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> nobody wants the outcome we've got Single anecdote: we took our 3rd grader from the regular school and enrolled in an online school since at that age they w

by yumraj 5y ago

> nobody wants the outcome we've got Single anecdote: we took our 3rd grader from the regular school and enrolled in an online school since at that age they were not vaccinated and we were not comfortable sending a 3rd grader to a school at all. In fact I feel that our child has done well, the entire 3rd grade curriculum is finished and will be moving to 4th grade in the middle of the school year since the online school supports that. Something that may not have happened in the regular school at all. So, as usual, let's not generalize - every one is different, both adults and children. We may move our child back to regular school in the fall since they can now be vaccinated.

mbg721 5y ago
This is interesting to me; my wife and I had a child recently, and our immediate response was "This is going to be a shit-show for years, let's look up how home-schooling works." If nothing else, we'll be spending a lot of time on the Star-Bellied Sneetches.
- yumraj 5y ago
  Yes it’s going to be a shit show for years and we’ll all have to adapt, including figuring out what works and doesn’t for our kids. Hopefully by the time your child is a little older things would have settled. Best wishes! BTW, we’re not doing home schooling exactly. We’re doing an online K-12 school.
  - barry-cotter 5y ago
    > BTW, we’re not doing home schooling exactly. We’re doing an online K-12 school. You're following a set curriculum while the teaching is almost entirely being done by the parents and child. You're a great deal more similar to a homeschooler than normal schools. If you finish all your work for third grade in a regular school you do not go to fourth grade.
    - yumraj 5y ago
      > You're a great deal more similar to a homeschooler than normal schools. Yes you’re right. What I’d meant was that we’ve not had to spend time in figuring out what the curriculum is and how to cobble together the course material - the basic structure is provided so it was easy for us to transition to it.

by yumraj 5y ago

mbg721 5y ago

This is interesting to me; my wife and I had a child recently, and our immediate response was "This is going to be a shit-show for years, let's look up how home-schooling works." If nothing else, we'll be spending a lot of time on the Star-Bellied Sneetches.

yumraj 5y ago
Yes it’s going to be a shit show for years and we’ll all have to adapt, including figuring out what works and doesn’t for our kids. Hopefully by the time your child is a little older things would have settled. Best wishes! BTW, we’re not doing home schooling exactly. We’re doing an online K-12 school.
- barry-cotter 5y ago
  > BTW, we’re not doing home schooling exactly. We’re doing an online K-12 school. You're following a set curriculum while the teaching is almost entirely being done by the parents and child. You're a great deal more similar to a homeschooler than normal schools. If you finish all your work for third grade in a regular school you do not go to fourth grade.
  - yumraj 5y ago
    > You're a great deal more similar to a homeschooler than normal schools. Yes you’re right. What I’d meant was that we’ve not had to spend time in figuring out what the curriculum is and how to cobble together the course material - the basic structure is provided so it was easy for us to transition to it.