typical

10 years ago, I would not have considered it. Mainly because I thought I had to do it.

Today, they have introduced many options from hybrid to full online taught by quality educators. If your kid has a phone, they probably do alot of their interaction virtually already.

My kids having part time jobs, has done far more for their socialization. Dealing with new people, interacting and seeing the good, bad and ugly.

yelp some of the districts now even offer home school online programs

Lolololol, that's a mandate?

I stand by my statement about, being dramatic and over the top.

it is when you label his simple counter “of choice and whats best for each kid and family” AS dramatic and over the top.

Here's the interaction.......

Tell me it wasn't over the top and dramatic.....

No didn't, that big bad world is still out there, may as well tackle and learn it sooner than later. We constantly discussed with the kids, right, wrong and accountability and fact not everyone would respect or follow that, but be your own person and all would be well. And mostly, it has....

100% how we feel.

the most sensible and simple rebuttal that could be made.

go troll else where


“that kids in public school "mix it up with others" and that kids in homeschool do not. Neither are universal truths. Most homeschool kids mix it up plenty with lots of other kids. Do they have a 5A-sized school exposure like I did? Probably not, but that's not disadvantageous.”

I think you would be the toll here, since you weren't part of the discussion..... like most other times. I'm being to think you just like arguing with me. Nah it couldn't be.

Lol, Its an open thread. Nice crawfish

Nope still here, If you have any other bad takes let me know.

I have to admit that most of my opinion is dated from when I went to college and met several homeschool kids, that were obviously different. The folks I know personally doing it now are not doing a good job!

I think the vast majority of schooling should go away. You need to be able to read write and understand necessary math. Past that majority of what you need is on the job training. I know not all professions fit this model but a large % do.

texas needs a vo tech system for sure. we had a great one in tulsa and prepaired you to start working as soon as you graduated.

I think we still do, but its not near as fluent as it use to be. Trimble Tech in Fortworth is still vocational, I think

We know a ton of families home-schooling it these days. IF the parents invest the time and have the right curriculum, I see major upside here. Trouble is most don't and kids miss out on major social skills and interaction. My wife is a teacher and we have no issue with public schools.

YES we homeschooled,
and YES firearm training/shooting/range-time also taught ON premises,
so not possible to NOT have them present, but safely, of course!
Glad we did - our kiddos excelled in college (all got scholarships, 2 even full 4-yr rides) and now in real life!

I'm glad I wasn't homeschooled, public High School was the best 8 years of my life!

That line of thinking is why the US STEM is so far behind countries like India, China, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, etc. There are a number of different math and science rankings, but all of the rankings have the US lagging far behind other countries. Here in the US, all the Asians are the ones dominating STEM. That's a dim outlook for the US economic future if those trends don't change.

Agree 100%.

Have two kids in high school and I don’t think they learned anything past about 6th grade that is gonna help them in their adult life.

The only skill I learned in high school that I use as an adult is how to type. That’s it. I also learned il how to weld badly I guess. So two things in 4 years that carried over.

I also knew several kids whose parents homeschooled them in the early 2000’s. Both sets of kids were different. Socially but also scholastically. I think in high school they eventually caught up but it was hard on them.

It takes a certain type of parent to be an effective homeschool teacher. I would say a small % of parents are equipped to do as good of a job as a professional teacher.

If only you could get in A in class for using an old wind up telephone to fish with.

You can buy pond shockers on Amazon now for $50… could you image

That does not make sense. Property taxes for renters are inherently built into the rent that they pay the landlord, who then pays property taxes (including school taxes).

Speaking of fishing, I just closed on a little offshore boat, lemme know when you're coming down next.

Now

June. Ill call you before we head down, very least we can do dinner

Deal.