tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015948361468810650.post4682836349212737619..comments2021-06-11T15:59:27.055-04:00Comments on Mommytown: To homeschool or not to homeschool...that is the questionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015948361468810650.post-61101373963248988872009-09-10T00:44:53.768-04:002009-09-10T00:44:53.768-04:00Emma's school sounds wonderful and I fully agr...Emma's school sounds wonderful and I fully agree that she will have a positive influence on everyone she comes in contact with. Our schools here, in the small town we live in, are not very good and don't come near to offering what you have much less a quality education. Holly is really struggling with what she should do. I'm praying that she will have better options in the next year or two so that decisions aren't made out of desparation. Our state is in a huge mess and schools are deeply affected. I'm afraid that we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg on the problems we will be facing here in IL. Give Emma a big hug for me.Sheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10220544230516584908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015948361468810650.post-78608341569168443682009-09-08T17:17:14.890-04:002009-09-08T17:17:14.890-04:00I agree with Doug (aka MDM)! The public education...I agree with Doug (aka MDM)! The public education system needs more Emma's!! I think that's why our parents were committed to the public education system, as well. It CAN work! And you have made conscious decisions to have her in an amazing program. It's not so easy for everyone and they have to make those decisions personally. We all have to carve out the education of our children through home and school and church on a daily basis, in the end. In my opinion, you make those decisions (how to educate/lead/guide your children) every day no matter where you live and what the given system is. What makes me happy is having the freedom to choose how to educate my children. I'm very relieved that we have choices, and that we can change our plan if we need to.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731951468469027821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015948361468810650.post-18546625448454425452009-09-08T01:16:43.254-04:002009-09-08T01:16:43.254-04:00You laid it out more nicely than I would have beca...You laid it out more nicely than I would have because my suspicion is that many (certainly not all) parents who homeschool their children do so for a protectionist -- if not elitist and dare it be said, even bigoted -- reason: to keep their children away from other children who are from less-fortunate family, social and economic situations, out of a fear of what kind of negative influences those less-fortunate children could have on their children.<br /><br />Others may feel that the education system is flawed and feel they can provide an unflawed education in the home. The education system IS flawed, primarily because of weak-kneed governing authorities, school boards, superintendents and school principals who are all to willing to yield to pressure from I-and-my-child-are-the-center-of-the-universe-and-here's-what-I-want parents.<br /><br />But when a society is willing to sacrifice the good of the whole for the good of the one, the whole AND the one suffer.<br /><br />Emma has been raised right. The chances of her being negatively affected by less-fortuate children are far less than the chances of her having a positive influence on the less-fortunate. If she were homeschooled, the chances of a positive influence on those other children is nil.<br /><br />Knock their socks off, Emms.mdmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969325268019051031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015948361468810650.post-38616407386558102822009-09-07T09:12:10.983-04:002009-09-07T09:12:10.983-04:00Before I had Neva I had fantasized about homeschoo...Before I had Neva I had fantasized about homeschooling (particularly because we were in DC at the time) but after a few months as a mother, I'm totally with you on the 'needing to be away from them' aspect of sending your child to school. By the time she's five, I will undoubtedly be more than willing to send her to someone else to be educated. But I also think that if you're going to homeschool, it should be for the right reasons and you should look at it as a chance to teach yourself as well...because you have to learn everything you teach them. The story about the little girl and the computer program is appalling! <br />I think you teach your kids so much already and Emma is already so smart. She probably needs to stimulation of going to school with other kids.<br />I always love your topics!Christianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926455734704473405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015948361468810650.post-77748621103115818532009-09-06T19:27:57.412-04:002009-09-06T19:27:57.412-04:00I'm a few years away from this decision, but c...I'm a few years away from this decision, but currently I'm planning to send my daughter to our local public school for kindergarten. I think my Emma could enjoy kindergarten, and hopefully she'll learn some good things and make new friends. If it turns out that town budget cuts are making for enormous kindergarten classes (as is currently happening in some nearby schools), I may reconsider. I was homeschooled until 7 with no ill effects, and my brother and sister currently do a fantastic job homeschooling their 5- and 6-year-old children.MaryAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13253503049272771754noreply@blogger.com