A post mainly for shadowshifter

[gemfyre]

Today I saw some of the big advantages of homeschooling.

A kid in our shadehouse/camp kitchen doing his maths and spelling and occaisionally being distracted by things like wallabies and goshawks at the bird bath. That is brilliant, being able to take your kids around the world at any time and still teach them the basics.

You can also alter what you teach. I almost butted in when dad was trying to explain how to spell "month" because it's spelled with an o and not with a u which would make sense. I wanted to explain that the word month is derived from moon because it's a full cycle of the moon, but I decided not to because dad was doing the teaching. But if I have a kid and teach them spelling I'd certainly teach them word roots as well if I knew them - it just makes understanding words and spelling so much easier.

Comments

[sunrise-raver.livejournal.com]

Yep, there's definite advantages to homeschooling :)I was homeschooled for a while and well, it was just so amazing to be able to say stuff without some teacher snorting at my suggestions :)

I love etymology (hope I have the right word else I'm gonna look a prize fool!)... it's just so fascinating :) It's just amazing how so many different languages have crept up in the world, and English is particularly fascinating as it's got influences from pretty much most of the groups.

[annyka.livejournal.com]

Being the teacher I am, I can see both sides of the 'home schooling debate'.

Ultimately I don't think it is a good idea, though there are benefits.

[morningmist83.livejournal.com]

I guess homeschooling is a good choice for some--those with parents who are capable of it first and who travel a lot for their jobs or whatever.

But I feel public schooling is so much better for overall development. Socially, emotionally, mentally. Its kind of a taste of the real world out there, with all its injustices and opportunities.

But yeah I'm just a teacher so whadda I know ;) There just needs to be more and better qualified teachers out there....like me! :)

[dead-corvette.livejournal.com]

totally unrelated: we had a lady from broome in the shop the other day (new job!) apparently she works somewhere that does the bird con's washing! :P

[shadowshifter.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* neat :)

and yeh, this is one of the many reasons why we're homeschooling :)

i dont know what those people are like obviously but i wouldnt mind other people that actually knew shit correcting me on things when im teaching (unless they're wrong but we could always debate that ;), it might have been a welcome bit of trivia :)