[purslaine]

Poll time!

Cross posting (learning at home and at school).

I was wonderring what everyones default was. Please answer on what you believe now, not on what you actually did. If your answer has changed over time, please share what happennned to make it change.

I do understand not everyone is in the position of being able to even have a "default" (such as having a medical condition and needing your children to go to school during the day or needing to Hs because the schools in your neighbourhood are drug infested, gang ridden, violent places). Please ignore the poll or answer as if you had a choice (or stick it in other

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Option 1:

HSing is the default for my family. Kids can go to a brick and mortar school if HSing ultimately does not work out.

Option 2:

Brick and Mortar is the default for my family. Kids should start in a brick and mortar school and we will HS if brick and mortar ultimately does not work out.

Option 3: There is NO default. We decide based on individual childs needs when they reach "K" age where to place them. Determining where a child will thrive is always do-able; there is no need for a default.

Option 4: We decide based on individual childs needs when they reach "K" age where to place them. If there is no clear answer, or if children will thrive in both circumstances, HSing is our default

Option 5: We decide based on individual childs needs when they reach "K" age where to place them. If there is no clear answer, or if children will thrive in both circumstances, brick and mortar is our default

Option 6: Other

 

[onlyzombiecat]

I voted no default because I have one child and will not have more. Therefore the decision was made on an individual basis.

You didn't ask me to pretend I was going to have more children.

I believe hs is best for my dd. I believe it is great for a lot of kids.
I'm sure if I was making the decision for another child I would probably consider what we were already doing with our older child (hs or ps) at the time as the default but base the final decision on the individual child.

 

[Annikate]

Option 1.

I'll never say never. If there's one thing I have learned it's that life is constantly changing and if you really want to maintain happiness you must go with the flow.

If h'schooling doesn't work out for us, then we'll look at other options. I am not a strict "homeschool or nothing" person.

BUT...I know that right now, homeschooling is the right option for us.

 

[harmonyhobbit]

The only way I can see not homeschooling is if something happened to my DH and I HAD to go back to work full time. He isn't quite as committed, but he definitely leans toward homeschooling.

 

[phathui5]

Homelearning is our default.

 

[elizawill]

Option 1:

HSing is the default for my family. Kids can go to a brick and mortar school if HSing ultimately does not work out.

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[St. Margaret]

We're kind of #3. Because I feel like growing up and even having a baby, public school was the default, and very gradually we've thought about HSing... and we've seen our kid develop, to the point where now HSing is the default. But I could see us sending her to school if there was an excellent program/school and it was something she really needed (who she is as a person, etc.). I mostly figure we see a LOT of (other homeschooling) kids during the week, but things can change. We'll see where we are when she's school aged. But if everything is the same as now, HSing is what's happening!

 

[MyLittleWonders]

Option 1: Homeschooling is our default. Based on our personal philosophy, it is our only option as there are very, very few reasons why we'd consider public/private school in the future (the only one I can really think of would be athletics, as our state requires you to attend the school if you wish to participate in athletics).

 

[Plummeting]

I chose 'other' because there are several factors I'd have to consider if I had more children. For my daughter, my only, then homeschooling is the default for multiple reasons. If I had another child, I'd have to take their personality into consideration, but public school would never be something we'd choose. If I had a child who really wanted to go to school, had an outgoing personality, had an easy time focusing, etc., then I'd go for a private school. Not public though - not unless we had no choice. If we still had the option of homeschooling, I'd do that, but not public school.

The reason I chose 'other' is because when looking at the pole, it seemed like the school options were about public school, which would never, ever, ever be my default.

 

[purslaine]

My bad,

I really should have used the term: brick and motor schools

 

[elizawill]

you did use "brick & mortar". your descriptions in your first post say that

 

[Plummeting]

No, it's not your fault; I saw after posting that you'd used 'brick and mortar' in your post. I just only read the first couple paragraphs, because I thought the options were the same as in the poll. I'm impatient. lol

 

[hotmamacita]

I do not understand this poll.

We homeschool because we believe it is the best educational option for our children where we live. We do not use or plan to use public or private school as a back up.

 

[melissabb]

Option one

We have already had our kids in the PS system and, in short, the PS failed them. So, we decided to take the leap to HS. Now that we're here I can not imagine any other alternative. We love it and have found our "place".

 

[mommy68]

I messed up on the poll. I voted for public school by accident. I meant to hit the first option for home-schooling.

I started out knowing I wanted to h/s when our oldest was 3 years old. He has attended school outside the home but only for a little less than 2 years before we knew it wasn't going to work for us. Now I can't imagine putting my children back in to a school outside the home, but I never say never because I just don't know what circumstances may be like in our future.

 

[Shianne]

I chose option 1. Learning in a home/world setting is our lifestyle. I can't see my children wanting to do something different before the decide about college.

 

[mama2myloves]

Option #1 for us.