Home Schooling

[Avery'sDad]

Homeschooling is for parents that want to continue to feed their kids full.of lies.and essentially brainwash them because the parents themselves don't even know they are brainwashed and part of the problem. Hence is why 99% of the books are religiously based.

[War Machine]

home schooling is a terrible idea

[Ruffdaddy]

And Texas even has a homeschool sports league now.

Waaay too many options these days.

You mean the special olympics

[Ruffdaddy]

There are other social activities that kids can have better interaction than with public schools. My son plays several sports and is involved with Civil Air Partol and church. The only "social interaction" that is taken away is the DISTRACTION in the classroom.

Those are all watered down versions of the real deal. I have a decent amount of relatives that were homeschooled and they went nowhere. I had a few classmates in college that were homeschooled and were relatively smart...but socially inept.

I have a hard time believing that ANY parent (especially on this forum) can teach a kid multiple subjects better than a staff of teachers. Kids that are taught correctly at home can avoid the classroom distractions. You can't hide your kids from everything.

[Denny]

There are also home schooling co-ops where parents get together to assist each other based on their strengths. They'll also put together field trips and other outtings, plus there is always the option to join city leagues and Elite teams for sports.

And Texas even has a homeschool sports league now.

Waaay too many options these days.

[Treasure Chest]

There are other social activities that kids can have better interaction than with public schools. My son plays several sports and is involved with Civil Air Partol and church. The only "social interaction" that is taken away is the DISTRACTION in the classroom.

There are also home schooling co-ops where parents get together to assist each other based on their strengths. They'll also put together field trips and other outtings, plus there is always the option to join city leagues and Elite teams for sports.

[Denny]

Homeschooling is such a handicap in my opinion. Don't kill the kids social life, let him learn the real world.

There are other social activities that kids can have better interaction than with public schools. My son plays several sports and is involved with Civil Air Partol and church. The only "social interaction" that is taken away is the DISTRACTION in the classroom.

[MstangsBware]

Look at Texas Tech University's online K-12 program. It's a certified Texas Independent School District and has an awesome curriculum. Everything is internet and/or DVD based. The books are fairly priced and tuition is very low. My son did it for his 9th grade year, but wanted to try a charter school next to our house this year.

Will take a look at that.....Thanks..

[Ruffdaddy]

Homeschooling is such a handicap in my opinion. Don't kill the kids social life, let him learn the real world.

[Denny]

Look at Texas Tech University's online K-12 program. It's a certified Texas Independent School District and has an awesome curriculum. Everything is internet and/or DVD based. The books are fairly priced and tuition is very low. My son did it for his 9th grade year, but wanted to try a charter school next to our house this year.

[MstangsBware]

Does anyone on here home school? We are looking into doing this for my younger son and are looking for the best route to take. After reading there are places that offer set curriculums for grade levels but the prices are all over the place. What is the best route to take?