Homeschooling

Archive for April, 2008

Question: Do you think may be good reasons for NOT Homeschooling? When and Why?

I'm not sure about Homeschooling being a good idea for ALL the kids or for ALL the parents. Maybe if you have had the experience or know someone who had, you can share it with me to take the right decision and to give good advice to others...
Would you homeschool a child who is depressed? Who is defiant and oppositional? Who has had (and may still have)behavioral problems? Who has had socialization problems? Who is shy? Who has developed computer games addiction? Who "hates" to read and learn? Who has problems concentrating?
And about the parents...would you recommend Homeschooling to parents who are depressed? bi-polar? Who have had or are having communication and guiding behavioral problems with their children? Who are deorganized? Who have many activities and can't dedicate more than two hours/day to their kids? Who may need to work outside their home?.
I was thinking on all those factors :I though they would be a huge problem to overcome, and sometimes just wrong for both.

Answer: Oh, Homeschooling is definitely not for everybody!! I would hate to see negligent or abusive parents homeschool, those who still haven't managed to get caught (and there are plenty out there!). There are also a lot of parents who are just clueless when it comes to parenting and aren't willing to learn more about being a better parent; it'd be hard to be a good Homeschooling parent if you aren't willing to learn. There are lots of other reasons to NOT homeschool.

Any of the instances you've listed for the kids, if they were my children, yes, I'd still homeschool them. You'd better believe I'd also be availing myself of any and all assistance and support I could find in some of the circumstances. But that's me. I know some great people who wouldn't be able to handle some of the issues you're talking about. Each parent would have to decide for themselves if it's something they could really take on and are willing to dedicate 100% to.

I would not recommend Homeschooling to a depressed parent, nor to a bi-polar parent; I just can not see how it would be successful and think the parent needs to get a handle on their own life before they start tackling being full-time responsible for others. (I'm talking some serious depression, not mild issues.) I would not recommend Homeschooling to parents who have issues with parenting, but I also would not simply say, "You really don't have what it takes to homeschool. Perhaps you should take a few parenting courses first." I'd probably talk about common issues in Homeschooling and kind of share different popular parenting resources among homeschoolers to influence them in a certain direction if they seemed to be heading down the Homeschooling path. Disorganized--sure, why not. I've seen successful disorganized homeschool families. Only having 2 hours a day to their kids doesn't sound any different than when the kids are in school, so I don't have a problem with that. I know parents who homeschool and who work outside the home and it works quite well for them.

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Question: Is there any way I can switch to homeschool right now instead of wait until 2nd Semester?

My mom n I already agreed, and yes we read the law in hslda and everything, only thing is that I asked before and people said yes, you can switch at any given time because 1 said that they switched a little later then half a semester to home school, but i got a call saying something about my enrollment for 2nd semester 2nd of February.. so I am just wondering how do you switch right now instead of waiting another 2 months?
I currently lived in California enrolled in a public school..n my mom gave them a call back n asked if I cud switch now for k12 they said no, id have to wait, so im wondering if there is any other homeschool program i can switch to

Answer: If your mom called Caliva (also known as CAVA), in order to switch you to their online charter school and get the K12 curriculum for free, yes, you have to wait.

CAVA is a public school, and you are subject to all the rules and regulations of any California public school.

If, on the other hand, you file a Private School Affidavit (PSA), you can start immediately.

Here are your choices in California: http://www.homefires.com/ca_style.asp

All the best.

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