Home schooling....pros and cons?

[Muzna]

Re: Home schooling…pros and cons?

@psyah

My sister is now a qualified teacher - I think it is a noble profession … teachers are on the whole challenged about time management, course and syllabus delivery, indoctrination of certain ideas, behaviour and results. The teachers are good the system they must teach in restricts them - ask any teacher if they had full power how they would change what they are doing and they will list a hundred items … One teacher told my wife that has she read the book “A Well Trained Mind” earlier she herself would have taught her children at home. Again this is not to say teaching in schools is bad … but some people even teachers do not necessarily think it is best … it keeps them employed …

Again…it’s not about sending your kids to school and expecting not to be engaged at home.
Parents need to consult with the teachers and make that extra effort when the child is in their company.
Conferences with the teachers should be used to determine gaps and parents should be taking the information provided to form an intelligent decision about next steps. This plan/strategy should be shared with the educator and both parties should work towards common goals.

I’m hesitant to say this but those teachers that believe the system does nothing more than “keeps them employed” really should find a more satisfying career. Thankfully I haven’t met any such character in my own or my child’s academic career so far.