tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612682228776427318.post6302776974714186500..comments2023-04-14T08:08:30.289-04:00Comments on Real Fake: GeniusClone.Girl.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617617420500967811noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612682228776427318.post-92059887659243190112008-10-09T15:59:00.000-04:002008-10-09T15:59:00.000-04:00Hi Clone Girl,I have looked into homeschooling a b...Hi Clone Girl,<BR/><BR/>I have looked into homeschooling a bit. I really, really want to homeschool my kids. They put up a fuss however and my husband allowed them to go to school, although I am really regreting it and actually I think I am going to pull out 2 of them and get them caught up. So here is the lowdown on a couple of methods (there are a lot of methods) The Thomas Jefferson method the parents play a hands off role and the children basically study what is interesting to them (I like this quite a bit, but I think that reading, writing and math should be taught regardless). The Charlot Manson Method I believe is a gentle approach with the parent taking the role of helping them through gentle means (not a school house style work day, rather learning throughout the day). I think that the biggest fear that people have (besides for their kids turning out looking like weirdos) is that their kids will not learn anything. I think that it is hard for people (who have not been homeschooled, myself included) to break away from the idea that if you don't measure progress through "standardized" tests then kids will slack off and become losers. In my humble opinion all of the people that I know of who have been or who are associated with homeschooling are some of the most brilliant people around. I have seen the "weirdos" kids who look like they just stepped out of the cabbage patch, but I don't think that it has to be that way. It is a choice, plain and simple. I do think that schools fail kids, big time. I was failed by school, I don't think my kids are getting the education they deserve, the teachers just don't care about my kids the way that I do. Good on you if you can get your parents to let you homeschool. There is something called A2 (Accelerated Acheivement)which is an entire curriculum for about $100 dollars. If your stuck (because your parents won't let you do it) your stuck though and I feel for you if you can't convince them. (Try outlining what you want to study and giving them a detailed plan, also in the future when your in high school there are concurrent enrollment classes where you can get credit for high school and college, just a thought).<BR/><BR/>~AnnieStrawberry Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395571842364752995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612682228776427318.post-59338105585489445862008-10-09T08:17:00.000-04:002008-10-09T08:17:00.000-04:00Have a good time everydayHave a good time everydayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982046501127498916noreply@blogger.com