tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post2779316333281720661..comments2023-11-22T21:30:35.388-06:00Comments on My Own Mind blog / Homeschool Atheist Momma: What if They Never Learn to Read?Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-39393330248342977532015-05-23T23:35:53.139-05:002015-05-23T23:35:53.139-05:00I am the opposite, I suppose. I am homeschooling b...I am the opposite, I suppose. I am homeschooling because I was worried that the school in our area could never measure up to my kiddos. The thing that I remember most about my public education was all the time spent doing nothing after I had finished my assigned work. And that was before the increased obsession with standardized testing. I want my kids to learn how to learn. When they learn how to learn, they can do anything. Plus, each kid is different. And each person needs different skills. I am a book nerd who earned an MS in library science. My brother is the most talented mechanic that I have ever met. Did we learn different things? You betcha! But just as his education in automotives would not help him in a library, my library education would be worthless in a mechanics shops. Homeschooling betters allows my kids to learn on their own paths, I think.Parenting Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056734441037561306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-16089624399243092582014-12-15T15:32:12.814-06:002014-12-15T15:32:12.814-06:00I understand...no, I UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...I understand...no, I UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I promise you, I PROMISE YOU, it will all be OK!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-36192794436647474082014-12-14T23:50:39.168-06:002014-12-14T23:50:39.168-06:00Thank you for this post. I worry about this a lot....Thank you for this post. I worry about this a lot. No, I worry about this A LOT! Will they learn what they need to learn? Will they measure up to their peers? What if they aren't where they're supposed to be when they're supposed to be there? Maybe it's the ingrained scheduling/scope & sequencing/testing of my public school teacher years that rattles me so. Maybe deep down, I don't know what I'm doing. Maybe my child who says he doesn't like writing will never be able to write a smart, succinct persuasive paper as to why Julius Caesar should not be assassinated or an insightful biography about Abraham Lincoln. Worry, worry, worry. And then... I see him write his Christmas letter to Santa, a full 4+ sentences, with punctuation and help with just two words. And from there, he's writing lists and sentences about pictures he draws--all of his own volition... and I realize that perhaps it will be alright after all. Bridgetnoreply@blogger.com