Submitted by Michelle (not verified) on April 20, 2008 - 05:21.
I am a single mother who works full-time, has a home-based business, and I homeschool 4 teenagers. It took me about a year to get on track and figure out which lessons and learning styles worked for each child. I pulled them out of school because they were NOT learning. They were bogged down with homework, trying to study for "standardized" tests and hadn't learned anything. They were getting bullied in school, hit on by "bi-sexual" girls, and having trouble keeping up with the workload. One of my daughters (in the 9th grade)had forgotten how to write in cursive! My kids also could not write a decent report and had terrible grammar, spelling, comprehension, etc. And they were getting A's and B's in school! My son was failing because he was bored to death in 7th grade and is now learning at a level as high as the older kids. He is actually at a higher level of reading and grammar. He is taking 8 subjects, writing a book and learning html and how to design a computer game. He is 13 years old.
That is what homeschooling is for. Some parents abuse it and don't take it seriously. But even more parents do NOT abuse it and are doing what we are supposed to do. Raising and educating our children.
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Submitted by Michelle (not verified) on April 20, 2008 - 05:21.
I am a single mother who works full-time, has a home-based business, and I homeschool 4 teenagers. It took me about a year to get on track and figure out which lessons and learning styles worked for each child. I pulled them out of school because they were NOT learning. They were bogged down with homework, trying to study for "standardized" tests and hadn't learned anything. They were getting bullied in school, hit on by "bi-sexual" girls, and having trouble keeping up with the workload. One of my daughters (in the 9th grade)had forgotten how to write in cursive! My kids also could not write a decent report and had terrible grammar, spelling, comprehension, etc. And they were getting A's and B's in school! My son was failing because he was bored to death in 7th grade and is now learning at a level as high as the older kids. He is actually at a higher level of reading and grammar. He is taking 8 subjects, writing a book and learning html and how to design a computer game. He is 13 years old.
That is what homeschooling is for. Some parents abuse it and don't take it seriously. But even more parents do NOT abuse it and are doing what we are supposed to do. Raising and educating our children.