Anonymous #1 13w

Hell it’s probably an extreme disservice either way

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Anonymous #1 13w

It’s damaging to a kids development of social skills either way because they don’t get out and interact with other kids nearly as much.

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Anonymous #3 13w

i am a teacher, have worked w formerly homeschooled kids, and my bf was homeschooled. in my experience, kids homeschooled due to bullying/mental health/physical health issues often have a solid base of knowledge, and those who do it bc parents disagree with the schools curriculum have extreme deficits. you can tell a lot about a homeschool family based just on parents attitudes towards schools/teachers.

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Anonymous #3 13w

When children are pulled out because of actual reasons the parent typically believes in formal schooling and what it teaches as well as actually wanting their child to be properly educated and will act like it while in the other case the parent is already opposed to a proper education and will also act like it.

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Anonymous #3 13w

Im agreeing with you btw

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Anonymous purog 13w

100%, i worked in a rural district and worked with kids who started w public, went homeschool, and are back public and they have extreme deficits bc the parents reasoning was a distrust of schools/curriculum so at home their education was sacrificed. in my state there are bare minimum requirements (required semester grade reports for core subjects, but no explicit guidelines/hour requirements) so it’s super easy to get away with. it turns into just legal truancy at a certain point.

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Anonymous big_al_the_riddler 13w

I think there are healthy ways you can homeschool! If you do it with another family, get into club sports, duel enrollment, book clubs, volunteering, etc. can give really good social experiences outside of traditional public schooling.

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Anonymous #3 13w

Oh absolutely! Like map testing and stuff each year to check their progress, but definitely has to have a certain amount of protection for when a child is mentally disabled

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Anonymous mother_russia 13w

i personally disagree with the formatting of standardised testing, but even just being required to submit “artifacts” as proof of progress. worksheets, projects, assessments etc.

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Anonymous big_al_the_riddler 13w

Lots of people who homeschool will do activities with other homeschoolers like field trips, art classes, “recess” or physical activities, and other things like that. In my area homeschoolers had their own community where others could meet up with them for events or just being social

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Anonymous #3 13w

That’s valid! I think my state requires that as legal credit for homeschooling but I’m not sure what other states do.

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