviously I am not qualified to teach high school courses with the depth and breadth required, which is why almost all homeschooling parents - including myself - use outside curricula, outside classes, and other resources to facilitate learning those subjects. But a kindergartner? Second grader? What kind of qualifications do you think you need? Remember that it isn't about teaching a room filled with elementary schoolers from all different home situations and all different needs, which is what teachers are educated to do. It's about teaching your OWN child. What happens when they turn five that makes it impossible to teach them? Most of us taught our own infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children how to speak, use the potty, describe things, use scissors, climb up and down trees and the jungle gym, blow bubbles, help with simple chores, and all the rest. Suddenly we are unqualified when they get to school age?

Nailed it.