Way more public school kids fly under the radar than homeschoolers. In my local district, kids just keep getting passed on to the next grade, regardless of competency. My oldest has dyslexia. For 8 years, none of his teachers noticed. He struggled so much with basic grammar and spelling, writing assignments were like torture. My middle was being held back in math because he was disruptive and didn't want to do his worksheets. It was because he already knew everything and was bored. He honestly thought he was stupid, bad at math, and there was no point in even trying. The child is a human calculator. It has taken years to work through his public school trauma. In a classroom with 30-40 kids, all with their own learning gaps and difficulties, it's impossible for 1 teacher to give each child the amount of help each needs. That is not the case for homeschoolers.
I think it is the opposite in most families. My experience with my eldest: he went to duel enrollment for 11 and 12 grade. I was worried about him passing English 101. I felt he’d only finished a 5th grade level (he had some learning disabilities) but he’d passed the entrance exams for English. He finished English 101 with an A and overall a 3.5 gpa for his AA. I definitely think grade level work in public school is a lot lower than most homeschool parents expect from their kids.
We recently placed our oldest in public from October to the end of February. It’s a long story, but: 1. 10/10 do not recommend. Our districted school is supposed to be the “best” in the area. It was legit awful. 2. At the beginning of this year, I did placement tests for a new curriculum we were going to use. He tested in 4th grade Math and Reading. In public school, they tested him on his first day. It was 6th grade Math and 5th grade Reading. There’s literally no standard in public. They are in front of a screen 90% of their day. My son was on RUclips more than actually doing work. One of his Language assignments (for the entire day) in 7th grade was to write an ABAB poem. That was his only requirement for a 45 minute class. Literally just crazy.
While our school time is shorter than my children's public school friends, and we only do 4 days a week versus 5 days, it seems I make it harder for them. I know my kids and what their strengths and weaknesses are, so I know where to individually set the bar and can take our time with what is needed and move on through things they have no problem with. That is the beauty of homeschooling. I can tailor it to them.😊
I’m lucky to be in Texas where they’re pretty laissez faire with homeschooling. I went back to school so that my new career would be suitable for homeschooling. I’m so excited to start this! To the people talking trash, they know homeschooling is best when possible but are too afraid to admit to their own shortcoming or dissonance.
This article, or comment alone maybe, seems to be the complete opposite of what I think the truth is. If a parent isn’t dedicated to their children’s education, I highly doubt they are going to take on the responsibility of homeschooling! They are going to send their child to public school and be as hands-off as possible. Additionally, as mentioned before, children are regularly pushed through the public school system. My stepson was taken by his biological mom for over a month and we couldn’t find him. She never took him to school that entire time. The school felt bad for the situation when we finally found him and got him back and didn’t want to cause him more stress, so they just pushed him through to the next grade and never made sure he learned everything he missed in that month. Of course, in the next grade he was so behind and confused he actually just started giving up and taking Fs because he was so frustrated and hopeless everyone else was so far ahead. 😢
We have easy days (review) and hard days (grade up). We are still in elementary. He is a grade ahead. Yes we need to work on some topics more. Thats fine. Not every kid understands everything. We have time to review that topic until they do understand. Then we move on. We also do double work. In our state we can’t graduate early. I’m hoping we can send him to a trade class at 16. It’s through the college. We will see.
Parents are either dedicated to academic achievement or they aren't. Kids in school get behind. Often smart kids in school are left behind. Since the number of homeschoolers are greatly increasing, that means the number of bad parents homeschooling will increase too unfortunately. Each family has their own motivation to homeschool so blanket judgements don't apply.
I live in a state that doesn't have strict rules- Utah. I wish there were more rules because its hard to find a micro school that is a good fit for my son. He is 12 and is very much like yours in how he has tested up to an 8th grade level and is in 6th grade. We tried a public Montessori style school but they weren't as Montessori as i anticipated and had the kids on chromebooks most of the time. My son was bored and became the class clown. He struggles with following house rules of getting paperwork done and wants to be on a screen most of the time because of that experience. We try to tailor to his interests but I have to insist on the non preferred subjects like writing and math too. The micro schools are focused around playing games and an unschooling philosophy . Any suggestions to inspire my smart adhd son?
I have a kiddo who wants to be a pilot. His dad is a pilot and my son is OBSESSED with all the airplanes and pilot stuff. I know a lot of homeschool parents say that the beauty of it is that you can tailor what your kid is learning to their interests. I struggle to figure out how to do this. My teacher brain is like ok but we have to learn other things besides just airplane stuff so we can be well rounded. So when you mentioned “tailoring to your child’s interests” how far do you go? Is it just sprinkling it in here and there or do all your subjects bend toward those specific interests?
I take the “tailoring” to mean, you are still teaching the subjects, but you can use their interest to do that. For example, every math lesson can be about airplanes/airports/etc (my daughter is in college for aeronautics, just as a fun fact lol) So, word problems can be about airplanes. For little ones, 4 planes are in line to take off, 3 more taxi up behind them. How many airplanes? For distance, talk about flights. A plane leaves Sacramento and flies to Chicago, then it continues on to Pittsburgh. How many miles? Find the square footage of an airport you draw for him. He can measure all sides and find area. Research different aircraft and he can write sentences (for littles) or full reports (for bigs). Lots of writing assignments here. Learn about the science of flight! How they fly? How do their radars work? You can even go as far as talking about germs and air circulation on planes lol History. SO many furthest flights, women and minorities in aeronautics. Obviously Amelia Earhart, but lots of planes have gone missing. Research those and calculate where they might be.
It’s a very ignorant comment to make about a community that this person is clearly not familiar with but rather passing judgements on. One of the reasons why we are homeschooling is so that our children do not fly under the radar the way that most public school kids do, so what a funny comment to make.
Way more public school kids fly under the radar than homeschoolers. In my local district, kids just keep getting passed on to the next grade, regardless of competency. My oldest has dyslexia. For 8 years, none of his teachers noticed. He struggled so much with basic grammar and spelling, writing assignments were like torture. My middle was being held back in math because he was disruptive and didn't want to do his worksheets. It was because he already knew everything and was bored. He honestly thought he was stupid, bad at math, and there was no point in even trying. The child is a human calculator. It has taken years to work through his public school trauma. In a classroom with 30-40 kids, all with their own learning gaps and difficulties, it's impossible for 1 teacher to give each child the amount of help each needs. That is not the case for homeschoolers.
Wow! You’ve got a testament that’s for sure. Thanks for sharing.
I use the public school system but I wish I had the means to homeschool. I enjoy your videos and appreciate you sharing.
I think it is the opposite in most families. My experience with my eldest: he went to duel enrollment for 11 and 12 grade. I was worried about him passing English 101. I felt he’d only finished a 5th grade level (he had some learning disabilities) but he’d passed the entrance exams for English. He finished English 101 with an A and overall a 3.5 gpa for his AA. I definitely think grade level work in public school is a lot lower than most homeschool parents expect from their kids.
We recently placed our oldest in public from October to the end of February. It’s a long story, but:
1. 10/10 do not recommend. Our districted school is supposed to be the “best” in the area. It was legit awful.
2. At the beginning of this year, I did placement tests for a new curriculum we were going to use. He tested in 4th grade Math and Reading. In public school, they tested him on his first day. It was 6th grade Math and 5th grade Reading. There’s literally no standard in public. They are in front of a screen 90% of their day. My son was on RUclips more than actually doing work. One of his Language assignments (for the entire day) in 7th grade was to write an ABAB poem. That was his only requirement for a 45 minute class. Literally just crazy.
While our school time is shorter than my children's public school friends, and we only do 4 days a week versus 5 days, it seems I make it harder for them. I know my kids and what their strengths and weaknesses are, so I know where to individually set the bar and can take our time with what is needed and move on through things they have no problem with. That is the beauty of homeschooling. I can tailor it to them.😊
Love this video ! I’m happy for your kids my kid wants to go to a trade school too possibly but we’ll see 😊
Thank you
I’m lucky to be in Texas where they’re pretty laissez faire with homeschooling. I went back to school so that my new career would be suitable for homeschooling. I’m so excited to start this! To the people talking trash, they know homeschooling is best when possible but are too afraid to admit to their own shortcoming or dissonance.
This article, or comment alone maybe, seems to be the complete opposite of what I think the truth is. If a parent isn’t dedicated to their children’s education, I highly doubt they are going to take on the responsibility of homeschooling! They are going to send their child to public school and be as hands-off as possible.
Additionally, as mentioned before, children are regularly pushed through the public school system. My stepson was taken by his biological mom for over a month and we couldn’t find him. She never took him to school that entire time. The school felt bad for the situation when we finally found him and got him back and didn’t want to cause him more stress, so they just pushed him through to the next grade and never made sure he learned everything he missed in that month. Of course, in the next grade he was so behind and confused he actually just started giving up and taking Fs because he was so frustrated and hopeless everyone else was so far ahead. 😢
We have easy days (review) and hard days (grade up). We are still in elementary. He is a grade ahead. Yes we need to work on some topics more. Thats fine. Not every kid understands everything. We have time to review that topic until they do understand. Then we move on. We also do double work. In our state we can’t graduate early. I’m hoping we can send him to a trade class at 16. It’s through the college. We will see.
Parents are either dedicated to academic achievement or they aren't. Kids in school get behind. Often smart kids in school are left behind. Since the number of homeschoolers are greatly increasing, that means the number of bad parents homeschooling will increase too unfortunately. Each family has their own motivation to homeschool so blanket judgements don't apply.
Yep exactly. There’s good and bad in both camps and always will be.
Did you see the Devin Siebold video about homeschool?
I live in a state that doesn't have strict rules- Utah. I wish there were more rules because its hard to find a micro school that is a good fit for my son. He is 12 and is very much like yours in how he has tested up to an 8th grade level and is in 6th grade. We tried a public Montessori style school but they weren't as Montessori as i anticipated and had the kids on chromebooks most of the time. My son was bored and became the class clown. He struggles with following house rules of getting paperwork done and wants to be on a screen most of the time because of that experience. We try to tailor to his interests but I have to insist on the non preferred subjects like writing and math too. The micro schools are focused around playing games and an unschooling philosophy . Any suggestions to inspire my smart adhd son?
I have a kiddo who wants to be a pilot. His dad is a pilot and my son is OBSESSED with all the airplanes and pilot stuff. I know a lot of homeschool parents say that the beauty of it is that you can tailor what your kid is learning to their interests. I struggle to figure out how to do this. My teacher brain is like ok but we have to learn other things besides just airplane stuff so we can be well rounded. So when you mentioned “tailoring to your child’s interests” how far do you go? Is it just sprinkling it in here and there or do all your subjects bend toward those specific interests?
I take the “tailoring” to mean, you are still teaching the subjects, but you can use their interest to do that.
For example, every math lesson can be about airplanes/airports/etc (my daughter is in college for aeronautics, just as a fun fact lol) So, word problems can be about airplanes. For little ones, 4 planes are in line to take off, 3 more taxi up behind them. How many airplanes?
For distance, talk about flights. A plane leaves Sacramento and flies to Chicago, then it continues on to Pittsburgh. How many miles?
Find the square footage of an airport you draw for him. He can measure all sides and find area.
Research different aircraft and he can write sentences (for littles) or full reports (for bigs). Lots of writing assignments here.
Learn about the science of flight! How they fly? How do their radars work? You can even go as far as talking about germs and air circulation on planes lol
History. SO many furthest flights, women and minorities in aeronautics. Obviously Amelia Earhart, but lots of planes have gone missing. Research those and calculate where they might be.
It’s a very ignorant comment to make about a community that this person is clearly not familiar with but rather passing judgements on. One of the reasons why we are homeschooling is so that our children do not fly under the radar the way that most public school kids do, so what a funny comment to make.