tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168618921375018234.post5603691091014375987..comments2023-10-18T08:48:27.087-04:00Comments on Jazzy Mama: School by DefaultPattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17263461916713516997noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168618921375018234.post-60096378268960871232012-01-15T10:58:43.058-05:002012-01-15T10:58:43.058-05:00Hi, I just found your blog via Pintrest. Love yo...Hi, I just found your blog via Pintrest. Love your philosophy! Reposting to my fb page, and also a new follower :)Danica Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10410435072695163451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168618921375018234.post-87352246829411067672012-01-13T22:42:12.429-05:002012-01-13T22:42:12.429-05:00I may have shared my thoughts elsewhere on your bl...I may have shared my thoughts elsewhere on your blog, but I'll answer the question you posed here. Even though I have not started our homeschool (officially) adventure here yet with Burkley only being 14 months, the reasons my husband and I have agreed that our children will be homeschooled were because of the answers we came up with to these questions:<br />1. Where will be receive the BEST education? From me. I am a certified, experienced teacher and I know him and his learning needs best. I have a wealth of knowledge, access to wonderful resources, tons of materials, and a positive, encouraging attitude. If education is the MAIN goal of "school" then we needed to ask ourselves where he would get the BEST education. You can't argue the fact that one-on-one instruction is the best option.<br />2. It is way more efficient than traditional schooling. We can identify our children's strengths and weaknesses, cater to them appropriately, cover whatever they need/want to learn, etc., in a more efficient manner, in much less time than a school day, 180+ days a year, for years on end. Instead, we can learn with intentionality every day, all day long, not stopping because the clock says to yet not forcing ourselves to trudge through if he is not developmentally ready for it.<br />3. My husband and I both loved your post about children *not* thriving on routine, so we now add that to our list as well. <br /><br />This comment is getting pretty long and I should probably do a blog post myself about it, so I'll stop here. I love your reasons for homeschooling/unschooling, and agree with them as well.Adriennehttp://mommyingmyway.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1168618921375018234.post-58487233665608154152012-01-13T16:16:56.318-05:002012-01-13T16:16:56.318-05:00Yes, I think it's sad that the burden of proof...Yes, I think it's sad that the burden of proof has to be on the person who wants to homeschool. If the parents can't agree, the kid gets sent to school. Only if they BOTH are all for homeschooling does the child get to stay home.<br /><br />I'm familiar with this concept because when I was a kid, I spent three years going to school after having homeschooled before. I didn't like it and BEGGED to come home. It frustrated the heck out of me that even though I knew what I wanted and my mom agreed with me, I was going to have to go to school unless my dad agreed as well. >sigh< Wouldn't it be an amazing concept if the kids, the mom, AND the dad all had to want to do public school for it to be an option?Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.com