Help! Anyone know any homeschoolers out there?
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UPDATED: Monday, November 12, 2012 07:51
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I've given up on the local school. They have added two new classes to a schoolday where they don't have time to do anything but hand out worksheets anyway. They have no problem with it when a kid who has been an A student suddenly becomes a D student because she's 9 and doing hours of homework at night after a schoolday that would bore most sane people to tears.
They said they would "test" for for problems and when I asked them what would they do if she does have a problem, the answer was give her more time during class. Great, now she can do 4 freaking hours of mind numbing drivel at home to "catch up".
Not to mention the gym teacher that picks on her because she doesn't run fast (who doesn't EVER give an A, because kids LIKE feeling like they can't EVER win, right????) and the lunches that she has refused to eat just this year BECAUSE THEY TASTE LIKE CARDBOARD because a nosy, judgemental, black woman don't mind her own! Yeah, I said it. And yeah I've tried 'em. Whole wheat wraps and no condiments on anything!!! Nasty!
I'm SOOOOOO fed up.
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I know several families that home school, a lot of my third cousins are homeschooled, two families with lots of kids in them. Plus other people. CTS homeschools her kids there in Peru.
In order for home schooling to work one has to make sure that the kid is still getting socialization time, a lot of it, because in my opinion that's the main part of school anyway. You might get together with some other families in your area who want to homeschool or who are already doing it and form a homeschool coop, where you school your kids together, different parents teach different subjects etc., I believe this is the good way to home school.
Something that has become popular in my area is online schooling, our local public school system has a school online program which, from what I hear, makes so the kid can go at their own pace more and move on their own schedule, plus they are together with other kids a couple of days a week so they still get social interaction with kids in their age group who are also online schooling.
Do you guys have any alternative schools or charter schools in your area? That might be a way to go so the school experience is still happening but in a venue which would suit her better?
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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There is nothing here. They even share principals, so it's the same stupidity no matter where ya go. And yes, I hear about online but I don't know ANYTHING else about them. You go to the websites and all you see is ten pages of them saying how great they are 
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My kid is dyspraxic, but the teachers here know next to nothing about it and are doing an amazing job at ignoring the problem all together, and ending the conversation as quickly as possible when I bring it up. I've been dealing with it on my own for four years. They have no problem mentally flogging a child that cannot physically do ANYTHING to fix the problem......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_dyspraxia
The thing is, she is extremely intelligent, but they treat her like a complete idiot. This isn't just her mama's bias here either.
She also is unlucky enough to have health problems as well and I am over- tired of explaining complicated things to simple people...
I now know why kids shoot people, for I'm pretty sure a big part of that is frustrations from dealing with the ignorant people supposed to be TEACHING them...
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I feel ya, we might not get along, but I think you're starting to understand a bit more why I do what I do.
Have you looked into Sudbury type schools in your area ?
If that's not an option due to range, I'll see what resources I can pull down for you in regards to homeschooling, cause it sure sounds like the situation is out of hand to me.
-F
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Hav you tried [url] http://www.khanacademy.org/]?
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Originally posted by JO753:
Hav you tried [url] http://www.khanacademy.org/[/url]?
Saw something on Tv on that last year, but I had forgotten it...thanks.
Hard to know where to start these days, everything has changed soooo much.
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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA:
Have you looked into Sudbury type schools in your area ?
I know there's Indiana k-12 and Connections Academy, but it took me years to figure this place out and I'm sure that worse, esp. since I don't know ANYONE who's actually done them or knows the first thing about them...
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If you don't have any charter schools in your area and all the regular schools are linked, maybe hooking up with some other homeschool or online school families in your area and forming a home school co-op would be the thing for you guys. It doesn't sound like the current approach is helping anyone. I think its great that you're involved with your child's education and wanting her to succede, so often parents just sort of step aside and don't get involved.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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Well, it's taken 3 days of calling people, having multiple conversations and debates, and finally forcing the issue, BUT THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
We think we have finally found someone to help her, yay! She's on a waiting list, but I guess it's better than nothin'....
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