Do it! ❤ I do that now. Ive been homeschooling my kids for a yr now. I was smarter than my teachers in many ways. I was confused by their verbage and would ask questions to which they didnt have an answer that wasnt what they were told to say. I graduated 18 yrs ago. I will NOT allow my kids in school. My son would be labeled adhd and forced on meds. F that.
Same except I don’t intend on having kids because of how shit this society has become. Combine dystopian tablet parenting or what I define as “lazy parenting” and this society is doomed
I’m a former teacher. Now, I’m a homeschool mom who would NEVER go back to teaching in any system again. My kids are fully socialized and are earning a better education than they would in school. I even did my Master’s theses on homeschooling. The education system is broken.
My mom is a homeschool mom (home schooling me and my 2 younger siblings) she is doing sub teaching later in this year or early next year. I get most of my socialization from co-ops and church. And it makes things a bit easier on my Adhd mind and medical issues.
@@gabrielintano2202 that is so awesome! My son has ADHD as well. I truly believe he wouldn’t do as well with all the distractions in schools. He’s flourishing with homeschool. ❤️
I have 3 teachers. In my family. A cousin and 2 nieces. And when they had children, they all quit And became home school mom's. Because they realize how The public school system was so broken. My cousin after her children got to high school. Took a job at a Christian private school in our area and her children attended there. And she liked that much better than her public school teaching. However she still will tell you home screen is the best for children
The funny part is that private schools and finding a tutor is way better than public schools which they keep finding these creepy ass teachers not teaching their major subject instead they are grooming children. Before, people were like private schools are just extra luxury for talented and smart kids. Now it seems that public schools have deteriorated to the point people are looking for private schools or home schooling.
Yes! Let’s isolate everybody even further so our cultural and social problems increase exponentially! We can tell you are a public school teacher with those magnificent critical thinking skills.
@@courtneyj2058 Yes, I’m glad that you can tell. In fact we teach critical thinking and logic in our homeschool, something which is quite lacking in today’s public education/indoctrination. And don’t worry, homeschoolers are not isolated; we are quite active in scouting, band, co-ops, church groups, volunteering, etc. Additionally, homeschoolers score much higher in standardized tests; many colleges are clamoring to have homeschoolers attend their universities. Don’t worry, we’re doing ok. 😉
@Season4Reason1 She's not worried about your kids. She's upset activists won't get their hands on them and they won't be indoctrinated into whatever current cultish ideologies are making the rounds in public school. No real diversity of thought or beliefs is acceptable.
@@elizaj4431 I’m literally a conservative and disgusted by what the public education system has become. But I always find it rich how the “free thinking” homeschool activists can’t even conceive of the idea that even traditional American Constitutional conservatives disagree with the idea (based on stats mind you) that homeschooling is not the best form of education for children.
I was homeschooled from the mid 90’s through the early 00’s. The only thing I tell people when it comes to homeschooling is making sure you keep your kids involved in social activities. The education aspect is way better than the public school system. A kid can really dive into learning and not just be taught to take a test. The parents have the ability to actually mold their children and not just watch as the system breaks them down.
I'd rather have been homeschooled. Public school was like prison. Constantly having to fight and constantly being oppressed by bureaucratic administrations. Public school is wack.
@@nicolcacola It has gotten easier. And it will get even easier with AI. I do see the public school system becoming a daycare center or being something voluntary and you do it online in the future. I first start only the ultra-wealthy can do it, but with technology, it trickles down.
I believe what you are talking about is parents sheltering and over protecting their children. Personally, you shouldn't mold a child but guide a child to be whatever they want to be. Not molded into what? image of the parent. No. How much public school experience you really had to know what's like.
I love always hearing this "kids need to socialize" crap about why public schools are necessary... yet my daughter intentionally AVOIDS socializing at school to the point the teachers critize her for not participating... yet she aces most of her tests. I'm getting closer every day to pulling her from school and just homeschooling her.
Do it! I started this year and it's the best decision we've ever made. My girls are getting ahead in school, and I think it's because they get the one-on-one teaching approach. If you pick a good curriculum it will take out a lot of prep work and make it much less time-consuming.
@silencedogood9747 yes, I'm starting to think just allowing her to learn at her own pace would be enough for her to learn everything she does at school with half the time. She already speaks a second language and can read and ranked in the top 3% of her class for math, so I'm not sure she's getting that much from public school to begin with. My wife, in her spare time, already teaches her more than she does from the public school (despite our school being ranked in the top 10% statewide). It seems the school wastes more time on "school spirit" activities and silly crafts than teaching actual educational material. My European wife also thinks it's ridiculous that they send homework assignments home instead of doing that in school (as she rarely ever got homework and her school day was shorter... and she had no issue going on to get a Master's degree) 🤷
i relate to your child so much! my mother would love to homeschool me but our house is too busy so unfortunately it wouldn’t work. but i suggest you pull your child out! she’ll probably learn way more from you than the school system.
All of my teachers in highschool would tell me I’m trans and that it’s important to not upset my parents by telling them. They won awards for diversity and inclusion and honesty. I’ve been ready to homeschool my future kids since 15.
Fr. I was always big on public school cause some of my cousins were homeschooled and they were not my favorite people to say the least. But anyway I'll be homeschooling my children...
Well that's horrible... Glad to know it didn't mess you up! I honestly think i'd homeschool too, since i feel that there's not much to rely on when it comes to the school system. More so, now that all education is a woke fest...
I was homeschooled my whole life. I've recently graduated out of it. (I'm 18 now) and I'm so incredibly grateful for being homeschooled. I owe a lot to my mom and to my friends. Homeschooled if done wrong can be very bad, but if it's done right, will be one of the best decisions of your life
@@Nightwizard63That's so true. The problems with it have always been that often parents would homeschool their children to cover up abuse at home. I went to public school until 9th grade and switched to PA Cyber the year they opened and now my kids also go there. It's very much like homeschooling. My kids are still in elementary and there has been no woke agenda, just hoping that it stays that way or I will be pulling them out. I'd like to homeschool but there's just no real network where we live and I'm not a great teacher to be honest.
I've been teaching public school PE for 20 years, and I've witnessed the brokenness of the system day in and day out. I"m now 100% pro-homeschool and have been homeschooling my children for the last 6 years.
I am a public elementary school teacher. With the insistence on large class sizes, it is increasingly more difficult to address individual needs. This is obviously much easier to do in a homeschool situation.
I went to public school and it was hell, the drugs, the oversexualizing, the fights, the racism, the place was awful, and we were all very irresponsible and rude to the teachers. I remember the smartest kids we had in that school were previously homeschooled kids whose parents had decided to put in public high school, they were at the top of the class always and always the only ones who actually studied and got good grades
That speaks volumes. Idk why in the world patents would put the kids in public high schools though. I hope they didn't get brainwashed and kept good traditional values.
A common reason for parents putting their kids into a public school after homeschooling is that they think their kids education requires more expertise than they can provide. Often the better option is to send the kid either to a co-op/club or to a community college (minors often get in for free and you still earn college credit), as people that have higher degrees of expertise tend to function in these spaces more.
Yes, there were teen boys who mooned people back and FRONT and no one did anything. I will say what my partner says: The public education system is glorified babysitting. Parents don't parent their kids anymore and they expect the teachers and government to do it. And people never intervene with bullying. The teachers just say it will build character and turn a blind eye.
As a retired special Ed teacher, the truth is that kids are mostly influenced by their peers and secondarily by their teachers. When I left teaching, behavior in my elementary school had already become uncontrollable. Bullying, sexual abuse, hatred was rife and teachers were helpless to change it. Only suppress it. If I were young with children, they would never see the inside of a public school.
The amount of unwanted groping and pantsing (pulling down peoples’ pants in the hallways) that went on in middle and high school were ridiculous. The butt and boob-grabbing that went on in the theater department of my high school (I was a stage manager, not even an actor) was outrageous. I had to literally start donkey kicking people in the stomach/genitals because they did NOT understand my repeated and express “NOs”. This was happening from guys and girls. Ironically now they’re all super liberal, mentally ill, and we’re/are identifying as LGBT
20 weeks pregnant and I intend on homeschooling my daughter, I don’t want her to turn out ruined due to the public school system, even private schools are horrendous 😭
You can do it mama! 🎉 Inknew when I was pregnant with my first that I wanted my kids homeschooled. This year I will have 3 in (home)school and a toddler ❤
As a homeschooled 14 year old that was formerly in public school, I've learned so much more life skills in homeschooling than public school. I live in a rural area and constantly help the ranchers with working cattle. I know how to build a fence and chicken coops. That's a lot more than anyone in public school.
Not trying to be a jerk here and I totally agree, homeschooling's the way to go but if you're going to praise one method of learning you should really ensure you use the correct words in your posts (pretty sure you meant to use "formerly"). You're 14 and are a getting a better education in life skills by your own admission, I'm just a bit of a grammar nazi.
My parents took me and my siblings out of school for a whole year so we could travel the world by ship with my sailor dad. It was an amazing experience, we mixed totally with adults (cargo ship), met people from many walks of life, many different races, cultures and countries. I still passed all my exams, still left school on time, passed nursing exams etc, it certainly wasn't detrimental to my education!
That is amazing and well done your parents. I bet you have so many wonderful memories and learned a huge amount. To be honest a lot of parents who had money did take their kids out of school in the UK and just went overseas in Covid. Some have never returned.
@@minagelina A modern day Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria sail round the world, taking on passengers, and also sailors and crew. You might be able to get in on that deal.
I taught in public schools for 25 years in three districts and can say that if you can homeschool your kids with integrity you will likely give them a better education - the kids I taught in HS who had been homeschooled before 9th grade were almost always better prepared, emotionally and especially scholastically, than their peers. Only our wrecked economy seems to be making it more difficult for parents to win both bread and the future of their kids.
Yes, there are studies on this! Homeschool children on average score MANY points higher on testing than public school students (20 percentage points or more), even when the parents teaching them have lower levels of education
Home schooled our kids in Ohio in the 80s. The local district superintendent told us that if our kids did not pass the standardized tests every year, he would force them into the public ( government/Union ) school. I then asked him what he did with the kids in the gov/union school that failed those tests. He had no answer and became angry.
As a homeschool mom, and someone who helps teach at a co-op community full of children, thank you! Homeschooling is such a blessing we should never take for granted and should be supportive of parents who choose this for their families.
Good for you! I homeschooled my kids. They are now adults, done with college, and out in the workforce pursuing their interests. Homeschooling is the best!
If you're keeping lgb, blm and feminist trash(democratic politics) out of the classroom then i thank you for being a part of the solution and not the problem.
This might work in America where your school sistem is trash but in most other countries it doesn't work im talking from experience many of the kids who went to home schooling and came back to public had a hard time fitting or were not nearly as mature or on the same level of education as the one's who continued with public
As a guy who was homeschooled his entire life, we were poor, I learned a lot more and learned to love learning, and I will homeschool my children because it’s better but also because the man who came up with our education system made it in order to create a generation of factory workers. It’s completely outdated.
This. I see people cope online and say it's too "hard" for low income families to pull off when I and everyone else I knew were living off of one income and very much far from rich, haha. If anything, it saved us insane amounts of money because we could plan potential trips ahead of time on our own terms, pass books down to younger siblings, etc. If you have the extra income and wanna be all extra in terms of extracurricular stuff then awesome, otherwise you truly don't need much.
In the information age, you have so many options for homeschooling free and otherwise. also, there are family with 2 working parents that are/ have successfully homeschooled their kids.
As someone who was in a private school up to third grade until my mother took me out, I'm so glad I was homeschooled. I was epileptic and got bullied often by fellow students, and teachers wanted to hold me back because I couldn't speak well, even though I was getting all A's in my grades. Being homeschooled was the best thing that could've happened to me and it's ridiculous to label it child abuse.
@@tarabletvDon't pay any attention to the troll who is obviously a product of public school. Their comments just prove our case. Glad you found a solution in homeschooling. 😊
@tarabletv so happy to hear that! Ignore the public schooled losers who can't stand to see your success. Homeschooling is superior and some people can't stand it 😆
iv seen a recurring thing were with the Us and Uk it mostly seems to be the school systems stopping people's ability and skill to show not themselves because public and some private schools are more about removing your individuality and turning you into obedient sheep then actually teaching you. or the teachers are just trying to force their opinions and agenda down your throat it's the reason I refused to go to school and demanded to be pulled out by then i already was gonna fail my last tests i hadn't done so my logic as I explained to my mother is I might as well get to learning the skills I'm interested in rather then being surrounded with people who don't like me or each other and iv never regretted my choice plus the GCSE and other tests i passed or did ok on were the ones i took home my work i took home was always c and above all my work in the class was c or below simply because i can't work around obnoxious people with boundary issues which was 80% of my classmates.
As a homeschooling mom from 1987 to 2004, with 3 well-adjusted grown kids, I'm about to do it again with my youngest grandchild. You keep telling the truth.
My mom is a public school teacher and she herself admitted that if my parents were able to they would have put me and my sisters into either Christian Private school or a homeschooling program and my mom supports the fact that I want to homeschool my children when I inevitably have them.
YES Brett!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 PS: for everyone who hasn’t read John Taylor Gatto, he’s a must! He won public school teacher of the year in NY twice and his books are incredibly eye opening!🙏🏻
Every time I hear a statist arguing against homeschooling, I want to homeschool even harder. I would have been kept behind my peers had I stayed in the public education system. Kudos to my mother and my father. I will be graduating with my PhD this spring. I thank God everyday for them and their sacrifices.
I was public schooled and I actually learn so much right along with my kids it awesome. Been homeschooling for 12years and my kids are thriving and doing amazing even my dyslexic kid
It's not hard to see why. You aren't in a room with 15 to 30 kids where no one gets attention. You can learn at your pace ( and not all of us have the same learning style). I wish I would have been home schooled.
I love these videos about homeschooling! During elementary and middle school I would often get bullied a lot and not a single teacher would really help me. I was the weird kid that didn’t really socialize, I just liked to draw and do things on my own. The teachers would try and urge me to stop, and sometimes even enabling the bullies by making fun of how often I’d draw and “day dream” and not pay attention to anything. I had no motivation to be there because no one wanted me there, and it felt like jail to me. My dad decided to homeschool me because he noticed that I was a little different from other kids, and he gave me inspiration to pursue my dreams and learn things the way that felt natural to me. At school, I was terrible at math and often behind, but after a year of homeschooling I was a grade a over my own and I had easily learned how to study, how to enjoy the smaller things in life, domestic activities, sports, and appreciate the things around me. When I’d get scolded for running around by myself in the playground, looking out the window the entire class, getting up from my uncomfortable chair, trying to shield my eyes from those terrible fluorescent lights at school, I’d be running around, traveling, meeting new people from around the world, living in different countries and learning different languages while doing homeschool. Being homeschooled was the most liberating thing that has happened to me, and now I’m engaged to my Brazilian fiancé that my dad loved so so much before he died. I’m forever grateful to my parents for caring about me and showing me the world, instead of trapping me into a concrete box and being forced to conform.
Hey @angelinafoster8747. I just wanted to say that I really liked this comment. It really shows me how good homeschooling is. I honestly hated my middle school years for similar reasons (being a little different than the other kids). It also doesn't help when all these kids I was with wanted to vape and stuff like that, so I feel you on that. 👍
I could not agree more! I'm currently homeschooling my children in Tennessee, and it's the best decision I have ever made! The Rockefellers are who created the Board of Education, and he specifically quotes that he wants a country of workers, not thinkers (paraphrased). That tells you everything you need to know about the public school system!
I grew up in California and didn't have too much thought about the public schools. Then I became a mom. COVID lockdowns happened at my child's first year of school, and after that we left California altogether to a state that wasn't insane. Now it's homeschool all the way. We still keep in touch with friends with their kids in the public school and we are so glad we got out
I was homeschooled my entire life in the 90s and early 2000's, I was always jealous of the kids that got to go to public school. However, now that I've seen how treacherous public schools actually are, I'm exceedingly happy that I never went.
@davidz3879 I did. I even got to skip over most of high school by doing the free high school duel enrolling and getting that over with before I even graduated.
I hardly comment on RUclips videos but I found this so important. I'm shocked to know how similar this schooling crisis is throughout North America. As a Canadian secondary school student, it's almost impossible to get anything out of school. We're shunned away from challenging beliefs and asking why, and it feels incredibly unsafe- the bathrooms are full of drug deals and men putting on makeup in the girls bathroom, school fights are resicoulessly common, and the students are more divided than ever. It's a nightmare. It feels like they want to trap us to be sheep and not intellectual thinkers. It's terrifying to watch this downfall and have our teachers focus more on mentally ill druggie than the kids wanting to learn. This is a huge issue, and I thank you for talking about it, I want to let you know this isn't only a problem in America!
I was homeschooled K-12, and WAY better socialized than my public schooled peers because I interacted with all different ages of people _in the real world_ every day. I am so grateful that I was homeschooled; the stories I hear of the _bullying alone_ in public school absolutely horrify me. I was never bullied and was well-educated and well-socialized AND IT SHOWS. I’m a well-adjusted, self-sufficient, free-thinking, securely-attached, untraumatised adult with no mental illnesses, who is happy to be an adult and happy to be “adulting” - AKA being a functional member of society who contributes and gives back. I almost NEVER see all those traits together in any public-schooled person I’ve ever met. There is no way in HELL I would ever public school my kids.
I completely agree with this. I was home schooled K-12 starting in the 90s and I am so much better adjusted to society and dealing with different people compared to my friends who were in public school. Half of them are too anxious to even learn to drive a car. Most of them suffer with social anxiety and low self-confidence. When I went to college I found it funny how many people told me I seem so normal, I would not have guessed you were home schooled.
As someone who experienced ALL types of schooling, homeschooling was amazing and so was hybrid Private schooling. I learned SOOOO much more being homeschooled than anywhere else and I got so much social experiencing doing the homeschool/private school hybrid.
I did a three Public, homeschool and private. I did love my private. But the homeschooling was interesting only because my mom was not the best at helping me.
I homeschooled my four kids many years ago. They are now all in their thirties. I wasn’t as concerned about public school back then but I was concerned with the degraded reading levels and the decrease in common sense I saw in kids in public school. I mainly wanted to be sure my kids could read well, would love learning, and could think for themselves. We accomplished that very well. My kids tested far above their age and grade levels all through school. Over time I became passionate about homeschooling and helped other families set up their homeschools for the best results. Now I’m homeschooling my step-daughter after we left Canada to live overseas. We were appalled when we sat down with her to see what her knowledge level was in order to start her studies. We had to drop her math level two grades. She is a very intelligent girl who reads a lot, thankfully, but she just wasn’t taught properly in public school. In just a few months of homeschooling she has already come so far and she loves it. Just like another commenter mentioned and how it was with my kids, you only need a few hours a day to get more learning in than most schools can do in a week or more. No, the government doesn’t want parents to homeschool because homeschool doesn’t turn out little robots who can be controlled.
Wow! This is my current concern about schools. My coworker just told us that they are not teaching her son phonemics until 4th grade and he is already in second grade. I was absolutely shocked and we are public health professionals to hear her say she can’t do anything about it! Homeschooling is the only alternative now and days if you want children to actually learn and be knowledgeable adults.
I was homeschooled kindergarten-8th grade and I loved it. I participated in social activities when I was homeschooled it was never awkward around other people when I joined public school. I am so happy that my innocence was saved from public school. Edit: homeschooling helped me excel at school I was leagues ahead other kids my age.
PREACH 🔥 BRETT!!! We are a homeschooling family and the reasons we started homeschooling are confirmed every time anyone in the "educational system" speaks up. You HIT THE NAIL on the head as to the MANY reasons homeschooling is growing in America. Parents are SO SICK of the system.
I love this! I homeschooled my 6 kids for 26 years. I now teach on a platform called Outschool. I’ve noticed a big increase in the number of black students over the past few months. I also teach quite a few minority students. I’m so glad to see parents of ALL ethnicities finally becoming fed up with public schools. It’s about time! And I promise you that the 30 minutes they spend with me is worth a whole day in a public school classroom!
My husband and I are both homeschool grads. We're homeschooling our kids. No way in hell we'd put them in public school. We LOVED our experience. Extremely social, both in leadership positions in the community.
As a homeschooled child, it also sucks how during covid the public school in your home was perceved as homeschooling. Which then brought even more stigma to homeschooling. ❤
YES!! As a homeschooling mom, I say this to parents all of the time. What they did during the Covid lockdowns wasn't real homeschool!! When some of the moms I go to church with say things like, "I learned during Covid that I am not a good teacher for my kids," or, "I learned that homeschooling is not for me." I sometimes say how do they know because what they were doing wasn't real homeschooling.
I think that was their point. Make parents “fail” at “home education”, but I can attest to watching my daughter struggle through her horrible senior year (2021), some teachers were amazing & stepped up to the plate themselves & others were horrifically bad. I paid attention the entire time. I would never send another child there after that.
Yes this is true, also I need to add that their are some amazing school online schools out there that are leaps and bounds better than a traditional brick and mortar setting. Not all online learning is crap. It takes real effort from parents regardless if its traditional homeschooling or online.
I went through the public school system for about the last 80% of my childhood education and it was miserable for me. I learned absolutely nothing other than how to beat a test and deal with sexual harassment on a daily basis. I was ahead of my class because I was teaching myself things that were way more advanced than what I was being taught in school even though I was in honors and AP. I literally spent my entire time in class making sure that I was getting my homework done I received from the previous class. Teachers weren't bothered by that because I participated, aced their tests, and made the school look good with the standardized tests. My husband, on the other hand, was homeschooled and he definitely had a similar education to Brett's. Most homeschoolers I know also can attest to this. There are plenty of homeschool groups you can join and your children don't have to "lose out." My husband was able to do sports, theater, choir, band, and get together with other coops so the excuse that homeschoolers aren't socialized is definitely debunkable. Many people my age and younger don't have the life skills to survive because of hands off parenting and screens becoming more popular. I was fortunate to have family that made me learn how to do things on my own, such as research and do every day stuff. I grew up in Pennsylvania which is known to be one of the most difficult states to homeschool, which is why we purposely moved to Florida. I can homeschool my daughter (and future children) freely and have our rights as parents protected. My daughter's education will involve everything from budgeting to cooking to researching along with all the other subjects, but doing it for an 8 hour day is unnecessary. Kids learn far more by hands on activities than being stuck in a chair with a piece of paper in front of them. I want to set my daughter up for success, not set up my daughter to be easily manipulated by the government with their "free" handouts and other lies.
Thanks for letting me know that PA is difficult for homeschooling. I was planning to homeschool my future children, and I live in PA, but I guess if things don’t change by then here, I’m gonna have to move, too. I hope all goes great for you and your family. God bless you!
My parents sending me to a small, private school was the best decision they ever made. I full intend to follow on their footsteps when I have children. My husband is pretty against the idea of private school, but I have a feeling stories like this will easily change his mind. Thank you, Brett!
I grew up and went to public schools because they were okay back in the day just like private schools or religious schools were. Notice I said were WERE, because not everything is the same as when we went to school. Public schools are bad, private and religious schools have really gone down hill too. Education has all become about the money and pushing what views they want you to have.
Applause! Ms. Cooper, you have nailed it again. I was homeschooled kindergarten- twelfth grade, and am so grateful that my parents made that decision. As a homeschooler I was able to learn in unique and flexible ways, which allowed me to graduate high school at the age of sixteen. People like Randi Weingarten can say that religious homeschoolers like myself grow up to be ignorant, culturally unaware and socially awkward adults, but the truth is quite the opposite!
I started homeschooling in 6th grade and I’m in high school now. I used to loathe being homeschooled because I missed being at school and seeing my friends, but when I started realizing how bad public school has gotten, I began to start liking it a lot more and appreciating it. I go to a co op so i get to see some friends twice a week, while also going to a youth group at my church. I love being homeschooled now, and I feel like I’m learning a lot more than I ever could at a real school 🫶
Girrrrlll preach it! I homeschooled all 4 of my kids now ages 24, 26, 28, 31. I had them all in my 20's. They are all amazing people who did scouts, dance, cheer, sports, church, worked in community service and did not get the values of strangers.
I'm homeschooling our boys (6) and (4) and though it can be frustrating to learn the patience needed, it's so amazing to see how different they are from public school kids their own age. I'm so glad I chose to homeschool and will continue to do so regardless of what anyone else thinks.
The beautiful thing is, while they're learning to read, write, etc., you're learning to be a more patient mama. (Speaking from experience.) It's one of the wonderful thing about teaching your own kids--you learn just as much or more along the way!
Covid really showed us how ridiculous our school systems were. Theres also other reasons for homeschooling. I have a special needs child who is in therapy 4 hours a day Monday through Friday. Theres no way I'm sending him to school and 20 hours of therapy a week, thats insane. At home with 1 on 1 help he gets through his required school work in 1-2 hours.
As a former homeschool student, I have a 4.0 gpa in college and I am miles ahead of my classmates that don’t know how to study without a teacher breathing down their neck and telling them what to do
I was a public school kid, and many of my family members work in the education system. My first baby is due any day now, and we will be will be homeschooling. I have first-hand experience with just how blatantly radicalized many teachers are, but what sold me on homeschooling is that every person I met who was homeschooled is a well-rounded individual, both socially and in terms of their education. Honestly, I don't think it's a normal or healthy environment to cram a bunch of kids who are the same age together in one place to create a lord of the flies social hierarchy. It definitely isn't normal or healthy when they're hardly learning anything and are stuck there for 8 hours a day.
I can’t tell you how much I agree with this! My mom didn’t see how much school was taking its toll on me until Covid-19. She pulled me out after she saw about 2 different teachers make me cry, and 1 threatened to put me back in because I was falling a little bit behind. She pulled me out of school and a state of depression, and for that I am forever grateful.❤❤❤
Is she going to pull you out of work when your boss makes you cry in the future? I’ve had jobs that made me cry, but I learned to be and do better and ended up surpassing those people in the company. I’m not judging you rn, just want to let you know that You don’t have to just quit something bc someone made you upset. You’ll never be 100% happy, even at your dream job.
@dominiquew8437 when teachers are the bullies something is wrong, when teachers do not teach kids basic info something is wrong, ie how to math with out a calculator, how to write in cursive even tobasic history of who was first president of the US, and also leading a group of eight year Olds in a class of demonstrating politically, and most importantly force teaching subjects that are highly offensive without consent something is wrong. Some of the greatest minds were home schooled Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Henery and so many more And if you want to see the progress of public school look at how far behind America is in education to the world. Why because the schools are not teaching reading writing arithmetic and other subjects. People are pulling the kids out because they can actually educate them better at home. My grandfather who was a teacher once told me that the teachers union will end up destroying young uneducated minds. And that was back in late 80s.
@@Yosoydom hello! Thank you for your input but it’s not the fact that they made me upset. It’s the fact that they threatened to put me back in school. Even when I had explained two of my siblings were very high-risk and I could not risk that and it’s also the fact that I was not just upset I was going through state of depression and my mom could clearly see that like I am fully out of that now and I am 100% glad that I am homeschooled right now, but if it was just like a small thing that made me cry, I probably wouldn’t even have written this down but it wasn’t the fact that they made me cry. It was the fact that I was going through depression and my mom could see that very clearly now. And I do 100% agree with you. I shouldn’t quit something just because someone made me upset and I haven’t quit some thing because somebody made me cry not in a while because if I did then I wouldn’t even be doing school at all right now. But you did make a valid point.
@dominiquew8437 this person's mom gave her something better, the courage to walk away from people who are abusive. The mom traded an abusive environment for an educational one.
One of the reasons I just left nursing school is because there's no way IN HELL I am having my future kids go to public school. I'm glad other people are waking up too. Then it'll be easier to find a homeschooling co-op lol
As a 17 year old girl who has been homeschooled from a baby to senior, I had no problem with "missing out." My parents always made sure we were heavily involved in the church, Co-op, and upward soccer. We were so busy with school, soccer, church, and co-op that it really wasn't a question of if we were getting the "socialization" that was needed. Most of my siblings are in college, have a steady job, and are doing perfectly fine. So, by all means, homeschool your kids. It was the best thing for me as a kid. I wasn't the quickest learner and got distracted a bunch, so homeschooling helped give me the tools I needed to progress without feeling the embarrassment of not being quick enough. You also don't feel like you are being told to sit down, shut up, and learn. There are many curriculums out there that can make learning interactive and fun. But, it's also totally okay if you want to send your kids to public school, just don't tell parents what they should and shouldn't do with their kid. That is entirely their decision.
@sage-mr2pe co-op is basically a bunch of homeschool families that meet every week (maybe on a Tuesday) and you'd have different classes. They had theatre, art class, history, science,...etc. My mom was actually the art teacher for the majority of my time in co-op.
@sage-mr2pe My children are in a local co-op and it's great. We get together with the families for dinner sometimes too. They dissected a shark last week in their biology class and the homeschool dad that helped them is also a chemistry professor! Fun stuff.
@@RKT310So, you want the state to decide what is "right?" Do you have no grasp on history or see how bad that could be? So, you want the state to do the brainwashing and abusing? "Some" is not all. It isn't even most.
I *HATED* my time in public school, and it’s only gotten so much worse since I graduated a decade ago! Any future children of mine are being homeschooled and I’ll make the necessary sacrifices needed to make it happen! I won’t allow my children to be traumatized like I was!!
As someone who was homeschooled, I loved it!!! I was part of a homeschool group that regularly went on field trips and did some classes like Home Ec together. I also played sports and went on camping trips while other kids were still in school, lol. FYI, learning lessons does NOT take that many hours when you are at home without a lot of other kids in the same room to distract you, leaving me with about half my day to do fun stuff if I got up early. As someone who has a weak immune system, I can also say that I probably got sick far less than public school kids did, and I don't see how I could have ever survived the public school environment when I, at 16, was asked once if I was 12 due to how small I was...
As a former public/private school teacher and coach as well as church youth department volunteer, the very first homeschool children I met were EASILY the most socially adjusted students EVER. They parlayed their training to Hillsdale, of course before it became as renowned as it is today. Love the passion Brett and maintain you and Ben need to have a competition for charity who can speak the most words per minute because you were spewing forth syllables like almost no one I know today! Keep it up young lady!
My daughter had pure anxiety pulling up to school she was getting bullied and absolutely hated going to school she was physically ill everyday not been sick a day since being home schooled and now we have the freedom to do things we want without being tied down to a school schedule
As a Home Educator of 23 years I can say the education I have provided my children and now grandchildren is far superior to anything that is seen in the public schools. I have 2 graduates and both are extremely successful and have excelled in life. I have three yet to graduate and 2 children thus far coming behind. My children were not only trained in academics but also in morality, civic duties and all of the necessary skill for a success and well rounded life!
In 2019 I worked at an elementary Charter School in the New England region. My job, as secretary, organized and helped with the lottery for entry. And every week I had parents calling me, begging me to let their child in, and telling me about the terrible things their kids went through. I had some parents get emotional or scream for joy when Id make the call and tell them that "we went down the list and the following year their kid was aloud entry"... it made me feel like I was telling them they won the lotto or something.
I was happily homeschooled by my parents until I was a Sophmore in High School. I can honestly say, I learned more in moral, the world, my faith, and education through my parents than I did in the public system. It was also more diverse and I had the honor of meeting people from all walks of life, race, and religion. The school system only showed me its depravity and bullying, and that I was one of a number to get perfect grades to their specific charts, and not an individual.
As a teen, my parents pulled me out of public school due to my health. This was just before Christmas of my 8th grade year. I switched to homeschooling through ACE, and never regretted it. Through a move and COVID, I was homeschooled and none of it truly affected me. In fact, I thrived in homeschooling. Needless to say, when the time comes, I will be homeschooling my kids. Just another reason to get an education degree!
We just ditched public school and went homeschool. Kid went from failing every subject and getting in trouble constantly, to doing just fine finishing all assignments.
We loved home schooling our two sons all the way to college in Oregon, Wyoming, and California. They both remain committed Christians active in their churches and very successful in their professional careers. They and our awesome daughters-in-law are now home schooling our nine grandchildren and one on the way.
I've recently been talking to my mom about the verbal and psychological abuse that I faced in the public school system because I have dyslexia. I didn't tell her about it when I was in school because I was told BY MY TEACHERS that she wouldn't believe me. She does. In all of these conversations, my mom repeatedly said that she wishes that she had homeschooled me. When I think about my future kids I know that I want to homeschool them especially if they receive a dyslexia diagnosis. I teach cello lessons to a family that homeschools their kids and because I count as a tutor their homeschool group helps them pay for lessons. I love this not just because it means that I get another cello student but also because if there is a student who needs dyslexia or other types of specialized tutoring they will have an easier time getting it and it won't cost as much. This homeschool group also offers other features, I don't know many of them but I do know that next year my student gets to play in an orchestra something that I am very excited for him to do
I'm sorry to hear about the abuse, glad your doing better, I had a friend who went through a similar thing, she's also dyslexic and had to be pulled out of school due to abuse from both teachers and students
I was homeschooled, my husband was not. When we were dating, we discussed how we would bring up our kids. He insisted on homeschooling, which I was ecstatic about. Fast forward to having kids: we became foster parents first. In the state that we were in, homeschooling was not allowed for foster children. The kids went to public school. The school system failed our oldest daughter before she ever came to live with us. She was 2 years behind and the school was just graduating her up because they couldn’t hold her back any more grades. The year before our state passed the “recommendations” to record kids’ gender tendencies, especially if they were opposite, our youngest was in preschool and would always be the “daddy” when playing house. She is very girly, so I couldn’t figure out why she insisted that she would play as the dad. If this had been a year later, she would have been documented as preferring male. However, when I asked her why she plays as the daddy, her answer was so simple: all the other girls wanted to play as the mommy, but all kids should have a daddy, too. So she made sure that by playing as the daddy, even their make believe home would have a mommy and daddy. Can you imagine the trauma she must have endured to realize she was missing a daddy in her life? And the teachers misread what it meant, thinking it was her being trans. She’s older now and can’t wait to be a mommy. And we were able to adopt all of them and they are now flourishing with being homeschooled. We’re even part of a homeschool group that we get to do field trips and parties with. They are more socialized by being homeschooled than they were in public school.
Stories like that make me so worried about kids who don't have great parents like you! That is super sweet your daughter wanted all the pretend families to have a daddy. Hooray she was safe with you, and that now you folks are a forever family and get to homeschool! 😁
Everything that's going on with these schools has just solidified my decision I made back in elementary school because of my own experiences in public schools, I'm going to homeschool my children.
I had a great public school experience growing up in a small rural community. But my kids have been homeschooled since Kindergarten and they are getting a better education than I did. My 17 yo daughter works as a cashier and routinely trains in new public-schooled employees and is always commenting on how they don’t speak to the customers. And I was always told homeschoolers were the socially awkward ones… Not anymore. The public school system has failed us.
It's at the point that kids staying home with loving parents, and NO education, is better than kids getting 'educated' in public schools. Here's the thing that we usually don't 'get'. Education is going to happen without even trying. Humans can't help but learn. And when it's self-motivated, with true interest, it's the best kind of education.
This is my favorite episode of yours so far. We started homeschooling in 2020. We had been praying about it for a couple of years but the pandemic and all of the social mess that came to light from it was the final push we needed to actually do it.
Same for us. Homeschool was always our intention, until my oldest started showing serious delays and was diagnosed autistic at 3. He did benefit from early on and special Ed preschool through our district. But I was on the fence about kinder, especially after a kinder preparedness and information meeting with the other spec Ed preschool parents in our class. Too long of a story to type, but it was nonsense. Anywho, the scamdemic ended up happening during his tail end of preschool anyway and they did special Ed preschool on zoom, which was laughably stupid. I politely emailed the principal to eff off and that he was being removed immediately (all that's required in MI) and we never looked back.
@@davidz3879 how would they have an advantage? Lots of my family and friends have been to college after homeschooling and got their jobs pretty easily, and most excelled at almost everything.
@@dragonsman4733 Kids who've been to school for years will be familiar with it. A kid who's grown up without going to school won't be familiar with lessons in a regular setting, won't know about how to be popular & avoid getting picked on. Lessons in a classroom are significantly different to those at home.
I work for a auction company and we recently liquidated several old school building, their contents and a lot of items stored at the county BOE buildings. I was absolutely shocked at the load outs to find out how many of the buyers were home school groups setting up classrooms or creating their own small private schools.
My daughter started school in 2020 during the hight of Covid lockdowns in California. She’s struggled ever since. She learns better with me teaching her than she does in class. Hands down. I had to teach her how to add and subtract. I’m teaching her how to read. I honestly see very little progress from what they’re teaching her at school.
Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons was an absolute GAMECHANGER for me!!! Taught my daughter how to read when she turned 5 with it and she has excelled far beyond anything she ever learned in public school. In fact, going to public school made her NOT want to read anymore because she was comparing herself to OTHER kids!!!
Our two grown daughters went through public school. Our two young sons are being homeschooled. Our boys are WAY further ahead in every conceivable way.
I dropped out of school at 16 and I don't really regret it. I was bored out of my mind! I'm planning on homeschooling my future children especially as my cousins are home-schooled and they're the most intelligent polite curious children I've ever met. I want that for my kids!
I'm 16 and was taken out of public school two weeks into ninth grade due to getting repeatedly kicked out of school because of COVID-19, teachers would ignore students online, so my mother took me out to homeschool me. I'm technically in 11th grade but will take the HiSET soon (high school equivalency test) and have learned so much! I'm also learning Russian and I'm actually making progress. I plan to homeschool my children in the future.
So glad to hear young people like you taking up this subject. We have a lot of work to do to get these vile lizard people out of our educational system. Thank you for this video.
it used to be argued that kids that are homeschooled would end up being weird. meanwhile public school educated collage aged students can't figure out what gender they are, and some can't even figure out what species
I was homeschooled from the end of 4th grade till graduation. I watched my mom homeschool my five siblings. There is SO much that goes into it. She had and has (still homeschooling 2 of my siblings) Deciding curriculum telling the state what exactly we are going to be learning, providing proof that we are learning and actually did the work. As for not being "socialized" one boy I knew made a comment about that and I pulled out my calendar and showed him my typical week. Then picked his jaw up off the floor.
GOOOOO BRETT! I love watching when you're a champion for homeschooling! Five children still at home, getting ready to graduate my senior in May. It's not easy, but it's the BEST solution for our family.
Im a homeschooler, and I love it! Not only am I able to have a job at the local toy store to pay for my ballet tuition, I can actually build relationships with my sister,brother,mom,dad,cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents, friends, and my cats ❤ I have much more life skills than most kids my age (Ive made multiple articles of clothing for multiple people, Ive had multiple blue ribbons for my baking, I can cook multiple meals in different cuisines, I can make multiple different types of toys and jewelry, I can do hair, I can comfortably babysit without a phone, I can garden{somewhat}, I can quilt and embroider, I can do multiple mediums of art, I can knit and crochet, I can dance, Im a great reader{by the age of 12 I had read Harry Potter, LOTR, Percy Jackson, Fablehaven, Kane Chronicles, The queens Theif series, Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and many other book series{some multiple times}, and I went to Israel and Turkey {best experience Ive ever had}. If I had been in the public school system, I know 3/4 of these things wouldn't be on this (abridged) list. Im so thankful that Im homeschooling! (Im a senior in high-school now) You can bet you butt I will be homeschooling my kids!
As a new mom I have been looking at different homeschooling options for when my daughter starts school because I don’t want her anywhere near the public school system. One of the big advocates for home schooling, Christy Faith, is trying to get volunteers for new studies on homeschooling for fresher data. She was on TikTok saying that the curriculum companies were refusing to help even though they are nonprofit and Christy’s team already wrote the email options and would be doing all the work.
during covid I had so much fun being with my family and I realized that I had never spent this much time with them. if my kids can have the same experience during their childhood and teenage years, as I did for eight months, I think they'll be so much better off than me. I saw a lot of crazy things at my high school as we had over 4,000 kids there in 2020 and half of it I wish had never happened.
as a homeschooled kid I can say it is not abusive and I am learning way more things now than I would in a public school. My parents pulled me out of school because the school systems were just getting bad. Being homeschooled is better than being in a place were basically no one knows what's going on
Homeschooled and a homeschool mom now myself. It was a great education - college and grad school afterwards was a breeze - and I'm excited to share it with my kids. It would be truly foolish to get rid of it, so many homeschooled kids really do try to benefit our communities.
I was in public school pretty much all of elementary and middle school. When things started getting woke and crazy my parents pulled me out of public school and put me in private Christian school. And it's like been the best thing that has happened to me. It really helped me improve myself as a person.
As a homeschooled kid (k-12) I had so many opportunities for socialization, travel, and extra curricular activities. My mom was ridiculed and constantly asked “how will they be socialized?”. My brothers and I were never lacking in socialization. From going to museums and parks, being apart of church groups and clubs, old, young, a melting pot of cultures, I felt pretty well rounded going out into the “world” as an adult. I did not experience bullying as a tall, gangly girl or made fun of for the hand me down clothes I wore. I was able to be a kid. I am so grateful for the education I received and for my parents who fought to give it to me and my three brothers. I hope to homeschool my own kids someday.
We let our 2 kids go to public elementary schools as we had great ones,with great teachers. We then took them out when they were going to middle and high schools to have them do online schooling here at home. BEST decision ever ! ! ! Our online teachers were great,classes were much smaller. They also had outside sports etc with our church group to help them be social too.
Me a teen homeschooler, enjoying some pizza after a productive day and a hour with friends. Thankfully here in Ireland it’s a constitutional right to homeschool, according to my mum, family’s applying to homeschool have sky rocketed after covid, thanks for reading on this! Keep up the great work.
My wife and I decided to home school our children. After my firstborn's first year of school - what should have been just Kindergarten level curriculum - she'd covered both Kindergarten and first grade level material. At the close of the first year, we gave her the standard placement test to submit to the Crown, and her knowledge was equivalent to grade 4.2, based on the test. Now she's in what would have been her first grade year in public school, and she's covering grades 2 and 3 material. This brings up many questions for us, such as "why is home schooling so reviled if the outcomes are this beneficial for children, especially if the maximum positive outcome for children is the actual goal?" and "what in God's name were our public school teachers doing for 7-8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 9-10 months per year?" oh, and "how do they justify the constant cries for more and more pay considering this, and the fact that recent laws restrict the amount of 'take home work' modern teachers have, compared to previous generations?" Suffice it to say that we are tremendously proud of our girls' progress, and we are never looking back now that we've discovered just how beneficial home schooling truly is. A wise man once said something to the effect of "I never let schooling get in the way of my education." Similarly, I will not allow teachers to get in the way of my children's learning.
Just graduated from school this year, and I’ve been homeschooled since I was in fourth grade. Looking at the public education system today, I’m so grateful my Mama kept me at home and taught me herself
Thank you Brett for calling a square a square. As a former homeschooler, my sister and I were far more educated and prepared for the real world than our friends in the GICs (Government Indoctrination Camps). Keep on telling the truth!
I was homeschooled from 3rd-7th grade and 12th grade. I did dual credit for my last year of high school at community college and I will graduate a year early. I felt like I had a way better education and I felt like I was ahead of people in public school, for example I was doing biology in 7th grade and I will be taking organic chemistry for my last year of high school. I never felt I was socially neglected because I was apart of two homeschooled groups and did some activity every few weeks. For example in 5th grade I went to this amazing program at ellington airiport where we learned about STEM topics and we got to see the planes there and my mom ran a homeschooled first Lego robotics club. Also our homeschool groups always held a Halloween, Friendsgiving, and Christmas party. If I was stuck in a classroom all day I probably wouldn’t have know what I would have wanted to major in in college right now. I loved baking as a kid and I still do so I got to explore that, then realized that wasn’t a viable option (I didn’t want to carry heavy bags of flour and have long shifts) so I knew I loved math and science so I decided to major in chemical engineering. I’m 17 and I’m about to graduate high school and I can’t thank my mom enough for deciding to homeschool me.
O.My.Goodness! This was, straight up, the most fabulous talk I've ever heard about the PROS of homeschooling!!! I just can't say enough good things about this! I will be posting this on my X.
It wasn’t until my younger sister and I were put in public school that we were both sexually assaulted and i became a binge eater, and my sister became anorexic/bulimic. We were both bullied (my sister’s was linked to her sexual trauma SCHOOLWIDE) and we both struggled to keep our grades up because of the trauma. Teachers didn’t care, friends were fake, and gender ideology was just starting to be pushed at the time in our rural area school district. Somehow I was able to heal, but my sister is now agoraphobic and refuses to leave the house, is diagnosed with anxiety and chronic depression, and has experienced age regression. Her body still rejects food when she eats, and she associates a healthy, full belly with pain and sickness. I will die before I allow my children into public school.
My homeschool co-op back in the day was very racially diverse. Many of the students I graduated with went on to get college and graduate degrees. Before I started my freshman year of high school my mom called a top college in our state and asked the admission office what classes, SAT scores, and extra activities I should aim for in order to get in there. I didn’t end up applying there, but my parents knew what would be expected of me by the university system.
I was homeschooled from pre-k to high school graduation everything Brett is saying about these people is correct. Homeschooling is not abusive, I mean wtf that's insane, and I had a lot of interaction with other homeschool kids not in a class room but through organized events, field trips and sports. Most of my childhood friends were homeschoolers and are still close friends today 23 years later. Homeschooling is a completely acceptable way to educate your child. It's the parents right to decide how to educate their child. Brett you are awesome.
AMEN. As someone who went to public school for all but one year (private school), I wanted my kids to do the same. I'm conservative and a Christian, but I wanted my kids to have a balance of being exposed to a church community and a variety of kids from other backgrounds. It's purely because of the immense corruption and controlling nature of public schools that I no longer want this for my kids. I never once saw myself as someone who would homeschool their kids, but I'm starting to look at what I would have to do in that situation for when I settle down and start planning for that stage of life. These days there seems to be co-ops and other programs so that the burden wouldn't fully be on me. But I now think this might also free up the option to give my kids a more effective form of learning that isn't as outdated as the current system.
I decided to homeschool my younger 2 sons because I saw what they were teaching my now 11th grader. I noticed he has some strengths from the public and charter school system but noticed there’s so much that they haven’t covered that is essential to every day life.
As a former public school student, I fully intend to keep my future kids far away from the public school system.
Agreed
Right there with you!
Me as well
Do it!
❤ I do that now. Ive been homeschooling my kids for a yr now. I was smarter than my teachers in many ways. I was confused by their verbage and would ask questions to which they didnt have an answer that wasnt what they were told to say. I graduated 18 yrs ago. I will NOT allow my kids in school. My son would be labeled adhd and forced on meds. F that.
Same except I don’t intend on having kids because of how shit this society has become. Combine dystopian tablet parenting or what I define as “lazy parenting” and this society is doomed
I’m a former teacher. Now, I’m a homeschool mom who would NEVER go back to teaching in any system again. My kids are fully socialized and are earning a better education than they would in school. I even did my Master’s theses on homeschooling. The education system is broken.
My mom is a homeschool mom (home schooling me and my 2 younger siblings) she is doing sub teaching later in this year or early next year. I get most of my socialization from co-ops and church. And it makes things a bit easier on my Adhd mind and medical issues.
@@gabrielintano2202 that is so awesome! My son has ADHD as well. I truly believe he wouldn’t do as well with all the distractions in schools. He’s flourishing with homeschool. ❤️
I have 3 teachers. In my family. A cousin and 2 nieces. And when they had children, they all quit And became home school mom's. Because they realize how The public school system was so broken. My cousin after her children got to high school. Took a job at a Christian private school in our area and her children attended there. And she liked that much better than her public school teaching. However she still will tell you home screen is the best for children
So so broken.
The funny part is that private schools and finding a tutor is way better than public schools which they keep finding these creepy ass teachers not teaching their major subject instead they are grooming children. Before, people were like private schools are just extra luxury for talented and smart kids. Now it seems that public schools have deteriorated to the point people are looking for private schools or home schooling.
Former public school teacher and so thankful to be homeschooling now. Keep your kids home and safe.
Yes! Let’s isolate everybody even further so our cultural and social problems increase exponentially! We can tell you are a public school teacher with those magnificent critical thinking skills.
@@courtneyj2058 Yes, I’m glad that you can tell. In fact we teach critical thinking and logic in our homeschool, something which is quite lacking in today’s public education/indoctrination. And don’t worry, homeschoolers are not isolated; we are quite active in scouting, band, co-ops, church groups, volunteering, etc. Additionally, homeschoolers score much higher in standardized tests; many colleges are clamoring to have homeschoolers attend their universities. Don’t worry, we’re doing ok. 😉
@Season4Reason1 She's not worried about your kids. She's upset activists won't get their hands on them and they won't be indoctrinated into whatever current cultish ideologies are making the rounds in public school. No real diversity of thought or beliefs is acceptable.
@@elizaj4431 Exactly right.
@@elizaj4431 I’m literally a conservative and disgusted by what the public education system has become. But I always find it rich how the “free thinking” homeschool activists can’t even conceive of the idea that even traditional American Constitutional conservatives disagree with the idea (based on stats mind you) that homeschooling is not the best form of education for children.
I was homeschooled from the mid 90’s through the early 00’s. The only thing I tell people when it comes to homeschooling is making sure you keep your kids involved in social activities. The education aspect is way better than the public school system. A kid can really dive into learning and not just be taught to take a test. The parents have the ability to actually mold their children and not just watch as the system breaks them down.
Homeschool is the best thing you can do for your kid. I hope this grows and grows.
I'd rather have been homeschooled. Public school was like prison. Constantly having to fight and constantly being oppressed by bureaucratic administrations. Public school is wack.
Homeschooling 20 years ago is nothing like today, thankfully.
@@nicolcacola It has gotten easier. And it will get even easier with AI. I do see the public school system becoming a daycare center or being something voluntary and you do it online in the future. I first start only the ultra-wealthy can do it, but with technology, it trickles down.
I believe what you are talking about is parents sheltering and over protecting their children. Personally, you shouldn't mold a child but guide a child to be whatever they want to be. Not molded into what? image of the parent. No. How much public school experience you really had to know what's like.
I love always hearing this "kids need to socialize" crap about why public schools are necessary... yet my daughter intentionally AVOIDS socializing at school to the point the teachers critize her for not participating... yet she aces most of her tests.
I'm getting closer every day to pulling her from school and just homeschooling her.
Do it! I started this year and it's the best decision we've ever made. My girls are getting ahead in school, and I think it's because they get the one-on-one teaching approach. If you pick a good curriculum it will take out a lot of prep work and make it much less time-consuming.
@silencedogood9747 yes, I'm starting to think just allowing her to learn at her own pace would be enough for her to learn everything she does at school with half the time.
She already speaks a second language and can read and ranked in the top 3% of her class for math, so I'm not sure she's getting that much from public school to begin with.
My wife, in her spare time, already teaches her more than she does from the public school (despite our school being ranked in the top 10% statewide).
It seems the school wastes more time on "school spirit" activities and silly crafts than teaching actual educational material.
My European wife also thinks it's ridiculous that they send homework assignments home instead of doing that in school (as she rarely ever got homework and her school day was shorter... and she had no issue going on to get a Master's degree) 🤷
Do it! You will not regret it. It’s a wonderful experience for your child AND you.
i relate to your child so much! my mother would love to homeschool me but our house is too busy so unfortunately it wouldn’t work. but i suggest you pull your child out! she’ll probably learn way more from you than the school system.
Yeah, just pull her out and teach her the way of the Bible✝️.
All of my teachers in highschool would tell me I’m trans and that it’s important to not upset my parents by telling them. They won awards for diversity and inclusion and honesty. I’ve been ready to homeschool my future kids since 15.
Fr. I was always big on public school cause some of my cousins were homeschooled and they were not my favorite people to say the least. But anyway I'll be homeschooling my children...
Well that's horrible... Glad to know it didn't mess you up!
I honestly think i'd homeschool too, since i feel that there's not much to rely on when it comes to the school system. More so, now that all education is a woke fest...
I was homeschooled my whole life. I've recently graduated out of it. (I'm 18 now) and I'm so incredibly grateful for being homeschooled. I owe a lot to my mom and to my friends. Homeschooled if done wrong can be very bad, but if it's done right, will be one of the best decisions of your life
@@Nightwizard63That's so true. The problems with it have always been that often parents would homeschool their children to cover up abuse at home. I went to public school until 9th grade and switched to PA Cyber the year they opened and now my kids also go there. It's very much like homeschooling. My kids are still in elementary and there has been no woke agenda, just hoping that it stays that way or I will be pulling them out. I'd like to homeschool but there's just no real network where we live and I'm not a great teacher to be honest.
Bless 🙏♥️
I've been teaching public school PE for 20 years, and I've witnessed the brokenness of the system day in and day out. I"m now 100% pro-homeschool and have been homeschooling my children for the last 6 years.
I am a public elementary school teacher. With the insistence on large class sizes, it is increasingly more difficult to address individual needs. This is obviously much easier to do in a homeschool situation.
Good for you!!
I went to public school and it was hell, the drugs, the oversexualizing, the fights, the racism, the place was awful, and we were all very irresponsible and rude to the teachers. I remember the smartest kids we had in that school were previously homeschooled kids whose parents had decided to put in public high school, they were at the top of the class always and always the only ones who actually studied and got good grades
That speaks volumes. Idk why in the world patents would put the kids in public high schools though. I hope they didn't get brainwashed and kept good traditional values.
A common reason for parents putting their kids into a public school after homeschooling is that they think their kids education requires more expertise than they can provide.
Often the better option is to send the kid either to a co-op/club or to a community college (minors often get in for free and you still earn college credit), as people that have higher degrees of expertise tend to function in these spaces more.
Yes, there were teen boys who mooned people back and FRONT and no one did anything. I will say what my partner says: The public education system is glorified babysitting. Parents don't parent their kids anymore and they expect the teachers and government to do it.
And people never intervene with bullying. The teachers just say it will build character and turn a blind eye.
As a retired special Ed teacher, the truth is that kids are mostly influenced by their peers and secondarily by their teachers. When I left teaching, behavior in my elementary school had already become uncontrollable. Bullying, sexual abuse, hatred was rife and teachers were helpless to change it. Only suppress it. If I were young with children, they would never see the inside of a public school.
The amount of unwanted groping and pantsing (pulling down peoples’ pants in the hallways) that went on in middle and high school were ridiculous.
The butt and boob-grabbing that went on in the theater department of my high school (I was a stage manager, not even an actor) was outrageous. I had to literally start donkey kicking people in the stomach/genitals because they did NOT understand my repeated and express “NOs”. This was happening from guys and girls.
Ironically now they’re all super liberal, mentally ill, and we’re/are identifying as LGBT
20 weeks pregnant and I intend on homeschooling my daughter, I don’t want her to turn out ruined due to the public school system, even private schools are horrendous 😭
You can do it mama! 🎉 Inknew when I was pregnant with my first that I wanted my kids homeschooled. This year I will have 3 in (home)school and a toddler ❤
As a homeschooled 14 year old that was formerly in public school, I've learned so much more life skills in homeschooling than public school. I live in a rural area and constantly help the ranchers with working cattle. I know how to build a fence and chicken coops. That's a lot more than anyone in public school.
Thats a lot to assume there kid lol
If you know how to preg test heifers, brand calves, castrate bulls, vaccinate cattle, and semen test bulls, then let me know
That's awesome. Homeschool is a great choice and public schools are a disgrace.
Not trying to be a jerk here and I totally agree, homeschooling's the way to go but if you're going to praise one method of learning you should really ensure you use the correct words in your posts (pretty sure you meant to use "formerly"). You're 14 and are a getting a better education in life skills by your own admission, I'm just a bit of a grammar nazi.
@@williamreilly2567let he who has never been autocorrected cast the first stone.
My parents took me and my siblings out of school for a whole year so we could travel the world by ship with my sailor dad. It was an amazing experience, we mixed totally with adults (cargo ship), met people from many walks of life, many different races, cultures and countries. I still passed all my exams, still left school on time, passed nursing exams etc, it certainly wasn't detrimental to my education!
That is amazing and well done your parents. I bet you have so many wonderful memories and learned a huge amount. To be honest a lot of parents who had money did take their kids out of school in the UK and just went overseas in Covid. Some have never returned.
How cool!!!!! I'm a little jealous to be honest 😂
@@minagelina A modern day Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria sail round the world, taking on passengers, and also sailors and crew. You might be able to get in on that deal.
I taught in public schools for 25 years in three districts and can say that if you can homeschool your kids with integrity you will likely give them a better education - the kids I taught in HS who had been homeschooled before 9th grade were almost always better prepared, emotionally and especially scholastically, than their peers. Only our wrecked economy seems to be making it more difficult for parents to win both bread and the future of their kids.
Yes, there are studies on this! Homeschool children on average score MANY points higher on testing than public school students (20 percentage points or more), even when the parents teaching them have lower levels of education
Home schooled our kids in Ohio in the 80s. The local district superintendent told us that if our kids did not pass the standardized tests every year, he would force them into the public ( government/Union ) school. I then asked him what he did with the kids in the gov/union school that failed those tests. He had no answer and became angry.
I was homeschooled my whole life, and I am SO THANKFUL!!!
As a homeschool mom, and someone who helps teach at a co-op community full of children, thank you! Homeschooling is such a blessing we should never take for granted and should be supportive of parents who choose this for their families.
Good for you! I homeschooled my kids. They are now adults, done with college, and out in the workforce pursuing their interests. Homeschooling is the best!
If you're keeping lgb, blm and feminist trash(democratic politics) out of the classroom then i thank you for being a part of the solution and not the problem.
This might work in America where your school sistem is trash but in most other countries it doesn't work im talking from experience many of the kids who went to home schooling and came back to public had a hard time fitting or were not nearly as mature or on the same level of education as the one's who continued with public
@@YakmonSaysItLikeItIs I homeschool and teach at a homeschool co-op that’s Christian. Our motto is to know God and make Him known. No woke agenda.
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As a guy who was homeschooled his entire life, we were poor, I learned a lot more and learned to love learning, and I will homeschool my children because it’s better but also because the man who came up with our education system made it in order to create a generation of factory workers. It’s completely outdated.
This. I see people cope online and say it's too "hard" for low income families to pull off when I and everyone else I knew were living off of one income and very much far from rich, haha. If anything, it saved us insane amounts of money because we could plan potential trips ahead of time on our own terms, pass books down to younger siblings, etc. If you have the extra income and wanna be all extra in terms of extracurricular stuff then awesome, otherwise you truly don't need much.
In the information age, you have so many options for homeschooling free and otherwise. also, there are family with 2 working parents that are/ have successfully homeschooled their kids.
As someone who was in a private school up to third grade until my mother took me out, I'm so glad I was homeschooled. I was epileptic and got bullied often by fellow students, and teachers wanted to hold me back because I couldn't speak well, even though I was getting all A's in my grades. Being homeschooled was the best thing that could've happened to me and it's ridiculous to label it child abuse.
Not bullied enough then. Mother taught you wrong by her actions
@@Calibrex_Gaming Why do you feel the need to be so rude? Were you taught to act this way?
@@tarabletvDon't pay any attention to the troll who is obviously a product of public school. Their comments just prove our case. Glad you found a solution in homeschooling. 😊
@tarabletv so happy to hear that!
Ignore the public schooled losers who can't stand to see your success. Homeschooling is superior and some people can't stand it 😆
iv seen a recurring thing were with the Us and Uk it mostly seems to be the school systems stopping people's ability and skill to show not themselves because public and some private schools are more about removing your individuality and turning you into obedient sheep then actually teaching you.
or the teachers are just trying to force their opinions and agenda down your throat it's the reason I refused to go to school and demanded to be pulled out by then i already was gonna fail my last tests i hadn't done so my logic as I explained to my mother is I might as well get to learning the skills I'm interested in rather then being surrounded with people who don't like me or each other and iv never regretted my choice plus the GCSE and other tests i passed or did ok on were the ones i took home my work i took home was always c and above
all my work in the class was c or below simply because i can't work around obnoxious people with boundary issues which was 80% of my classmates.
As a homeschooling mom from 1987 to 2004, with 3 well-adjusted grown kids, I'm about to do it again with my youngest grandchild. You keep telling the truth.
My mom is a public school teacher and she herself admitted that if my parents were able to they would have put me and my sisters into either Christian Private school or a homeschooling program and my mom supports the fact that I want to homeschool my children when I inevitably have them.
Exactly, I school all three of my kids. They are doing amazing on a variety of levels
YES Brett!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 PS: for everyone who hasn’t read John Taylor Gatto, he’s a must! He won public school teacher of the year in NY twice and his books are incredibly eye opening!🙏🏻
I read Dumbing Us Down and it was eye opening.
Highly recommend Weapons of Mass Instruction as well!
Yes!! His books are very informative and eye opening!
thanks for the tip! wow some of these books are old, i think most of us are late to the party :/
😂 I literally took a break from reading Dumbing us Down to watch this video. My husband and I have been reading it as a book study together. 😊
Every time I hear a statist arguing against homeschooling, I want to homeschool even harder. I would have been kept behind my peers had I stayed in the public education system. Kudos to my mother and my father. I will be graduating with my PhD this spring. I thank God everyday for them and their sacrifices.
as someone who was in the public school system for 99% of their school years i can confirm i learned way more and efficiently while being homeschooled
Me too!
Even growing up in the 80s 90s I learned 95% of everything worth a damn at home.
I was public schooled and I actually learn so much right along with my kids it awesome. Been homeschooling for 12years and my kids are thriving and doing amazing even my dyslexic kid
Americans are safer home schooled cause of the school shootings
It's not hard to see why. You aren't in a room with 15 to 30 kids where no one gets attention. You can learn at your pace ( and not all of us have the same learning style). I wish I would have been home schooled.
I love these videos about homeschooling! During elementary and middle school I would often get bullied a lot and not a single teacher would really help me. I was the weird kid that didn’t really socialize, I just liked to draw and do things on my own. The teachers would try and urge me to stop, and sometimes even enabling the bullies by making fun of how often I’d draw and “day dream” and not pay attention to anything. I had no motivation to be there because no one wanted me there, and it felt like jail to me. My dad decided to homeschool me because he noticed that I was a little different from other kids, and he gave me inspiration to pursue my dreams and learn things the way that felt natural to me. At school, I was terrible at math and often behind, but after a year of homeschooling I was a grade a over my own and I had easily learned how to study, how to enjoy the smaller things in life, domestic activities, sports, and appreciate the things around me. When I’d get scolded for running around by myself in the playground, looking out the window the entire class, getting up from my uncomfortable chair, trying to shield my eyes from those terrible fluorescent lights at school, I’d be running around, traveling, meeting new people from around the world, living in different countries and learning different languages while doing homeschool. Being homeschooled was the most liberating thing that has happened to me, and now I’m engaged to my Brazilian fiancé that my dad loved so so much before he died. I’m forever grateful to my parents for caring about me and showing me the world, instead of trapping me into a concrete box and being forced to conform.
Hey @angelinafoster8747. I just wanted to say that I really liked this comment. It really shows me how good homeschooling is. I honestly hated my middle school years for similar reasons (being a little different than the other kids). It also doesn't help when all these kids I was with wanted to vape and stuff like that, so I feel you on that. 👍
I could not agree more! I'm currently homeschooling my children in Tennessee, and it's the best decision I have ever made! The Rockefellers are who created the Board of Education, and he specifically quotes that he wants a country of workers, not thinkers (paraphrased). That tells you everything you need to know about the public school system!
I grew up in California and didn't have too much thought about the public schools. Then I became a mom. COVID lockdowns happened at my child's first year of school, and after that we left California altogether to a state that wasn't insane. Now it's homeschool all the way. We still keep in touch with friends with their kids in the public school and we are so glad we got out
We were lucky we got out of CA before COVID. Our family that was in CA sure told us stores!
I was homeschooled my entire life in the 90s and early 2000's, I was always jealous of the kids that got to go to public school. However, now that I've seen how treacherous public schools actually are, I'm exceedingly happy that I never went.
Did you go to college?
You missed out on being bullied, being around pedos, and being around the worst of society.
@@ruthlessreid9172you missed being constantly surrounded by pot heads and vapers
@davidz3879 I did.
I even got to skip over most of high school by doing the free high school duel enrolling and getting that over with before I even graduated.
@@davidz3879my husband was homeschooled and then got a computer science degree at Georgia tech
I hardly comment on RUclips videos but I found this so important. I'm shocked to know how similar this schooling crisis is throughout North America. As a Canadian secondary school student, it's almost impossible to get anything out of school. We're shunned away from challenging beliefs and asking why, and it feels incredibly unsafe- the bathrooms are full of drug deals and men putting on makeup in the girls bathroom, school fights are resicoulessly common, and the students are more divided than ever. It's a nightmare. It feels like they want to trap us to be sheep and not intellectual thinkers. It's terrifying to watch this downfall and have our teachers focus more on mentally ill druggie than the kids wanting to learn. This is a huge issue, and I thank you for talking about it, I want to let you know this isn't only a problem in America!
I was homeschooled K-12, and WAY better socialized than my public schooled peers because I interacted with all different ages of people _in the real world_ every day.
I am so grateful that I was homeschooled; the stories I hear of the _bullying alone_ in public school absolutely horrify me.
I was never bullied and was well-educated and well-socialized AND IT SHOWS.
I’m a well-adjusted, self-sufficient, free-thinking, securely-attached, untraumatised adult with no mental illnesses, who is happy to be an adult and happy to be “adulting” - AKA being a functional member of society who contributes and gives back.
I almost NEVER see all those traits together in any public-schooled person I’ve ever met.
There is no way in HELL I would ever public school my kids.
I completely agree with this. I was home schooled K-12 starting in the 90s and I am so much better adjusted to society and dealing with different people compared to my friends who were in public school. Half of them are too anxious to even learn to drive a car. Most of them suffer with social anxiety and low self-confidence. When I went to college I found it funny how many people told me I seem so normal, I would not have guessed you were home schooled.
As someone who experienced ALL types of schooling, homeschooling was amazing and so was hybrid Private schooling. I learned SOOOO much more being homeschooled than anywhere else and I got so much social experiencing doing the homeschool/private school hybrid.
I did a three
Public, homeschool and private. I did love my private. But the homeschooling was interesting only because my mom was not the best at helping me.
I homeschooled my four kids many years ago. They are now all in their thirties. I wasn’t as concerned about public school back then but I was concerned with the degraded reading levels and the decrease in common sense I saw in kids in public school. I mainly wanted to be sure my kids could read well, would love learning, and could think for themselves. We accomplished that very well. My kids tested far above their age and grade levels all through school. Over time I became passionate about homeschooling and helped other families set up their homeschools for the best results. Now I’m homeschooling my step-daughter after we left Canada to live overseas. We were appalled when we sat down with her to see what her knowledge level was in order to start her studies. We had to drop her math level two grades. She is a very intelligent girl who reads a lot, thankfully, but she just wasn’t taught properly in public school. In just a few months of homeschooling she has already come so far and she loves it. Just like another commenter mentioned and how it was with my kids, you only need a few hours a day to get more learning in than most schools can do in a week or more. No, the government doesn’t want parents to homeschool because homeschool doesn’t turn out little robots who can be controlled.
Wow! This is my current concern about schools. My coworker just told us that they are not teaching her son phonemics until 4th grade and he is already in second grade. I was absolutely shocked and we are public health professionals to hear her say she can’t do anything about it! Homeschooling is the only alternative now and days if you want children to actually learn and be knowledgeable adults.
I was homeschooled kindergarten-8th grade and I loved it. I participated in social activities when I was homeschooled it was never awkward around other people when I joined public school. I am so happy that my innocence was saved from public school. Edit: homeschooling helped me excel at school I was leagues ahead other kids my age.
PREACH 🔥 BRETT!!!
We are a homeschooling family and the reasons we started homeschooling are confirmed every time anyone in the "educational system" speaks up. You HIT THE NAIL on the head as to the MANY reasons homeschooling is growing in America. Parents are SO SICK of the system.
I love this! I homeschooled my 6 kids for 26 years. I now teach on a platform called Outschool. I’ve noticed a big increase in the number of black students over the past few months. I also teach quite a few minority students. I’m so glad to see parents of ALL ethnicities finally becoming fed up with public schools. It’s about time! And I promise you that the 30 minutes they spend with me is worth a whole day in a public school classroom!
Absolutely! In public schools they learn to read via "multiple guess" (literally!) instead of phonics. A total waste of time.
My husband and I are both homeschool grads. We're homeschooling our kids. No way in hell we'd put them in public school. We LOVED our experience. Extremely social, both in leadership positions in the community.
As a homeschooled child, it also sucks how during covid the public school in your home was perceved as homeschooling. Which then brought even more stigma to homeschooling. ❤
YES!! As a homeschooling mom, I say this to parents all of the time. What they did during the Covid lockdowns wasn't real homeschool!! When some of the moms I go to church with say things like, "I learned during Covid that I am not a good teacher for my kids," or, "I learned that homeschooling is not for me." I sometimes say how do they know because what they were doing wasn't real homeschooling.
I think that was their point. Make parents “fail” at “home education”, but I can attest to watching my daughter struggle through her horrible senior year (2021), some teachers were amazing & stepped up to the plate themselves & others were horrifically bad. I paid attention the entire time. I would never send another child there after that.
By design, the gov wanted to use that as a "model" as to how homeschooling doesn't work.
Yes this is true, also I need to add that their are some amazing school online schools out there that are leaps and bounds better than a traditional brick and mortar setting. Not all online learning is crap. It takes real effort from parents regardless if its traditional homeschooling or online.
I went through the public school system for about the last 80% of my childhood education and it was miserable for me. I learned absolutely nothing other than how to beat a test and deal with sexual harassment on a daily basis. I was ahead of my class because I was teaching myself things that were way more advanced than what I was being taught in school even though I was in honors and AP. I literally spent my entire time in class making sure that I was getting my homework done I received from the previous class. Teachers weren't bothered by that because I participated, aced their tests, and made the school look good with the standardized tests.
My husband, on the other hand, was homeschooled and he definitely had a similar education to Brett's. Most homeschoolers I know also can attest to this. There are plenty of homeschool groups you can join and your children don't have to "lose out." My husband was able to do sports, theater, choir, band, and get together with other coops so the excuse that homeschoolers aren't socialized is definitely debunkable.
Many people my age and younger don't have the life skills to survive because of hands off parenting and screens becoming more popular. I was fortunate to have family that made me learn how to do things on my own, such as research and do every day stuff.
I grew up in Pennsylvania which is known to be one of the most difficult states to homeschool, which is why we purposely moved to Florida. I can homeschool my daughter (and future children) freely and have our rights as parents protected. My daughter's education will involve everything from budgeting to cooking to researching along with all the other subjects, but doing it for an 8 hour day is unnecessary. Kids learn far more by hands on activities than being stuck in a chair with a piece of paper in front of them. I want to set my daughter up for success, not set up my daughter to be easily manipulated by the government with their "free" handouts and other lies.
Thanks for letting me know that PA is difficult for homeschooling. I was planning to homeschool my future children, and I live in PA, but I guess if things don’t change by then here, I’m gonna have to move, too. I hope all goes great for you and your family. God bless you!
My parents sending me to a small, private school was the best decision they ever made. I full intend to follow on their footsteps when I have children. My husband is pretty against the idea of private school, but I have a feeling stories like this will easily change his mind. Thank you, Brett!
Better check to make sure. If the teacher got their degree at Columbia University the woke is built in.
My husband was the same until he slowly realized that this was the best way to go, don’t lose hope ❤
I grew up and went to public schools because they were okay back in the day just like private schools or religious schools were. Notice I said were WERE, because not everything is the same as when we went to school. Public schools are bad, private and religious schools have really gone down hill too. Education has all become about the money and pushing what views they want you to have.
Private schools are worse than public sometimes
Applause! Ms. Cooper, you have nailed it again. I was homeschooled kindergarten- twelfth grade, and am so grateful that my parents made that decision. As a homeschooler I was able to learn in unique and flexible ways, which allowed me to graduate high school at the age of sixteen. People like Randi Weingarten can say that religious homeschoolers like myself grow up to be ignorant, culturally unaware and socially awkward adults, but the truth is quite the opposite!
I started homeschooling in 6th grade and I’m in high school now. I used to loathe being homeschooled because I missed being at school and seeing my friends, but when I started realizing how bad public school has gotten, I began to start liking it a lot more and appreciating it. I go to a co op so i get to see some friends twice a week, while also going to a youth group at my church. I love being homeschooled now, and I feel like I’m learning a lot more than I ever could at a real school 🫶
Girrrrlll preach it! I homeschooled all 4 of my kids now ages 24, 26, 28, 31. I had them all in my 20's. They are all amazing people who did scouts, dance, cheer, sports, church, worked in community service and did not get the values of strangers.
I'm homeschooling our boys (6) and (4) and though it can be frustrating to learn the patience needed, it's so amazing to see how different they are from public school kids their own age. I'm so glad I chose to homeschool and will continue to do so regardless of what anyone else thinks.
Thing is there are many in the system who are making it their life's goal to make it illegal.
The beautiful thing is, while they're learning to read, write, etc., you're learning to be a more patient mama. (Speaking from experience.) It's one of the wonderful thing about teaching your own kids--you learn just as much or more along the way!
Covid really showed us how ridiculous our school systems were.
Theres also other reasons for homeschooling. I have a special needs child who is in therapy 4 hours a day Monday through Friday. Theres no way I'm sending him to school and 20 hours of therapy a week, thats insane. At home with 1 on 1 help he gets through his required school work in 1-2 hours.
As a former homeschool student, I have a 4.0 gpa in college and I am miles ahead of my classmates that don’t know how to study without a teacher breathing down their neck and telling them what to do
I was a public school kid, and many of my family members work in the education system. My first baby is due any day now, and we will be will be homeschooling. I have first-hand experience with just how blatantly radicalized many teachers are, but what sold me on homeschooling is that every person I met who was homeschooled is a well-rounded individual, both socially and in terms of their education. Honestly, I don't think it's a normal or healthy environment to cram a bunch of kids who are the same age together in one place to create a lord of the flies social hierarchy. It definitely isn't normal or healthy when they're hardly learning anything and are stuck there for 8 hours a day.
I can’t tell you how much I agree with this! My mom didn’t see how much school was taking its toll on me until Covid-19. She pulled me out after she saw about 2 different teachers make me cry, and 1 threatened to put me back in because I was falling a little bit behind. She pulled me out of school and a state of depression, and for that I am forever grateful.❤❤❤
Thank you mom
Is she going to pull you out of work when your boss makes you cry in the future? I’ve had jobs that made me cry, but I learned to be and do better and ended up surpassing those people in the company. I’m not judging you rn, just want to let you know that You don’t have to just quit something bc someone made you upset. You’ll never be 100% happy, even at your dream job.
@dominiquew8437 when teachers are the bullies something is wrong, when teachers do not teach kids basic info something is wrong, ie how to math with out a calculator, how to write in cursive even tobasic history of who was first president of the US, and also leading a group of eight year Olds in a class of demonstrating politically, and most importantly force teaching subjects that are highly offensive without consent something is wrong. Some of the greatest minds were home schooled Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Henery and so many more
And if you want to see the progress of public school look at how far behind America is in education to the world. Why because the schools are not teaching reading writing arithmetic and other subjects. People are pulling the kids out because they can actually educate them better at home. My grandfather who was a teacher once told me that the teachers union will end up destroying young uneducated minds. And that was back in late 80s.
@@Yosoydom hello! Thank you for your input but it’s not the fact that they made me upset. It’s the fact that they threatened to put me back in school. Even when I had explained two of my siblings were very high-risk and I could not risk that and it’s also the fact that I was not just upset I was going through state of depression and my mom could clearly see that like I am fully out of that now and I am 100% glad that I am homeschooled right now, but if it was just like a small thing that made me cry, I probably wouldn’t even have written this down but it wasn’t the fact that they made me cry. It was the fact that I was going through depression and my mom could see that very clearly now. And I do 100% agree with you. I shouldn’t quit something just because someone made me upset and I haven’t quit some thing because somebody made me cry not in a while because if I did then I wouldn’t even be doing school at all right now. But you did make a valid point.
@dominiquew8437 this person's mom gave her something better, the courage to walk away from people who are abusive. The mom traded an abusive environment for an educational one.
One of the reasons I just left nursing school is because there's no way IN HELL I am having my future kids go to public school. I'm glad other people are waking up too. Then it'll be easier to find a homeschooling co-op lol
As a 17 year old girl who has been homeschooled from a baby to senior, I had no problem with "missing out." My parents always made sure we were heavily involved in the church, Co-op, and upward soccer. We were so busy with school, soccer, church, and co-op that it really wasn't a question of if we were getting the "socialization" that was needed. Most of my siblings are in college, have a steady job, and are doing perfectly fine. So, by all means, homeschool your kids. It was the best thing for me as a kid. I wasn't the quickest learner and got distracted a bunch, so homeschooling helped give me the tools I needed to progress without feeling the embarrassment of not being quick enough. You also don't feel like you are being told to sit down, shut up, and learn. There are many curriculums out there that can make learning interactive and fun. But, it's also totally okay if you want to send your kids to public school, just don't tell parents what they should and shouldn't do with their kid. That is entirely their decision.
@sage-mr2pe co-op is basically a bunch of homeschool families that meet every week (maybe on a Tuesday) and you'd have different classes. They had theatre, art class, history, science,...etc. My mom was actually the art teacher for the majority of my time in co-op.
@sage-mr2pe Yep, I stopped once I got to high school and school was just alot to deal with on top of my extracurriculars, but I really loved it.
@sage-mr2pe My children are in a local co-op and it's great. We get together with the families for dinner sometimes too. They dissected a shark last week in their biology class and the homeschool dad that helped them is also a chemistry professor! Fun stuff.
Nah, parents should be told to raise their kids right, instead of brainwashing or abusing them. Cuz some people don't deserve to be parents
@@RKT310So, you want the state to decide what is "right?" Do you have no grasp on history or see how bad that could be? So, you want the state to do the brainwashing and abusing?
"Some" is not all. It isn't even most.
I *HATED* my time in public school, and it’s only gotten so much worse since I graduated a decade ago! Any future children of mine are being homeschooled and I’ll make the necessary sacrifices needed to make it happen! I won’t allow my children to be traumatized like I was!!
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I started homeschooling during covid. I had no idea how productive and doable it was going to be!!! Peace out, public school ✌🏼️
As someone who was homeschooled, I loved it!!! I was part of a homeschool group that regularly went on field trips and did some classes like Home Ec together. I also played sports and went on camping trips while other kids were still in school, lol. FYI, learning lessons does NOT take that many hours when you are at home without a lot of other kids in the same room to distract you, leaving me with about half my day to do fun stuff if I got up early.
As someone who has a weak immune system, I can also say that I probably got sick far less than public school kids did, and I don't see how I could have ever survived the public school environment when I, at 16, was asked once if I was 12 due to how small I was...
As a former public/private school teacher and coach as well as church youth department volunteer, the very first homeschool children I met were EASILY the most socially adjusted students EVER. They parlayed their training to Hillsdale, of course before it became as renowned as it is today. Love the passion Brett and maintain you and Ben need to have a competition for charity who can speak the most words per minute because you were spewing forth syllables like almost no one I know today! Keep it up young lady!
My daughter had pure anxiety pulling up to school she was getting bullied and absolutely hated going to school she was physically ill everyday not been sick a day since being home schooled and now we have the freedom to do things we want without being tied down to a school schedule
As a Home Educator of 23 years I can say the education I have provided my children and now grandchildren is far superior to anything that is seen in the public schools. I have 2 graduates and both are extremely successful and have excelled in life. I have three yet to graduate and 2 children thus far coming behind. My children were not only trained in academics but also in morality, civic duties and all of the necessary skill for a success and well rounded life!
In 2019 I worked at an elementary Charter School in the New England region. My job, as secretary, organized and helped with the lottery for entry. And every week I had parents calling me, begging me to let their child in, and telling me about the terrible things their kids went through. I had some parents get emotional or scream for joy when Id make the call and tell them that "we went down the list and the following year their kid was aloud entry"... it made me feel like I was telling them they won the lotto or something.
As a homeschooled kid and homeschooling parent I approve this message.
I was happily homeschooled by my parents until I was a Sophmore in High School. I can honestly say, I learned more in moral, the world, my faith, and education through my parents than I did in the public system. It was also more diverse and I had the honor of meeting people from all walks of life, race, and religion. The school system only showed me its depravity and bullying, and that I was one of a number to get perfect grades to their specific charts, and not an individual.
As a teen, my parents pulled me out of public school due to my health. This was just before Christmas of my 8th grade year. I switched to homeschooling through ACE, and never regretted it. Through a move and COVID, I was homeschooled and none of it truly affected me. In fact, I thrived in homeschooling.
Needless to say, when the time comes, I will be homeschooling my kids. Just another reason to get an education degree!
We just ditched public school and went homeschool. Kid went from failing every subject and getting in trouble constantly, to doing just fine finishing all assignments.
We loved home schooling our two sons all the way to college in Oregon, Wyoming, and California. They both remain committed Christians active in their churches and very successful in their professional careers. They and our awesome daughters-in-law are now home schooling our nine grandchildren and one on the way.
I've recently been talking to my mom about the verbal and psychological abuse that I faced in the public school system because I have dyslexia. I didn't tell her about it when I was in school because I was told BY MY TEACHERS that she wouldn't believe me. She does. In all of these conversations, my mom repeatedly said that she wishes that she had homeschooled me. When I think about my future kids I know that I want to homeschool them especially if they receive a dyslexia diagnosis.
I teach cello lessons to a family that homeschools their kids and because I count as a tutor their homeschool group helps them pay for lessons. I love this not just because it means that I get another cello student but also because if there is a student who needs dyslexia or other types of specialized tutoring they will have an easier time getting it and it won't cost as much. This homeschool group also offers other features, I don't know many of them but I do know that next year my student gets to play in an orchestra something that I am very excited for him to do
I'm sorry to hear about the abuse, glad your doing better, I had a friend who went through a similar thing, she's also dyslexic and had to be pulled out of school due to abuse from both teachers and students
Same here I ll be homeschooling when I have kids of my own). I don't trust the special ed system no thanks.
I was homeschooled, my husband was not. When we were dating, we discussed how we would bring up our kids. He insisted on homeschooling, which I was ecstatic about.
Fast forward to having kids: we became foster parents first. In the state that we were in, homeschooling was not allowed for foster children. The kids went to public school. The school system failed our oldest daughter before she ever came to live with us. She was 2 years behind and the school was just graduating her up because they couldn’t hold her back any more grades.
The year before our state passed the “recommendations” to record kids’ gender tendencies, especially if they were opposite, our youngest was in preschool and would always be the “daddy” when playing house. She is very girly, so I couldn’t figure out why she insisted that she would play as the dad. If this had been a year later, she would have been documented as preferring male. However, when I asked her why she plays as the daddy, her answer was so simple: all the other girls wanted to play as the mommy, but all kids should have a daddy, too. So she made sure that by playing as the daddy, even their make believe home would have a mommy and daddy. Can you imagine the trauma she must have endured to realize she was missing a daddy in her life? And the teachers misread what it meant, thinking it was her being trans.
She’s older now and can’t wait to be a mommy. And we were able to adopt all of them and they are now flourishing with being homeschooled. We’re even part of a homeschool group that we get to do field trips and parties with. They are more socialized by being homeschooled than they were in public school.
Stories like that make me so worried about kids who don't have great parents like you! That is super sweet your daughter wanted all the pretend families to have a daddy. Hooray she was safe with you, and that now you folks are a forever family and get to homeschool! 😁
Everything that's going on with these schools has just solidified my decision I made back in elementary school because of my own experiences in public schools, I'm going to homeschool my children.
I had a great public school experience growing up in a small rural community. But my kids have been homeschooled since Kindergarten and they are getting a better education than I did. My 17 yo daughter works as a cashier and routinely trains in new public-schooled employees and is always commenting on how they don’t speak to the customers. And I was always told homeschoolers were the socially awkward ones… Not anymore. The public school system has failed us.
It's at the point that kids staying home with loving parents, and NO education, is better than kids getting 'educated' in public schools.
Here's the thing that we usually don't 'get'.
Education is going to happen without even trying. Humans can't help but learn. And when it's self-motivated, with true interest, it's the best kind of education.
This is my favorite episode of yours so far. We started homeschooling in 2020. We had been praying about it for a couple of years but the pandemic and all of the social mess that came to light from it was the final push we needed to actually do it.
Same for us. Homeschool was always our intention, until my oldest started showing serious delays and was diagnosed autistic at 3. He did benefit from early on and special Ed preschool through our district. But I was on the fence about kinder, especially after a kinder preparedness and information meeting with the other spec Ed preschool parents in our class. Too long of a story to type, but it was nonsense. Anywho, the scamdemic ended up happening during his tail end of preschool anyway and they did special Ed preschool on zoom, which was laughably stupid. I politely emailed the principal to eff off and that he was being removed immediately (all that's required in MI) and we never looked back.
I loved being homeschooled, especially seeing how the public school system is
But it can be a shock when going to college; the other students will have advantage.
@@davidz3879 how would they have an advantage? Lots of my family and friends have been to college after homeschooling and got their jobs pretty easily, and most excelled at almost everything.
@@dragonsman4733because lots of people still think being homeschooled means you don't see another child for 18 years 😂
@@dragonsman4733 Kids who've been to school for years will be familiar with it. A kid who's grown up without going to school won't be familiar with lessons in a regular setting, won't know about how to be popular & avoid getting picked on. Lessons in a classroom are significantly different to those at home.
@@jn8604 Obviously most have friends &/or siblings, but going to college is jumping straight in the deep end if you haven't been to school before.
I work for a auction company and we recently liquidated several old school building, their contents and a lot of items stored at the county BOE buildings. I was absolutely shocked at the load outs to find out how many of the buyers were home school groups setting up classrooms or creating their own small private schools.
That is very cool
My daughter started school in 2020 during the hight of Covid lockdowns in California. She’s struggled ever since. She learns better with me teaching her than she does in class. Hands down. I had to teach her how to add and subtract. I’m teaching her how to read. I honestly see very little progress from what they’re teaching her at school.
Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons was an absolute GAMECHANGER for me!!! Taught my daughter how to read when she turned 5 with it and she has excelled far beyond anything she ever learned in public school. In fact, going to public school made her NOT want to read anymore because she was comparing herself to OTHER kids!!!
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Our two grown daughters went through public school. Our two young sons are being homeschooled. Our boys are WAY further ahead in every conceivable way.
That makes me wonder how your daughters feel about this.
I dropped out of school at 16 and I don't really regret it. I was bored out of my mind!
I'm planning on homeschooling my future children especially as my cousins are home-schooled and they're the most intelligent polite curious children I've ever met. I want that for my kids!
I'm 16 and was taken out of public school two weeks into ninth grade due to getting repeatedly kicked out of school because of COVID-19, teachers would ignore students online, so my mother took me out to homeschool me. I'm technically in 11th grade but will take the HiSET soon (high school equivalency test) and have learned so much! I'm also learning Russian and I'm actually making progress. I plan to homeschool my children in the future.
I homeschooled both of my kids and they are amazing, smart, well rounded, hard working young men! So proud of them!
So glad to hear young people like you taking up this subject. We have a lot of work to do to get these vile lizard people out of our educational system. Thank you for this video.
it used to be argued that kids that are homeschooled would end up being weird. meanwhile public school educated collage aged students can't figure out what gender they are, and some can't even figure out what species
Was homeschooled my whole childhood and youth, and proud of it! I recommend it to every parent!
I was homeschooled from the end of 4th grade till graduation. I watched my mom homeschool my five siblings. There is SO much that goes into it. She had and has (still homeschooling 2 of my siblings)
Deciding curriculum telling the state what exactly we are going to be learning, providing proof that we are learning and actually did the work.
As for not being "socialized" one boy I knew made a comment about that and I pulled out my calendar and showed him my typical week. Then picked his jaw up off the floor.
GOOOOO BRETT! I love watching when you're a champion for homeschooling! Five children still at home, getting ready to graduate my senior in May. It's not easy, but it's the BEST solution for our family.
Starting in the middle of this school year my sister and I started home school and this is the happiest we have been in a really long time
Im a homeschooler, and I love it! Not only am I able to have a job at the local toy store to pay for my ballet tuition, I can actually build relationships with my sister,brother,mom,dad,cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents, friends, and my cats ❤
I have much more life skills than most kids my age (Ive made multiple articles of clothing for multiple people, Ive had multiple blue ribbons for my baking, I can cook multiple meals in different cuisines, I can make multiple different types of toys and jewelry, I can do hair, I can comfortably babysit without a phone, I can garden{somewhat}, I can quilt and embroider, I can do multiple mediums of art, I can knit and crochet, I can dance, Im a great reader{by the age of 12 I had read Harry Potter, LOTR, Percy Jackson, Fablehaven, Kane Chronicles, The queens Theif series, Enchanted Forest Chronicles, and many other book series{some multiple times}, and I went to Israel and Turkey {best experience Ive ever had}. If I had been in the public school system, I know 3/4 of these things wouldn't be on this (abridged) list.
Im so thankful that Im homeschooling! (Im a senior in high-school now) You can bet you butt I will be homeschooling my kids!
As a new mom I have been looking at different homeschooling options for when my daughter starts school because I don’t want her anywhere near the public school system. One of the big advocates for home schooling, Christy Faith, is trying to get volunteers for new studies on homeschooling for fresher data. She was on TikTok saying that the curriculum companies were refusing to help even though they are nonprofit and Christy’s team already wrote the email options and would be doing all the work.
Don't ever fall into the trap of thinking that "it's impossible." Impossible is nothing.
@@personnesenki4521 thank you for that!
during covid I had so much fun being with my family and I realized that I had never spent this much time with them. if my kids can have the same experience during their childhood and teenage years, as I did for eight months, I think they'll be so much better off than me. I saw a lot of crazy things at my high school as we had over 4,000 kids there in 2020 and half of it I wish had never happened.
as a homeschooled kid I can say it is not abusive and I am learning way more things now than I would in a public school. My parents pulled me out of school because the school systems were just getting bad. Being homeschooled is better than being in a place were basically no one knows what's going on
Homeschooled and a homeschool mom now myself. It was a great education - college and grad school afterwards was a breeze - and I'm excited to share it with my kids. It would be truly foolish to get rid of it, so many homeschooled kids really do try to benefit our communities.
I was in public school pretty much all of elementary and middle school. When things started getting woke and crazy my parents pulled me out of public school and put me in private Christian school. And it's like been the best thing that has happened to me. It really helped me improve myself as a person.
As a homeschooled kid (k-12) I had so many opportunities for socialization, travel, and extra curricular activities. My mom was ridiculed and constantly asked “how will they be socialized?”. My brothers and I were never lacking in socialization. From going to museums and parks, being apart of church groups and clubs, old, young, a melting pot of cultures, I felt pretty well rounded going out into the “world” as an adult. I did not experience bullying as a tall, gangly girl or made fun of for the hand me down clothes I wore. I was able to be a kid. I am so grateful for the education I received and for my parents who fought to give it to me and my three brothers.
I hope to homeschool my own kids someday.
We let our 2 kids go to public elementary schools as we had great ones,with great teachers. We then took them out when they were going to middle and high schools to have them do online schooling here at home. BEST decision ever ! ! ! Our online teachers were great,classes were much smaller. They also had outside sports etc with our church group to help them be social too.
Me a teen homeschooler, enjoying some pizza after a productive day and a hour with friends. Thankfully here in Ireland it’s a constitutional right to homeschool, according to my mum, family’s applying to homeschool have sky rocketed after covid, thanks for reading on this! Keep up the great work.
God Bless those who put in the effort to do that ..THANK YOU!
My wife and I decided to home school our children. After my firstborn's first year of school - what should have been just Kindergarten level curriculum - she'd covered both Kindergarten and first grade level material. At the close of the first year, we gave her the standard placement test to submit to the Crown, and her knowledge was equivalent to grade 4.2, based on the test. Now she's in what would have been her first grade year in public school, and she's covering grades 2 and 3 material.
This brings up many questions for us, such as "why is home schooling so reviled if the outcomes are this beneficial for children, especially if the maximum positive outcome for children is the actual goal?" and "what in God's name were our public school teachers doing for 7-8 hours a day, 5 days a week, 9-10 months per year?" oh, and "how do they justify the constant cries for more and more pay considering this, and the fact that recent laws restrict the amount of 'take home work' modern teachers have, compared to previous generations?"
Suffice it to say that we are tremendously proud of our girls' progress, and we are never looking back now that we've discovered just how beneficial home schooling truly is. A wise man once said something to the effect of "I never let schooling get in the way of my education." Similarly, I will not allow teachers to get in the way of my children's learning.
Just graduated from school this year, and I’ve been homeschooled since I was in fourth grade. Looking at the public education system today, I’m so grateful my Mama kept me at home and taught me herself
Thank you Brett for calling a square a square. As a former homeschooler, my sister and I were far more educated and prepared for the real world than our friends in the GICs (Government Indoctrination Camps). Keep on telling the truth!
I was homeschooled from 3rd-7th grade and 12th grade. I did dual credit for my last year of high school at community college and I will graduate a year early. I felt like I had a way better education and I felt like I was ahead of people in public school, for example I was doing biology in 7th grade and I will be taking organic chemistry for my last year of high school. I never felt I was socially neglected because I was apart of two homeschooled groups and did some activity every few weeks. For example in 5th grade I went to this amazing program at ellington airiport where we learned about STEM topics and we got to see the planes there and my mom ran a homeschooled first Lego robotics club. Also our homeschool groups always held a Halloween, Friendsgiving, and Christmas party. If I was stuck in a classroom all day I probably wouldn’t have know what I would have wanted to major in in college right now. I loved baking as a kid and I still do so I got to explore that, then realized that wasn’t a viable option (I didn’t want to carry heavy bags of flour and have long shifts) so I knew I loved math and science so I decided to major in chemical engineering. I’m 17 and I’m about to graduate high school and I can’t thank my mom enough for deciding to homeschool me.
O.My.Goodness!
This was, straight up, the most fabulous talk I've ever heard about the PROS of homeschooling!!!
I just can't say enough good things about this! I will be posting this on my X.
It wasn’t until my younger sister and I were put in public school that we were both sexually assaulted and i became a binge eater, and my sister became anorexic/bulimic. We were both bullied (my sister’s was linked to her sexual trauma SCHOOLWIDE) and we both struggled to keep our grades up because of the trauma. Teachers didn’t care, friends were fake, and gender ideology was just starting to be pushed at the time in our rural area school district. Somehow I was able to heal, but my sister is now agoraphobic and refuses to leave the house, is diagnosed with anxiety and chronic depression, and has experienced age regression. Her body still rejects food when she eats, and she associates a healthy, full belly with pain and sickness. I will die before I allow my children into public school.
My homeschool co-op back in the day was very racially diverse. Many of the students I graduated with went on to get college and graduate degrees.
Before I started my freshman year of high school my mom called a top college in our state and asked the admission office what classes, SAT scores, and extra activities I should aim for in order to get in there. I didn’t end up applying there, but my parents knew what would be expected of me by the university system.
I was homeschooled from pre-k to high school graduation everything Brett is saying about these people is correct. Homeschooling is not abusive, I mean wtf that's insane, and I had a lot of interaction with other homeschool kids not in a class room but through organized events, field trips and sports. Most of my childhood friends were homeschoolers and are still close friends today 23 years later. Homeschooling is a completely acceptable way to educate your child. It's the parents right to decide how to educate their child. Brett you are awesome.
AMEN. As someone who went to public school for all but one year (private school), I wanted my kids to do the same. I'm conservative and a Christian, but I wanted my kids to have a balance of being exposed to a church community and a variety of kids from other backgrounds. It's purely because of the immense corruption and controlling nature of public schools that I no longer want this for my kids. I never once saw myself as someone who would homeschool their kids, but I'm starting to look at what I would have to do in that situation for when I settle down and start planning for that stage of life. These days there seems to be co-ops and other programs so that the burden wouldn't fully be on me. But I now think this might also free up the option to give my kids a more effective form of learning that isn't as outdated as the current system.
You are 100% right, thanks for your good work.
I decided to homeschool my younger 2 sons because I saw what they were teaching my now 11th grader. I noticed he has some strengths from the public and charter school system but noticed there’s so much that they haven’t covered that is essential to every day life.