[Vision2020] homeschooling

[Michael]

John D Wrote:

Why would you want to homeschool? How can parents be so arrogant to think
they are smart enough to teach every subject to their children themselves?

 

 

Me:

I won't enumerate all the reasons people homeschool here; I don't have the
time to give the question a sufficient answer. But as for the second
question: In my experience, the bulk of home schooling families heavily rely
on community help (joint classes, technique sharing, etc) or educational
supplements such as interactive on-line instruction. And some form of
curriculum is almost always used.  Many homeschool families also take
advantage of full-time or part-time schooling for some of their children at
different ages.  There are home schooling philosophies out there that are
arrogantly self-sufficient, but I don't see that in our community.  At the
same time, recall the beautiful educational scene from Braveheart where the
older child was teaching the younger motherless child. I'm convinced that
close and loving interaction with older children might prove more valuable
than a nice 'school room' scenario. My daughter is taking a drawing class,
which has its perks; but I don't think this can compete with her informally
sitting down with Doug Jones' daughter and a sketch pad (something I
observed just last night).  And as for my own education experience, I'd say
nothing can compete with the opportunity at teaching on the college level
while trying to work through your own graduate studies-there is a get and
give process that seems to go with the grain of natural learning. 

 

Michael Metzler

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