My understanding is that they all wish they had more time to devote to growing their own knowledge to be better teachers, but the grind of the job just really doesn’t allow for it. Two of them are at inner city high schools and the other is at one of the brand new schools in the more affluent white suburb, but their…

This is why kinja really sucks. My follow up reply to the original comment was that my friends have explained that they have to pass state mandated certification, but there’s a big difference between passing certification and being truly trained and equipped to teach a subject as a subject matter expert.

As I said in my reply above (or below, Kinja is stupid), I am only passing along what I was told by friends. They’ve said that they do have to pass certification, but that there’s a big difference between passing certification and being a subject matter expert that is able to do a significantly better job at teaching…

What makes an American public education normal or well rounded? Normal because we’ve been doing it forever? Well rounded because a lot of classes are crammed into every day of the week? The public school system is built around accommodating the parent’s 40+ hour work week, so right off the bat what’s “normal” isn’t…

Isn’t the US near the bottom in most major academic disciplines, making average quality something to be questioned and avoided? I had classes on my major subjects once a week, then homework throughout the week, and 10 years later I probably still remember and understand more about those subjects than most people my…

Man, I thought I longed for the “normal” experience when I got to high school, but it only took me a week at the school I was zoned to to realize that I wasn’t missing out on anything by being homeschooled and told my mom I was done with that experiment. Everyone is different though.

My understanding is that they had to pass certifications to teach their classes, but the general consensus from the friends I’ve spoken with about it is that there’s a big difference between passing the certification and actually being equipped to educated kids on a subject.

Excellent points, I think we actually pretty much agree. I’m definitely on board with the idea that the article could have been more intentionally written as an informative post instead of just a mommy blog.

Especially considering that none of my friends who are public high school teachers have any specialized training in the classes they teach, it’s just the subjects they were assigned. If they’re lucky, it’s something they majored or minored in in high school, if not, they just read the books and study up before they…

She literally has a section in the article titled “Curriculum” where she lists multiple types as well as advocating external classes, so I’m not sure where you’re getting the “curriculum-less” freestyle bit from.

Your assumptions are all pretty flawed and based on a lot of preconceptions that probably wouldn’t hold up in actual practice. You’re assuming that kids who would be good students in a homeschooling environment would be equally as good students in a public school situation (which, by the way, is rather demeaning to…

My lower middle class, single mom of 4, who homeschooled me and my siblings would like to know where she falls in your blanket judgement.

Homeschooler here. My mom was a single parent with 4 kids working a full time job, and I still went to college on academic scholarships and graduated cum laude. I played basketball in high school, was involved in multiple extracurriculars, went to college, lived on campus, was the president of my fraternity, did…

But what if they can get a better education that is more suited to them and their learning style? It’s like buying off the rack vs bespoke.

I think any parent that is homeschooling for the right reasons (Miranda hits on most of them) is aware of their own limitations and plans accordingly. When I hit junior high/high school, my mom knew she wasn’t the best person to teach me every high-level subject so we did a combination of outside classes and…

Good to have you, we have jackets.

Yes it is a crime. And I thought that the password was a variation on what he had used with the Cardinals?

Come on people, he didn’t go into Area 51, he played PokeGo in the town outside of Area 51. Non-story.

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Primary concern should be making sure that you’re getting therapeutic grade oils. My preferred source is Rocky…

It’s less about potential weight loss, and more about improving cardiovascular health by just getting up and walking a couple of miles every day.