Comments on: When homeschooling comes up in a school board meeting… http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/02/05/when-homeschooling-comes-up-in-a-school-board-meeting/ If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do? --Psalm 11:3 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:16:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Sam Crees http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/02/05/when-homeschooling-comes-up-in-a-school-board-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1123323 Sam Crees Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:54:22 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1144#comment-1123323 I know a student who was home schooled most of his life and then the parents sent him in addition to a private church sponsored school because of the administrator and his teachers. The fine young man went on to MIT for his BS and MS and is still going. Dr. Heath said what some home schooled might, or might not lose in social activities is made up in organization and discipline, as compared to being herded like cattle. He also has said that certain jobs should not be done for pay, per say. In other words you can not Buy good teachers, for most of the time those with a swift tongue get the job before the better quality "Teacher". Same goes for administrators of education, which actually used to be filled by the teachers themselves. I know a student who was home schooled most of his life and then the parents sent him in addition to a private church sponsored school because of the administrator and his teachers. The fine young man went on to MIT for his BS and MS and is still going. Dr. Heath said what some home schooled might, or might not lose in social activities is made up in organization and discipline, as compared to being herded like cattle. He also has said that certain jobs should not be done for pay, per say. In other words you can not Buy good teachers, for most of the time those with a swift tongue get the job before the better quality “Teacher”. Same goes for administrators of education, which actually used to be filled by the teachers themselves.

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What you said about sitting around at your work doing nothing isnt that good. I mean your sitting around nothing but your getting paid for doing nothing to. Personally i would like to be paid for doing nothing

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]]> By: Tammy Lessick http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/02/05/when-homeschooling-comes-up-in-a-school-board-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1071141 Tammy Lessick Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:17:10 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1144#comment-1071141 I always tell anyone who asks if they have to spend 8 hours a day homeschooling their child that, no. They can spend less time and accomplish more than the public schools. Children that get one on one every day learn more then chidren in a classroom setting. I always tell anyone who asks if they have to spend 8 hours a day homeschooling their child that, no. They can spend less time and accomplish more than the public schools. Children that get one on one every day learn more then chidren in a classroom setting.

]]> By: Lonna http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/02/05/when-homeschooling-comes-up-in-a-school-board-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1059055 Lonna Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:01:53 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1144#comment-1059055 To #14 Michelle, Read The Teenage Liberation Handbook, if you haven't already. It sounds as though you're doing a fine job of educating yourself in spite of public school. As for homeschooling your kids, it will come as naturally to you as it did to educate yourself. We are natural learners when given the room to grow. Best wishes. To #14 Michelle,
Read The Teenage Liberation Handbook, if you haven’t already. It sounds as though you’re doing a fine job of educating yourself in spite of public school. As for homeschooling your kids, it will come as naturally to you as it did to educate yourself. We are natural learners when given the room to grow. Best wishes.

]]> By: Homeschooling http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/02/05/when-homeschooling-comes-up-in-a-school-board-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1058738 Homeschooling Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:19:56 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1144#comment-1058738 I know many people who see their job as requiring little more than to look busy for a precisely defined amount of time. …I even catch myself thinking this. I know many people who see their job as requiring little more than to look busy for a precisely defined amount of time. …I even catch myself thinking this.

]]> By: Ed Snyder http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/02/05/when-homeschooling-comes-up-in-a-school-board-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1058553 Ed Snyder Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:48:13 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1144#comment-1058553 Luke Holzmann made a very good point about the larger social issue. It isn't just the belief of the employees at many corporations, but it is too often the mindset of management as well. Perhaps they picked up their beliefs while sitting at a desk for 6-8 hours a day at public schools. I've long wondered why (when I worked in that environment) I had to sit around at my workbench for about 4-5 more hours after all of my work was complete. My job for several companies has been to perform maintenance on machinery. Granted some of the maintenance is unscheduled and someone has to be there if a machine breaks, but it seems like a serious waste of resources to have a dozen maintenance people milling about trying to look busy after they've all completed their scheduled maintenance. And that's really what it boils down to in the case of both the schools and the corporations--misallocation of resources. As I'm sure we would all agree, hours of childhood are a very precious resource too often wasted in the institutional setting of a classroom. Luke Holzmann made a very good point about the larger social issue. It isn’t just the belief of the employees at many corporations, but it is too often the mindset of management as well. Perhaps they picked up their beliefs while sitting at a desk for 6-8 hours a day at public schools.

I’ve long wondered why (when I worked in that environment) I had to sit around at my workbench for about 4-5 more hours after all of my work was complete. My job for several companies has been to perform maintenance on machinery. Granted some of the maintenance is unscheduled and someone has to be there if a machine breaks, but it seems like a serious waste of resources to have a dozen maintenance people milling about trying to look busy after they’ve all completed their scheduled maintenance.

And that’s really what it boils down to in the case of both the schools and the corporations–misallocation of resources. As I’m sure we would all agree, hours of childhood are a very precious resource too often wasted in the institutional setting of a classroom.

]]> By: Michelle http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/02/05/when-homeschooling-comes-up-in-a-school-board-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1058550 Michelle Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:27:56 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1144#comment-1058550 I wish I had the opportunity to be homeschooled. I'm 16 and graduate next year at 17, but I find that most of the hours in school I spend listening to teachers rant, never really learning as much as I could be. I plan on being a freelance artist / writer / web designer, and have a web designing certificate from my freshman year in high school, but I haven't learned anything new yet to help me with writing or art. What I do learn is out of school, from friends and art groups and internet. I'm learning Sign Language (year 2) and French (year 1) from out of school classes, and I'm hoping despite money problems I can pursue helping those who need it by http://www.abroaderview.org. However, my required attendance at school and such is really getting in the way of my goals. It just gets on my nerves! I could be changing the world, but instead I'm sitting in a metal desk listening to calculus teachers whine about their pay and English teachers complain about student's papers having ruffles on the edges. Once I have a child someday, I think I would like to home school them; though I'm not sure if I would know how, so public school might be the only affordable choice. =/ Nice discussion, anyways. I wish I had the opportunity to be homeschooled. I’m 16 and graduate next year at 17, but I find that most of the hours in school I spend listening to teachers rant, never really learning as much as I could be. I plan on being a freelance artist / writer / web designer, and have a web designing certificate from my freshman year in high school, but I haven’t learned anything new yet to help me with writing or art. What I do learn is out of school, from friends and art groups and internet. I’m learning Sign Language (year 2) and French (year 1) from out of school classes, and I’m hoping despite money problems I can pursue helping those who need it by http://www.abroaderview.org. However, my required attendance at school and such is really getting in the way of my goals. It just gets on my nerves! I could be changing the world, but instead I’m sitting in a metal desk listening to calculus teachers whine about their pay and English teachers complain about student’s papers having ruffles on the edges. Once I have a child someday, I think I would like to home school them; though I’m not sure if I would know how, so public school might be the only affordable choice. =/ Nice discussion, anyways.

]]> By: AlexStivenson http://principleddiscovery.com/2009/02/05/when-homeschooling-comes-up-in-a-school-board-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-1056763 AlexStivenson Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:45:16 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=1144#comment-1056763 How you think, in our situation whis crisis its actual? How you think, in our situation whis crisis its actual?

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