<p>Hah, I just realized your username is Romani Gypsy Eyes and I’ve been reading it as Roman Pigs Eyes since I joined CC. That made me laugh.</p>
<p>Ok that’s it I am so making a thread about this now lmao.</p>
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<p>So 20 credits a year? 5 subjects? That comes to about $4000 a year? That’s not an inconsiderable sum, compared to public education, which may have something in the neighborhood of $100 in incidental fees a year.</p>
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<p>It’s considerably more difficult to meet state standards when the school is full of ESL, impoverished children. This is pretty much my point.</p>
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<p>Like I said, just the emphasis on education makes a huge difference. The homeschooled population is certainly not a random sample. Now, I’ll admit the wealth correlation was conjecture, but I would be very surprised if there were an equal proportion of homeschooled children in East LA or even South LA as compared to West LA, the Valley, or Orange County. You don’t have to be “wealthy” to homeschool your children, but it’s easier to sacrifice income if your family isn’t already below the poverty line.</p>
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<p>Maybe something like: “Wow, I guess not everyone’s a tool.”</p>
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<p>If I were more like the people I associate with, I’d be pregnant, poor, addicted to alcohol, and bipolar. Not to mention musically talented, mathematically gifted, and extremely athletic. I’d also be far less funny and considerably more frivolous.</p>
<p>Yeah… I’m going to have to disagree with you. Maybe doormats become more like the people they associate themselves with. I think most people can handle their own identity pretty well.</p>
<p>This is going to sound harsh, but I really feel sorry for you if you tend to become like the people you associate with, and occasionally have to associate with less than ideal people. I work at a grocery store and trust me, some of my customers and coworkers aren’t top of the line. If you are so easily molded, I hope you never find yourself in that situation.</p>
<p>^ I guess this is a rather pointless argument since it has moved from the question “Do parents have a right to homeschool their children if they so choose?” to “Is homeschooling benificial or harmful?”, which is a question that depends on so many other variables that you can’t really answer it with logic. Do you want to continue the “Do you become like the people you associate with” argument in another thread? It seems interesting, but isn’t really that valuable.</p>
<p>“So 20 credits a year? 5 subjects? That comes to about $4000 a year? That’s not an inconsiderable sum, compared to public education”</p>
<p>Our you referring to the dual enrollment, 20 credits would be $2500 which is MUCH less than 20 credits would cost in full time college and the time savings is huge because you take the class for both HS and college credit. It also provides the oportunity to “try out a college” without committing to a scholarship program and it is a nice way to ease into college life.</p>
<p>Oh, about the money/homeschool correlation: My dad owns his own business and his gross income, before expenses, is only a little bit above the poverty line.</p>
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<p>Well no, because I don’t see much of an argument there.</p>
<p>Ok. Neither do I.</p>
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<p>That’s not the comparison I was making, but since you bring it up, classes at CC’s around here are about $25 per unit. It cost my brother about $800 for a year of college, full time.</p>
<p>i knew some pretty socially awkward kids who were homeschooled, but if parents want to homeschool their kids, let them. it just takes away from years of life experiences you’d face if you went to public/private school</p>
<p>Homeschooled kids aren’t locked inside the house. Most people wouldn’t guess that a typical homeschooled kid is homeschooled because they’re expecting them to fit a stereotype. They can leave their house, get a job, volunteer, go to extra-curriculars… </p>
<p>And if you’re arguing that they’re not ‘socialized’ then your definition of that is a room full of people grouped together because their birthdays are all between two dates. I don’t think, beyond education, most people ever have that experience again do they?</p>
<p>I actually knew a guy named Boo Radley…</p>
<p>Ok - I’ve been lurking on this thread for several days and decided I would chime in, specifically regarding the benefits of public schools for special ed. I have been homeschooling my 2 oldest. The oldest will be graduating this year and has done very well. He has many scholarship opportunities, some quite large. To him, one of the biggest compliments he values is “I didn’t know you were homeschooled!” My middle son seems to be doing well, too. He’s only in 7th grade so time will tell. My youngest who is in 6th grade has special needs. As a result, I had him in public schools since he was 3 for the exact reasons given on this thread. The schools DO have many resources. The problems however, go FAR beyond the resources. I FINALLY pulled him to homeschool him after MANY problems. Would you believe he was constantly ducking chairs that his fellow special ed students were throwing across the room. OK constantly is an exaggeration, but this problem occurred several times a day, every day! Additionally, he was beat up and shoved in his locker, lunch money stolen on a regular basis, and believe it or not, feces shoved at him while trying to use the restroom!!! TRUE! I’m not saying my son was always innocent. Believe me, nothing was ever done about these behaviors. Why? Because the kids have IEP’s. I could finally take it no longer. No matter how good the resources, they could not be used effectively, so it made it detrimental for him to be in this setting. Homeschooling is working very well for him as well. Funny thing, I recently received a phone call from one of his former teachers telling me that I did. “for a fact” do the right thing in pulling my son to homeschool him. She said she was not allowed to elaborate, but just wanted to let me know. The bottom line is that every child is different, every parent is different, every family situation is different,and every teacher and school is different. I’m thankful we live in a land where parents have the freedom to raise their children as they feel best.</p>
<p>Idc if kids are home schooled. But public schools aren’t all that bad. I go to a hs where there’s a majority of kids who do not care about school, too many girls get pregnant and many people aren’t wealthy. My school may sound very low quality and scary, but being in AP/honors, I feel like I got a very good education from mostly all of my AP teachers…and I really do like the classes I have been in. All the kids I know in the courses are very motivated. I feel that even if I had super smart parents and was home schooled, I would’ve missed out on a lot.</p>
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<p>What do you feel you would miss out on, if you don’t mind me asking? :)</p>
<p>I personally would’ve missed out on interacting with my peers on a daily basis, eating lunch with awesome friends, having a variety of different teachers, doing theater (community and school are nothing alike), starting two clubs, and the list goes on.</p>
<p>MM, once again- the question was whether we were for or against homeschooling, not whether or not it should be legal.</p>
<p>Ok, I must have misunderstood you then. I agree that people have a right to decide between the two.</p>
<p>Surely if you were homeschooled you’d choose to see your friends though? If not, I’d question their value to you. As for different teachers - homeschooling doesn’t just mean sitting at a kitchen table with your mother hovering over you. There are many different types of homeschooling. Some may have online classes, some may go to the community college, some may have tutors or a combination of all of them. There are also states or even individual schools that allow homeschooled kids to be a part of their extra curriculars but obviously, that is the luck of the draw. I went to school for ten years before being homeschooled & I don’t think I’ve missed out on one single thing within the last two years.</p>