education decisions.

tonksy

tonksy

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i need an outsiders opinion, please. my little girl, marlowe, will be 3 in november. at which time i have been recommend to have her tested for the local public school systems gifted program. she is very smart for her age, says the abc's, counts to 30 with assistance- she stumbles at 25-26. she sings songs and shows great problem solving skills.
but the issue is, if i put her in the gifted program she would obviously attend the public schools, which as a general rule, in louisiana are substandard, even if it is the gifted program. or should i just home school - hell, i'm the one that taught her all this, but then she misses out on the socialization. i'd have to make sure to have her in outside activities, like sports or girl scouts or dance. we can't afford the parochial schools so our only options are public school and home school. what do you think?
 
My son went public in k-3. This year (4th) we've decided the public schools are a waste of time. Homeschooling, it's a bitch, but you know your kid is learning.

Socialization??? You live in the backwoods? On a tundra? NO need to worry. Neighborhood kids & public parks, YMCA & there are a TON of additional education things for homeschoolers.
 
Gonz said:
My son went public in k-3. This year (4th) we've decided the public schools are a waste of time. Homeschooling, it's a bitch, but you know your kid is learning.

Socialization??? You live in the backwoods? On a tundra? NO need to worry. Neighborhood kids & public parks, YMCA & there are a TON of additional education things for homeschoolers.
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I'm with Gonz, if you can do it, and can do it well, then do it.

And as far as the socialization goes, I think personally that it's much more natural for a child to be exposed to a great variety of people of assorted ages rather than the false world school provides with everyone the same age lumped together.
 
the only concern i have about homeschooling is that i am not a very structured person. i am afraid that we would spend 3 hours learning about the migration of monarch butterflies, because mar asks about butterflies, instead of addition and subtraction. i'm sure that i can find some info on the web to help me stay on a lesson plan, though. thanks for understanding my concern about the public school system. here's another question- do you think that the gifted program will look better on her college transcripts than homeschooling? at what point does this become a priority? or i should i not concern myself with it, as i have no plans to homeschool through high school.
 
Homeschooling???

You teach them yourselves?

I think the gifted program sounds great, and socializing with your own age group is important, and the teachers have the structure, and the recources to do it, and it looks great on a college application, and they look from day one at school.

If the gifted program does not challenge her, then try home schooling

just my opinion
 
Damn I wish Ards was still coming around. Ardsgaine has been home-schooling for years now, and could tell you alot about the good and bad that has come of it. I too agree that socialization is the key, you must be willing to go to the park, get the child out in social situations. Those don't have to be at school, and I think the socialization that occurs away from the school would be even better for a child, just make sure you do it.

As for the gifted program, my middle son is in it in Jefferson City, Mo. It's a pretty good program, they pretty much allow them to do what they want to do, with various labs and classes going on that they can attend. There are some limits of course, if they attend a class, they are responsible for the material that is covered, and they have to attend a certain number of different classes and labs, but on a daily basis, they can attend just about any of the classes or go to any of the labs they want to. He also goes to regular school for four days a week, and the special learning center is just once a week. Last year he was still responsible for the assignments given in his regualr classes on the days he wasn't there too, but they changed that this year.
 
So, spend 3 hours on the Monarchs migratory pattern & do the math later, or tomorrow. That's the beauty of homeschooling. No set aboslutes. If you look around the web (my wife read for 3 months) one of the first things you'll notice is, it ain't publik educashion & you can do it at your pace. Maybe the strong suit of your kid is language & the weakness is science...you can then accelerate in language & go more slowly in science as needed.

re the gifted programs...per se, I can't answer how colleges look at it but there is evidence they love homeschoolers. Since the kids learn, independently, much as universities, it's an easier transition. Homeschoolers also tend to excel in their studies & don't need remedial catch up. If it's a true gifted program, I'd imagine it would be nice. Ours was an after school program. Made no sense, why do 6 hours in boring class & then go to school?

It's a very tough decision. Having your mornings & afternoons free is hard to give up. Lots of hard work & planning. Doesn't parenthood suck? :D
 
well, they're only toddlers so i can debate in my brain for a little. but, i do have to say that the idea of having no kids during the day is ...wow! i hadn't thought about that. i just want to do whats best, you know?
 
tonks said:
i need an outsiders opinion, please. my little girl, marlowe, will be 3 in november. at which time i have been recommend to have her tested for the local public school systems gifted program. she is very smart for her age, says the abc's, counts to 30 with assistance- she stumbles at 25-26. she sings songs and shows great problem solving skills.
but the issue is, if i put her in the gifted program she would obviously attend the public schools, which as a general rule, in louisiana are substandard, even if it is the gifted program. or should i just home school - hell, i'm the one that taught her all this, but then she misses out on the socialization. i'd have to make sure to have her in outside activities, like sports or girl scouts or dance. we can't afford the parochial schools so our only options are public school and home school. what do you think?
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most people I know of are doing the homeschooling now but some do public schools. have you considered a private school at all?
 
Leslie said:
lol gonz :lol2:

I do think that we generally agree on ideas about children and family :D
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If you'd only extend that sense to the general populace we could get married & live happily ever after ;)
 
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