Do you hate homeschooling kids?

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I had to go to public school, but I effectively home schooled myself. I was alway reading books on my own. I was at least 2 grades ahead of my peers as far as knowledge is concerned.

You are incredibly mistaken if you think homeschooled kids have it easy. When my son was in public school (up until grade 5) he could only stay on task 2-4 mins at a time. His entire day was spent being overstimulated which caused meltdowns and nobody got any benefit from it. He certainly wasn't learning anything from it.

So I pulled him because, thankfully, I'm in a position where I can homeschool him. Now, every day he does math, english, vocab, reading comp, science, computer programming, and life skills. Three times a week he studies social science, history, and art. He's way busier now than he was in school.

He definitely doesn't have it easy. But he's definitely healthier and happier. That's all that matters.

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My mum pulled me out of public school when I was 11. She did not have it easy because many of my learning problems that she did not know about started to show when she started to teach me. She once got so angry I couldn't work out a simple problem when she explained it to me I cried.
But it wasn't all that bad. I started to love science, history and english. And there was a special day once a month when we got to meet up with other homeschooled kids. I prefered to ride my skateboard on my own while the other children would play though.
The best thing about being homeschooled is that you can start classes still in your pj's.
I do agree that homeschooled kids learn a lot more useful information.

And I don't think autistic kids are the only ones that have it tough in school. There are some kids I saw being bullied and had difficulty with their schoolwork that were non autistic.

I don't hate anyone without first having met them. That would be stupid. Even if I was envious of home-schooled people, I've never understood the connection between envy and hatred.

I think you misunderstand my point. I wasn't even talking about lessons, i was talking about everything else. And you just said it yourself, he's happy. That was my whole point.

I have a question, and I'm hoping that this isn't inappropriate, since it's slightly off topic. How did those of you that were home schooled, or those of you that do home school your children, deal with the social isolation? There may come a point that I need to home school my boys, but I'm such a hermit that I worry about them feeling too isolated. I know that up to a point, both of them enjoy being around their peers.

You didn't say in the OP though that you weren't talking about lessons.

But how could you hate someone for leading a life that suits them?

That was a challenge but it helped that my daughter had been playing softball since she was seven, so she had an established extra-curricular thing to do. She also attended 4H meetings and took music lessons for a while. I just dropped her off for these.

Regards,

Patricia

There are a lot of homeschool organizations in this area that provide an abundance of socialization opportunities. They meet (optionally, of course) several times a week at various parks, bowling alleys and local activities, and they also provide field trips and parent-taught classes. I don't know how your area is, but we have a lot of options here.

If you'd like to know what's available in your area, you could probably look up your local online homeschooling groups (yahoogroups is a good place to start). If you join one of them (just let them know you're doing research before you make the decision to start homeschooling) they can probably help you navigate it all. The laws differ by state as to what's required.

Good luck! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask!

Jane

Thank you Pschristmas, and HJaneHarrington for the info. I may have to look into it just in case I ever feel the need to take my boys out of school. I'd like to know my options, and the pros, and cons of public vs. home school. That way, I'm prepared.

i would have loved to have been homeschooled, if only i did not have the parents i have. i have had been homeschooled by my grandfather i would have been very fortunate.

Because jealousy and the unfairness. There is alot that i hate i can't help it, i have a big problem with people who lead an easy life in general. But its not like i would beat someone up who is being homeschooled for example, just that i can't stand the unfair difference between homeschooled kids with as and schoolkids with as. And i know that i should have been more clear with my topic.