Homeschooling

[Hometeacher628]

I noticed there are a lot of people on this forum who either homeschool their kids, were homeschooled, or advocate homeschooling.

I was thinking about it and realized I don't think I've ever talked to someone who was homeschooled.

What reasons did you have for choosing it?

Since the whip lashing of this thread has been somewhat painful to read, I thought I'd get back to the OP for my comment. Although I knew people who intended to homeschool future children before they ever were married, I never gave it much thought for my life or future family. Many years later, after sending each of the children to school for one year, our experiences were nothing short of disastrous. I am so happy that Leebo and Sanantone received the stellar education that each child attending a school should receive. However, when children and parents are faced with educational issues affecting their child, it is so comforting to know there is the alternative of homeschooling.

When I allowed my very social second child to attend Kindergarten at the age of 5, even though my eldest was already being homeschooled, she was tested by the school and I was given the choice to move her to 1st or 2nd grade. She was reading Little House on the Prarie series, doing 2 digit addition and subtraction, and was just a joy to be around. I looked at the size of the children in 2nd grade, and wondered how she would fare on theplayground at recess. I agreed to the 1st grade move, with the teacher with 25 years experience and a Master's degree. Later, I learned several disturbing things. No less than 5 boys were 8 years old. Yes, I learned what "redshirting" looked like for athletics as young as the 1st grade.

My daughters curriculum was "individualized". She got to work on her work on the computer, joining the groups for science, art, and specials. I asked the teacher at conferences if she didn't think math was important to write out on paper so the student could learn to line everything up in the formative years and not use a calculator. When I asked about reading, my daughter thought it was really neat she got to read to the class stuffed animal Coco Monkey in her