Forcing hs

[snyderjoint]

I'm a 21 year old Education major, and I've recently been looking up homeschooling for a project that I'm working. I've enjoyed researching homeschooling and going on forums such as this one to understand more about homeschooling. However, I do have a question, after reading many posts, it seems like alot of you would really "force" your child to homeschool even if they didn't want to. I would love to hear any input from any of you as to why you love homeschooling so much. I don't know anything about you and your family and am not trying to judge people, but I was just wanting to get some opinions about the subject. It seems to me that children should definately have a say about their education and childhood.

[lupineperriwinkle]

We plan to homeschool through elementary and then if either of our girls want to go to school outside of our home they will have the option. I WILL NOT expose my children at such a young age (5) to public school. Sure, it will look like fun to them because they will see children and playgrounds but what they don't see is the problem - bad behaviour, uncaring staff, patroling officers in the halls. I went to PS and loved it for the most part but there is so much more I could have been offered had I been taught at home. I really think I would have been a completely different person had I been given more opportunities.

[meowee]

The school system where I live is simply not safe-- there are on average 2 sexual assaults a week (it is a large city district, so not all in the same school) and countless physical assaults. Less than one third of the student body is reading or doing math at grade level. Less than a third graduate from high school in four years.

I simply cannot in good conscience send any of my children to such places. If I had more options available, it would be a very different story, but I don't have any of those options.

[laralou]

Originally Posted by snyderjoint

However, I do have a question, after reading many posts, it seems like alot of you would really "force" your child to homeschool even if they didn't want to.

This is in violation of the UA.

Posting in a disrespectful, defamatory, adversarial, baiting, harassing, offensive, insultingly sarcastic or otherwise improper manner, toward a member or other individual, including casting of suspicion upon a person, invasion of privacy, humiliation, demeaning criticism, namecalling, personal attack, or in any way which violates the law.

I am closing this thread and I will be PMing you. You are welcome to start a thread to ask people why they choose to homeschool, if you can do so without making sweeping judgemental assumptions and insults.