General Chat

Hello hun,

Life and all that, am sure you get my meaning

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hi Caz hows you

thanks all great debate and good input from you all

Hi Hoff,

I believe home education can be very beneficial, especially when children dont conform to the normal education route,

Caz xxx

Well well well.

My initial thought on reading the start of this thread was "no way, it couldn't be as good as going to school. They'd miss out on too many things especially the socilaisation side."

However, I've changed my mind after reading through this, and I now think that if home schooling is provided by the right person/people there's no reason why it wouldn't be just as good if not better than a school education. In just the same way that there are wonderful teachers and schools, and (unfortunately) very poor ones too.

I take my hat off to you Rose, and to all good educaters.

Maria xxx

as somone who has experienced home schooling when little "for a short time

i actually went back ahead of the rest of my class!
so yes its defo got its pro's

IHi JGee... I love to read myself so it was something that I wanted my son to enjoy also, not make it a chore to be got through but a real pleasure . I was so disappointed that the school spent money on (to me ) the wrong things and 'made do' with books that were boring, and in the main badly written when I know from my previous job with an educational toy and book shop that there are so many fantastic books for young readers .

Schools can be great, I had some of the best teachers myself, whose interest in the children and passion for their subjects gave me my interest in so many things... but also so much of what I know was learned 'naturally' by virtue of my family's curiosity about the world in general :)

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its scary on gen

this thread is also on Gen
thanks
keith

Hi Rose thats fanstastic I feel priveledge to make such a difference in a child's life, but to do it for for your own child must be a blessing indeed

My daughter learnt to talk and consequently to read two years ago she's almost 11 ~ she now as a reading age of 9 most of it as been done at home ~ we are all big readers now she is addicted ~ we always say "books are all friends, old, new and yet to be"

I particularly work with dyslexic pupils ~ av drawn stregnth from my own inabitilies ~ it can be hard work at times but "the harder they try the greater the reward"

rose thats what happened to mine, my granddaughter to thankfully she loves school, she forgot her book one friday morning , and was put back to the first one,
which to me was totally wrong ,, it work out the class was way behind her in reading ......she now is top of her year and teachers have high hopes for her As for all her subjects , thankfully she loves to learn.....

THANKS ALL
FOR YOUR VIEWS AND A GOOD DEBATE

And that is a really good point Hoff!

Education is not all about literacy...nor should it be all about academic qualifications....

My nephew failed his exams...but is in a good job and good at what he does...because he has practical abilities, my mum left school at 14 but was one of the most intelligent people I have met. Artisans, craftsmen, gardeners etc have skills and intelligence that are just as valuable as any amount of A levels qualifications .

btw Pete Waterman the record producer didn't learn to write till he was 15, and still only 'prints'..he has done ok for himself I reckon...

Hi Mel

I am a passionate believer in reading...if a child can read well it opens the door to being able to learn whatever they wish to in the future.

One of the reasons i decided to home educate was that my son at age 7 had been a fluent reader for several years and loved books bothreading them and being read to, but was growing to dislike it as at school he was held back... the kids were given a book (simple) on a Friday . and expected to still be reading it at reading time all through the week.... he had finished his and had to sit and reread it until his classmates had got through it... imagine you had to read the back of the cornflakes packet every day for a week...boring beyond belief!

In his first week of home ed he was reading anything and everything he wanted to...and more to the point enjoying it :)

something like on 1 in 5 children leave primary school unable to read.... and miss out on one of the most life enhancing pleasures there is :)

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if i had a choice myself i would have prefered to be taught at home....

Hoff its my job to teach kids, to read, write and spell shame we don't get them til they get to high school but mountains can be moved

I think the thing to remember here is that each child is an individaul and what works for one might not work for another or what works for one might not work in the same way for another

There is no right or wrong way with this ~ its just good that there are several options

i work with peeps who can neither read or write
but ill say this much they are some of the best landscapers i know

i was your college tutor lol

lol Hoff...not at all...though I sometimes think you do yourself an injustice by the brevity of your posts ;)

However my college tutor often said to his students "why use 6 words when one word might be just as effective " (he was Cambridge educated and a published writer himself )

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