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one thing I will be looking into with my eldest.. charter high school. Jr and Sr year programs only right now. They have you take college courses and high school courses. college tuition paid, books paid, and courses count for both college and high school credit.

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Or, you could just homeschool and dual enroll at a local college :-P

I did that my senior year, worked out great. Started with 24 hours already done.

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LK,

Just the fact that you are putting this much thought and planning into this is a good indication that your child will get a much better education than the public schools ever could.


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Who is the disciplinarian in the house?


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Me, unfortunately. Why?

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While I am in favor of LK Homeschooling her son if she feels up to the task, all through this thread I've been thinking the little guy will never truly appreciate some of the classics with his mother home schooling him. The camaraderie of hanging out, getting in trouble with the buds, not being able to use the dog ate my homework excuse, and of course

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GZFbCqx18

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Me, unfortunately. Why?

Because your current relationship with your child will have a lot to do with the success of homeschooling.


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I have to say that LK's son getting a quality education, being taught what the societal mores that LK's family find important vs. what the school administration deems politically needed, and the added influence LK will have over the child are things that are vastly more important than "The camaraderie of hanging out" - at school, "getting in trouble with the buds" - at school and "not being able to use the dog ate my homework excuse" - at school. As for "Hot for Teacher", we can only hope he doesn't experience that at home. ;)

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I have to say that LK's son getting a quality education, being taught what the societal mores that LK's family find important vs. what the school administration deems politically needed, and the added influence LK will have over the child are things that are vastly more important than "The camaraderie of hanging out" - at school, "getting in trouble with the buds" - at school and "not being able to use the dog ate my homework excuse" - at school.


Just be careful that you don't handicap your child by sheltering them from instruction on topics that can be critical to their success.


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Getting in trouble when you're young is very important in learning the societal mores. Sheltered spoiled kids usually turn out crippled in ways that we never find out about until we hear the words "He was such a nice quiet neighbor, we never suspected . . . "

The more exposure to society as a whole, without going overboard of course, the more likely we are going to find out where the tweaks are and who has them.

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People way overestimate the problems of sheltering....

I would say that most kids in public schools are more sheltered than most homeschoolers, and certainly most kids in private schools are WAY more sheltered. School is in very few ways like real life- there aren't these amorphous authority figures you can go to/shy away from most of your life.

Your parents on the other hand, are a constant for quite a long time. As are family friends, siblings, etc.

Learning how to actually deal with people in the real world >> learning how to deal with people in school....

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Aizle wrote:
Just be careful that you don't handicap your child by sheltering them from instruction on topics that can be critical to their success.

I have infinitely more faith in LK's judgement as to what is critical to her child's success, as well as her ability to instruct her child in those areas than I do in the public school system's ability and judgement.

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Getting in trouble when you're young is very important in learning the societal mores.

The child will have plenty of opportunity to get into trouble - just not in school.

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Sheltered spoiled kids usually turn out crippled in ways that we never find out about until we hear the words "He was such a nice quiet neighbor, we never suspected . . . "

The people you hear their neighbors saying such things about after their crimes have been committed are so much more likely to have been abused and neglected than they are to have been sheltered and spoiled it's laughable.

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The more exposure to society as a whole, without going overboard of course, the more likely we are going to find out where the tweaks are and who has them.

Public schools /= society as a whole.

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Why should the opinions of the unborn have any credibility here?

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Micheal wrote:
Why should the opinions of the unborn have any credibility here?


...?

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