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Musings of a relaxed, identity-directed homeschooling mum in New Zealand.
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I hope it doesn't sound like I am so unconfident that I need to be constantly justifying myself, that is possibly what I am. Maybe it is just that I like the odd bit of encouragement every now and again that we are on the right track after all.
But anyway, I had a chance last weekend to catch up with some friends of my children, who are the children of our good friends. These teenagers were homeschooled until high school, when they went to public school with great delight and enthusiasm. So they have had experience both within and without 'the system'. Because of the excellent homeschool education their relaxed mother gave them, and the way their family communicates together, they are able to think objectively and not just 'swim with the flow'. They have now been at school for 6 months, and two and a half years.
Here's some comments, quoted as best as I can remember:
"About seventy percent of what we do at school is no use in real life".
"There is so much time wasting and time filling."
"I have had it with school."
"When we read a book, we only read it to answer the questions, not to get anything out of the book itself."
Justification - and encouragement!! What more do I need. |
Posted: 5:38 PM, May. 31, 2008 |
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