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This is the first year we are homeschooling my 13 yr old son. He is actually in a hybrid Charter program so goes to class 2 days and homeschools 3 days. We have
by 20years 10y ago
This is the first year we are homeschooling my 13 yr old son. He is actually in a hybrid Charter program so goes to class 2 days and homeschools 3 days. We have already seen such a huge difference. We were able to bump him up 2 math levels, enroll him in a computer science course and had a lot of input on what curriculum he uses. None of these opportunities would have been available if we kept him in public school.
Public school was too easy for him. He was bored and not being challenged enough. Plus the last 2 years things kind of started getting a little creepy. I won't go into details here but there was definitely some indoctrination stuff going on that did not sit right with me.
I am not saying homeschooling is right for every child, but if your child excels in Math, is scoring off the charts in most subjects and appears to be bored, I highly encourage looking into it. There are a ton of homeschooling resources available now and there are a lot of good hybrid options too.
- cgvgffyv 10y ago> enroll him in a computer science course Why are you doing that to him?
- 20years 10y agoHaha! He has been programming since the age of 8. Started off hacking away at Minecraft Mods then moved into a little JavaScript and more recently Python for the Raspberry Pi. I have tried encouraging other areas too of course but this stuff really excites him. It is in his blood and he is really, really good at it.
- joeclark77 10y agoPython 3, I hope. Right?
- cardiffspaceman 10y ago"Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be coders" I thought this to myself and then googled it to see if lazyweb had written it for me: http://music.chuvala.com/songs/mamas/mamas_lyrics.html http://music.chuvala.com/songs/mamas/mamas_lyrics.html
- 20years 10y agoHa! This is pretty funny. Aren't coders these days though kind of seen as rock stars? ;) As a Mama here and as someone who has worked in this industry for over 15 years, I would not be bummed if he chose another path. I however won't hold him back from what is pulling him either. I will try my best to be as supportive as I can in whatever path he ends up choosing. Also speaking as a mom - I am totally okay if he ends up being the nerdy kid ;)
- dhimes 10y agoIn my experience as an educator I observed that homeschooling was excellent for kids at both extremes of the bell curve. US public education does a pretty good job at the bulk.
- 20years 10y agoTotally agree with you.