Comments on: Cons of homeschooling http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/ If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do? --Psalm 11:3 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:53:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Essential and Subversive: Parents in Education http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-991182 Essential and Subversive: Parents in Education Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:45:27 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-991182 [...] Henley at Principled Discovery quotes a Florida newspaper story, Home schooling grows by 80 percent in state in past decade which, [...] [...] Henley at Principled Discovery quotes a Florida newspaper story, Home schooling grows by 80 percent in state in past decade which, [...]

]]> By: Crimson Wife http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-987056 Crimson Wife Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:32:17 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-987056 I think the first con is related to the belief that homeschooled children are super-sheltered and never get exposed to points of view other than their parents'. Which may be true for a subset of the HS population, but it isn't nearly as widespread a problem as certain critics imagine it to be. I think the first con is related to the belief that homeschooled children are super-sheltered and never get exposed to points of view other than their parents’. Which may be true for a subset of the HS population, but it isn’t nearly as widespread a problem as certain critics imagine it to be.

]]> By: Dana Hanley http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-984627 Dana Hanley Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:39:01 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-984627 Internet service, huh? Nice luxury, isn't it? My computer threw a fit, ate everything and took almost three days to get running again. It doesn't help when it develops a taste for its own operating system. Internet service, huh? Nice luxury, isn’t it? My computer threw a fit, ate everything and took almost three days to get running again. It doesn’t help when it develops a taste for its own operating system.

]]> By: JJ Ross http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-984024 JJ Ross Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:41:50 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-984024 Hmmm - wonder if that first con is meant from society's perspective? Two, four and five are cons mainly for parents, who pay the costs and direct the education. Three seems like a con for kids, who "experience" the education. Maybe one is a con for the nation unable to predict or influence much less control, the essential education its future citizens? I was thinking how in debate with Rob Reich for example, we all acknowledge that education is of legitimate concern to kids AND parents AND the public. Hmmm – wonder if that first con is meant from society’s perspective?

Two, four and five are cons mainly for parents, who pay the costs and direct the education. Three seems like a con for kids, who “experience” the education. Maybe one is a con for the nation unable to predict or influence much less control, the essential education its future citizens?

I was thinking how in debate with Rob Reich for example, we all acknowledge that education is of legitimate concern to kids AND parents AND the public.

]]> By: Grandpapa http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-984003 Grandpapa Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:35:44 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-984003 Thanks for pointing out the weaknesses in the arguments. It is amazing how some people can grab hold of anything and try to make it sound scholarly and clever, whereas they are actually just talking nonsense! Grandpapa Thanks for pointing out the weaknesses in the arguments. It is amazing how some people can grab hold of anything and try to make it sound scholarly and clever, whereas they are actually just talking nonsense!
Grandpapa

]]> By: Alice Gunther http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-983917 Alice Gunther Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:53:03 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-983917 That is one surprising first "con"! And here I thought that was the main reason for homeschooling! :) :) :) Thanks for posting this. That is one surprising first “con”!

And here I thought that was the main reason for homeschooling!

:) :) :)

Thanks for posting this.

]]> By: Life On The Planet http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-983831 Life On The Planet Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:29:47 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-983831 Yea! We have restored internet power. I don't want a deputy badge. I want a little teacher's bell to ring so I won't have to yell across the house. A pointer would be nice, too. "Parents have a much greater role in their children’s academic life." It's only a con when the kids decide it's an educational necessity to visit the zoo and it's thirty degrees outside. I wouldn't mind passing that one off to a teacher! :) Yea! We have restored internet power.

I don’t want a deputy badge. I want a little teacher’s bell to ring so I won’t have to yell across the house. A pointer would be nice, too.

“Parents have a much greater role in their children’s academic life.”

It’s only a con when the kids decide it’s an educational necessity to visit the zoo and it’s thirty degrees outside. I wouldn’t mind passing that one off to a teacher! :)

]]> By: Dana Hanley http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-983822 Dana Hanley Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:56:47 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-983822 Voluntary fundraisers...yes, they can get expensive. So can supplementary materials to help your children learn what they didn't learn in school. Watch how involved you are, suburbancorrespondent, or you might lose your deputy status. You are only the deputy of their education, after all. Acting in the stead of the state, if you listen to some commenters on homeschooling. Voluntary fundraisers…yes, they can get expensive. So can supplementary materials to help your children learn what they didn’t learn in school.

Watch how involved you are, suburbancorrespondent, or you might lose your deputy status. You are only the deputy of their education, after all. Acting in the stead of the state, if you listen to some commenters on homeschooling.

]]> By: Dana Hanley http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-983821 Dana Hanley Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:54:57 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-983821 Great! And you can listen to the archived show at your convenience. It is up, now. :) You can click on the link in the entry or on the player in my sidebar and it will replay the most recent show. Great! And you can listen to the archived show at your convenience. It is up, now. :) You can click on the link in the entry or on the player in my sidebar and it will replay the most recent show.

]]> By: Rina Groeneveld http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/08/11/cons-of-homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-983818 Rina Groeneveld Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:46:36 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1038#comment-983818 Mrs C, surely you mean: The child won't have ample opportunity to learn to accept bullying. Oh, Dana, I missed the show - I was still farting around with supper when it started and I totally forgot about it. I guess I'm going to have to send myself a reminder in future, because I want to listen to it regularly. Mrs C, surely you mean: The child won’t have ample opportunity to learn to accept bullying.

Oh, Dana, I missed the show – I was still farting around with supper when it started and I totally forgot about it. I guess I’m going to have to send myself a reminder in future, because I want to listen to it regularly.

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