December 24, 2008
As a home school student should you be cooperative with the plan of education that your parents have for you?
Barb asked:
I notice quite a few students (?) making comments and disparaging remarks about their parents and home school. Do you realize how much better you could do for yourself if you made it your goal to excel in your studies? I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for your parents to have to deal with your bad attitudes.
Home study is a great blessing — it can be your best ally for a strong and smart future. Don’t waste your time fighting about it — study and get on with life.
The answers that are pouring in are showing some real progress. Someone asks: “….but how can they offer an entire education? ” it seems to assume that ‘they’ can’t offer enough — it’s now time to find out just HOW they do it.— THAT is my next question so be watching this forum!
Charlie
I notice quite a few students (?) making comments and disparaging remarks about their parents and home school. Do you realize how much better you could do for yourself if you made it your goal to excel in your studies? I can’t imagine how difficult it must be for your parents to have to deal with your bad attitudes.
Home study is a great blessing — it can be your best ally for a strong and smart future. Don’t waste your time fighting about it — study and get on with life.
The answers that are pouring in are showing some real progress. Someone asks: “….but how can they offer an entire education? ” it seems to assume that ‘they’ can’t offer enough — it’s now time to find out just HOW they do it.— THAT is my next question so be watching this forum!
Charlie
Comments on As a home school student should you be cooperative with the plan of education that your parents have for you?
Agreed - my daughter graduated with honors from home schooling. She was even used as an example of how good her work was performed during a review of her drafting work. You can do it - and you have the best teachers - your lifegivers.
yes, yo ushould be cooperative, treat them as you would a regular school teacher.. you wouldnt refuse to do what a public/private school teacher had in mind for your education so y is it any different? cause theyre your parents? just get it done like everyone else has to
Everyone would be better off if they put their energy into positive things. People who blame others usually have huge problems of their own.
A couple of parents may be able to focus more on their child up to a certain point, but how can they offer an entire education?
Secondly, if there was ever a student who had difficulties socially at school, it was me. But I think one of the main goals of school is to allow young people to develop socially.
Yes, although my parents will let me study what I want. If they want something I did not, I will still follow if they like it VERY VERY much. If not, they will allow me to study what I want.
The way I feel about homeschooling is that it’s a work in progress. If a certain method of learning isn’t working for a child, then another should be tried, until a perfect fit is made.
Then again, I think many teenagers should can the attitude and learn.
Right on!!!!!
I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. I homeschooled for several years and recently graduated highschool. The first year I homeschooled, I hated it and gave my parents a really hard time about it. I was complaining constantly and as I look back at it now, I can’t believe that I acted like that. The summer after my first year of homeschooling, i went to a christian summer camp and God really spoke to me about my attitude and behavior when it came to homeschooling. I decided that from that point on I would control my attitude not the other way around, and guess what, I love all of the rest of my homeschooling years. My motto in life is “it’s all about the attitude” this is so true. By the way, on a side note, i am a college freshman now, and for all you people out there that think homeschoolers are socially unprepared and academically behind, you are wrong. I’m doing just fine.
I say if you do not like the home school plan that your parents have made then sit down and write out your own plan and calmly ask them if they could make some changes and that you have your requests written out. I would say they might compromise when you show your maturity.