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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite
Not sure if I should ask this but hey-ho it's a public forum 
Why would you teach your children yourself? Is it because you are a teacher? Is it a religious thing? Are are there no schools in your area or are they all quite poor performing? Do you plan to limit all media (internet, books, radio, TV, newspapers, films, email) that your child is exposed to? Will you be limiting her social circle as well? Actually will she have a social circle? And at what age do you plan to expose the real world to her?
I'm genuinely curious as the concept is quite alien to me. Is home teaching common in the US? |
You didn't ask me but I'm butting in - I'm in Arizona and home schooling is becoming more common here. School funding has been cut beyond reason, classrooms are overcrowded, teachers and staff are stressed and underpaid. For families that can do it, it's a better learning experience for the children. My friend's daughter has been successfully homeschooling her 2 children for several years, they are doing extremely well academically. She meets with other home schooling families for recesses, etc. so the kids don't suffer socially. I've worked as an aide in autism classrooms since I retired 5 years ago and I am seeing a rapidly declining educational system. Its a sad situation.
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