Diggin It
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Our daughter sent us a text yesterday regarding their three girls being home. "If you see me talking to myself don't worry, I'm having a Parent/Teacher conference".
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waiting out the storm (virus)
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Diggin It
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In my view, Homeschooling is not the same as Distance Learning. One is the parents doing much of the work, the other is the same paid professional teachers they would see in school, just via a screen instead of in a classroom.
hawkeye08
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We suspect that schools will be closed until fall here. Washington state law ends school year June 19, so if we don't go back by then, school starts again fall. They are already talking about starting later than normal..
Grand daughter is getting a bit of vacation right now as the 3 adults in the house (me, wife, daughter) are not 100%.. We try and get some learning in each day, and try to get some physical exercise outside for a few hours..
I'm a bit overwhelmed by retirement income challenges I will have that I didn't have 3 months ago.. but I will figure it out. We will be fine short term and will get a plan in place that works out.. it may include some employment to close the income gap, but that remains to be seen.
Grand daughter is getting a bit of vacation right now as the 3 adults in the house (me, wife, daughter) are not 100%.. We try and get some learning in each day, and try to get some physical exercise outside for a few hours..
I'm a bit overwhelmed by retirement income challenges I will have that I didn't have 3 months ago.. but I will figure it out. We will be fine short term and will get a plan in place that works out.. it may include some employment to close the income gap, but that remains to be seen.
We don't have kids, but obviously have friends who do. Some of them home school and IMO, thy are better mannered as a whole than those in the public, and some private school settings. Many of these group thing type schools, produce monolithic students, all with little to no real world knowledge. Inevitably going through their early post graduation years with few tools they need for success. ..The main downside I see with home schooling is the lack of socialization and possibly the absence of how to work out problems when multiple personalare involved. If we did have kids...I would strongy consider home schooling.
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As with anything else, you only get out of it what you put into it. My future son-in-law was home schooled. He's fine. Normal guy. I've met many others that have been home schooled. Great folks. My wife works with a guy who's wife home schools their 4 kids. Wonderful kids. Super smart, caring, polite, outgoing... the kind of kids most people would want their kids to turn out like. A+!! To note, however, she is a professional teacher. She knows what she's doing. So was my mom. She taught us at home more than most get at school.
With that said, I also had to deal with a large cult-like group of home schooler families (about 50-60 families) that was quite eye opening. Without going into detail due to religion and politics, they were the most self-centered group of parents raising the most awkwardly introverted unsocialized children one could imagine. Borderline feral kids. Pretty creepy.
So, that's that.
k0ua
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As with anything else, you only get out of it what you put into it. My future son-in-law was home schooled. He's fine. Normal guy. I've met many others that have been home schooled. Great folks. My wife works with a guy who's wife home schools their 4 kids. Wonderful kids. Super smart, caring, polite, outgoing... the kind of kids most people would want their kids to turn out like. A+!! To note, however, she is a professional teacher. She knows what she's doing. So was my mom. She taught us at home more than most get at school.
With that said, I also had to deal with a large cult-like group of home schooler families (about 50-60 families) that was quite eye opening. Without going into detail due to religion and politics, they were the most self-centered group of parents raising the most awkwardly introverted unsocialized children one could imagine. Borderline feral kids. Pretty creepy.
So, that's that.
I can back you up on that.
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We'll talk some day. It was awful. :laughing:
HillStreet
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My flying days are on hold right now. My FAA medical ran out at the end of February and the doctor canceled my appointment for renewal. I fly for fun. Hopefully the airlines keep their guys flying with their own doctors. Other than that, my wife and I actually have no worries? no young kids or jobs to worry about. We are on standby for taking the grandkids if necessary but so far everybody is doing OK.
hawkeye08
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Just went over the finances again with wife, I think we have a plan, not just to weather the storm, but for retirement. We will work on it a bit more as we finalize it, but it will work with what we know now. Planned on having plenty for retirement and had we moved things around 3 months ago, we would have..
We have plenty to do around here, just need to be very careful about budget. I may repair roof and make it last another year or 2, but won't be able to go past that. I need to work up a materials list so we can start on decks soon.
We have plenty to do around here, just need to be very careful about budget. I may repair roof and make it last another year or 2, but won't be able to go past that. I need to work up a materials list so we can start on decks soon.
As with anything else, you only get out of it what you put into it. My future son-in-law was home schooled. He's fine. Normal guy. I've met many others that have been home schooled. Great folks. My wife works with a guy who's wife home schools their 4 kids. Wonderful kids. Super smart, caring, polite, outgoing... the kind of kids most people would want their kids to turn out like. A+!! To note, however, she is a professional teacher. She knows what she's doing. So was my mom. She taught us at home more than most get at school.
With that said, I also had to deal with a large cult-like group of home schooler families (about 50-60 families) that was quite eye opening. Without going into detail due to religion and politics, they were the most self-centered group of parents raising the most awkwardly introverted unsocialized children one could imagine. Borderline feral kids. Pretty creepy.
So, that's that.
I can certainly see where social skills would fall behind in home schooling.
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