Thoughts on homeschooling

[MCWAY]

Happy to hear your kids are well adjusted.  Yours are an anomaly.  Most are fucked up in one way or another.  But, this is getbig aka home of the 1%ers so I'm not surprised.

I wouldn't say most. I would say it's the handful that fit the stereotype about which we keep hearing from guys like bhank.

At FPEA conferences, most of the kids are just regular young people. But, you do get those handful, particularly the girls who look as if they're heading off to milk their families' prized heifers.

And GOD FORBID they accidentally show any ankle or shoulder....AAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!! YOU JEZEBEL!!! OFF TO THE LAKE OF FIRE WITH YOU!!!!


More families and (as liberal/progressive news sites keep harping) more non-religious families are homeschooling.

[IroNat]

Bhank,
You can't be as dumb as you sound.
It's just trolling right?
C'mon, be honest with us.

[Megalodon]

Due to ramped up racism from the left, there will be increased demand for public school teachers to wear body cams, similar to police, and that the footage be available through FOIA requests.

And teachers should not have qualified immunity.

Who is against holding public school teachers accountable?

[bhank]

That makes no sense.

Many secular private schools, like the one in DC where the presidents' kids went, WON'T TAKE scholarships and don't have tuition assistance.

Even if they do, the dollar amount is capped to avoid any constitutional issues. It's the SAME AMOUNT, no matter which institution the parents pick: Public school, charter school, home tutor, secular private school, or religious private school.

Whatever the scholarship doesn't cover, the parents pay out of pocket.

In Florida, the most an elementary student from a family of four can get (income around $50,000 a year) is approximately $6500. There's no way a lower/working-class family could pay for a $30K/year private school, EVEN WITH a state scholarship.

That's done on purpose, partially to keep the school segregated by class. In other words, it's to keep black, Latino, and poor white kids out. They'll take the gamble that the handful of minority parents that can afford their fees will actually have kids with some sense.

Most private schools are religious, often attached to or on the same property as the churches that run them. And (depending on the state), the majority accept state scholarships/school vouchers.

That's why, here in central Florida, we have all these cute black and Latino kids in private school uniforms. I see them in Wal-Mart, at the bank, and in the malls all the time. And those uniforms will have the school's name, with the word, "Christian", or the particular denomination (Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, etc.) in that title.

My baby momma literally worked in admissions at a 50k high school lots of kids paid 0. My girlfriends daughter is going to A 50K high school next year and is paying 14k. I went to private schools lots of kids are paying 0 on full scholarships very few pay full price.

[bhank]

Bhank,
You can't be as dumb as you sound.
It's just trolling right?
C'mon, be honest with us.

According to multiple standardized test my IQ is 147

[Walter Sobchak]

My baby momma literally worked in admissions at a 50k high school lots of kids paid 0. My girlfriends daughter is going to A 50K high school next year and is paying 14k. I went to private schools lots of kids are paying 0 on full scholarships very few pay full price.

You’re dating a single mom?

And you’re bald.

Now I understand why you suck dick.

[MCWAY]

My baby momma literally worked in admissions at a 50k high school lots of kids paid 0. My girlfriends daughter is going to A 50K high school next year and is paying 14k. I went to private schools lots of kids are paying 0 on full scholarships very few pay full price.

You're basically confirming what I said. Anything the scholarship doesn't cover the parent has to pay out of pocket.

And since you didn't specify, one can assume that those private school you attended was a religious one. I've never heard of such costing over $50,000. So, it sounds as if the schools your daughter/son and your girlfriend's daughter are attending are secular private school (unless they live in some uber-expensive place like California).

[bhank]

You’re dating a single mom?

And you’re bald.

Now I understand why you suck dick.

Every single woman is a single mom when you are in your 40s dumbass

[Humble Narcissist]

According to multiple standardized test my IQ is 147

Sure it is.

[MCWAY]

Here is a list of the exhibitors at the Florida Parent-Educators Association this past Memorial Day weekend.

https://fpea.com/events/5376/2021-fpea-homeschool-convention/meet-our-exhibitors

From curriculum vendors to college recruiters, this is usually a fantastic place to get materials and information for homeschooling your children. And, it's not just limited to residents of the Sunshine State.

[Primemuscle]

My baby momma literally worked in admissions at a 50k high school lots of kids paid 0. My girlfriends daughter is going to A 50K high school next year and is paying 14k. I went to private schools lots of kids are paying 0 on full scholarships very few pay full price.

Catholic schools sometimes give student scholarships or tuition reduction. They balance the need to charge fees with their historic role of providing access to quality schooling for all. For those who can’t afford to pay school fees, discounts and concessions are available so that no child is denied a Catholic education based on their family’s financial situation.

[MCWAY]

Catholic schools sometimes give student scholarships or tuition reduction. They balance the need to charge fees with their historic role of providing access to quality schooling for all. For those who can’t afford to pay school fees, discounts and concessions are available so that no child is denied a Catholic education based on their family’s financial situation.

Is that the actual school itself, not just its getting a school voucher/state scholarship? I know one private school that gave us a slight discount when my wife became a substitute teacher for a semester.

[Voice of Doom]

at this point it comes to the yes/no answer of do you trust government institutions.  If yes, then send your kids to their schools.  However, if you've been paying attention to the country the answer is clearly no.  Institutions have been laid bare for the corrupt to see in all their glory.  FBI?  DOJ?, SCOTUS?, Academia?, MSM?, etc.

But by all means...send your kids to public school.  I'll do what I believe best for my kids and we'll see at the end how this shakes out.  In the meantime, since I fund 100% of my kids education I want my taxes for public schools remitted.

[Primemuscle]

Is that the actual school itself, not just its getting a school voucher/state scholarship? I know one private school that gave us a slight discount when my wife became a substitute teacher for a semester.

With Catholic school, it is the school administration or more often the parish priest who grants scholarships. Oregon does not have a voucher system for tuition at private schools. Discounts or full scholarships for children of lay staff is not uncommon.

[MCWAY]

at this point it comes to the yes/no answer of do you trust government institutions.  If yes, then send your kids to their schools.  However, if you've been paying attention to the country the answer is clearly no.  Institutions have been laid bare for the corrupt to see in all their glory.  FBI?  DOJ?, SCOTUS?, Academia?, MSM?, etc.

But by all means...send your kids to public school.  I'll do what I believe best for my kids and we'll see at the end how this shakes out.  In the meantime, since I fund 100% of my kids education I want my taxes for public schools remitted.

That would be nice. However, if you live in Florida, you may get the next best thing. Because of the issues with the coronavirus last year, Governor DeSantis waived the income requirements for getting tax credit scholarships for families who applied for and received them for the 2020-2021 school year.

Now, it's "once in, always in". Many private schools were doing only 2-3 days per week, such as the school where my kids attended. It's normally an option. Either you go full time or you do the "cottage" thing (they go to school twice per week; you homeschool the other days).

Last year the entire school went "cottage" and started three weeks later than normal with about half its normal complement of students.

This year (2021-2022), it should be fully loaded.

With Catholic school, it is the school administration or more often the parish priest who grants scholarships. Oregon does not have a voucher system for tuition at private schools. Discounts or full scholarships for children of lay staff is not uncommon.

Some places like Oregon do that because of state laws that prevent public funds going to religious institutions. We had that issue in Florida, thanks to then-liberal Florida Supreme Court. So, the governor (Jeb Bush, at the time, I think) came up with this end around. Private corporations donate scholarships to school; and, in return, they get corporate tax breaks.

Add to this the 2002 Zelman v. Simmon-Harris ruling at the US Supreme Court (you may be familiar with this one). It states that public funds can be used at religious institutions, if those institutions serve a secular purpose and the GOVERNMENT doesn't favor them over public schools.

The lawsuit came from the state of Ohio (mainly public school advocates) because one of the poorest districts in Cleveland, 96% of the parents who got state scholarships/vouchers used them to send their kids to religious schools (mostly Catholic, I believe).

The Supreme Court ruled (5-4) that, because the funding was the same regardless of the institution used and it was the parents (not the state or county) favoring religious schools, the program was not unconstitutional.

[Megalodon]

How much does the internet and resources like Khan Academy play into homeschooling these days?

For some, it's a lot faster to learn Math and other subjects online rather than physically being in a classroom, bogged down by distractions & other people's learning speeds. 

[Humble Narcissist]

How much does the internet and resources like Khan Academy play into homeschooling these days?

For some, it's a lot faster to learn Math and other subjects online rather than physically being in a classroom, bogged down by distractions other people's learning speeds. 

Probably half the kids can learn faster on their own program.  The other half (mostly girls) learn better in a group setting.

[MCWAY]

How much does the internet and resources like Khan Academy play into homeschooling these days?

For some, it's a lot faster to learn Math and other subjects online rather than physically being in a classroom, bogged down by distractions & other people's learning speeds. 

My wife and I started homeschooling in the early 2000s with our older kids. The internet, relatively speaking, was in its infancy. We had CompuServe; it was dial-up, and you still couldn't use your regular phone line while you were on the web.

Most of our digital homeschool supplies were CD-ROMs.

Now, the internet plays a massive role. Most of that CD-ROM stuff is either free online or on YouTube videos.

And a lot of literature is on PDF files online (such as a book my son had to read for school last year; we didn't have the hard copy).

The only frustrating thing about that was I couldn't use some of the materials my older kids used with my younger kids (especially the SAT prep stuff). The disks are at least 13 years old and none of our computers, not even the oldest laptop I have, can run it them.

[FitnessFrenzy]

Would love to be home schooled by bhank, sail on the lake and eat peach cobbler.

[MCWAY]

Would love to be home schooled by bhank, sail on the lake and eat peach cobbler.

That is HARDLY a typical day in a homeschooler's life.

[bhank]

Would love to be home schooled by bhank, sail on the lake and eat peach cobbler.

I am actually on a creek that connects to the Albemarle sound that connects to the Atlantic Ocean. I can take my boat to Open water from my dock not a lake. You can also access the intercoastal waterway from my house. I am on the great loop. But yeah theoretically you could take a boat from my dock to any Ocean in the world you have the balls to go to.

[bhank]

That is HARDLY a typical day in a homeschooler's life.

Too bad you can learn a lot eating peach cobbler on a boat. See above I am connected to Open water and on the Great Loop imagine all the places you could go and the things you could learn. Marine Biology, Geography, exploration, fishing, diving, mechanics, astronomy, navigation, chart plotting and that is before you even go to a different Marina in a new town and explore what is on land.

[MCWAY]

Too bad you can learn a lot eating peach cobbler on a boat. See above I am connected to Open water and on the Great Loop imagine all the places you could go and the things you could learn. Marine Biology, Geography, exploration, fishing, diving, mechanics, astronomy, navigation, chart plotting and that is before you even go to a different Marina in a new town and explore what is on land.

I don't even like peaches.

[GymnJuice]

I don't even like peaches.

You would if you were moving to the country. 

[MCWAY]

You would if you were moving to the country.

I didn't like peaches when I briefly lived in Georgia.

Much less, would I be dining on them while homeschooling.