As a home educator I get a bit jittery with this kind of learning - it's great that the children can be out of doors etc but what would they do as a career? I understand that people don't want their children incarcerated in a classroom all day but children become adults and adults have to be skilled for the employment market! Maybe you guys have it sussed... Hope all goes well for you
There are loads of films showing home ed kids sitting at the kitchen table and it's largely regarded as a settled issue that home ed doesn't lack academic rigour. So I decided to tackle the myth that home ed kids don't have friends and spend all their time shut in the house. As for employment? We consider it vital that our kids have the practical skills needed to support themselves rather than the pieces of paper that would qualify them for entry to wage-slavery!
Wage slavery? Not sure what you mean by that... Unfortunately in our bureaucratic society employers demand qualifications - which imho sucks - experience far outweighs anything written down on paper, but what can we do - e.g. my son wants to be a physicist and has done since the age of 10 (he's nearly 17) so he has to obtain a qualification to allow him entry into uni to follow the path he wants to. He probably knows a lot just by all the books he's read!
But he does need that qualification as proof he can work. I guess we all know our kids' needs and what works for them...
I agree with you having to tackle the myth that home ed kids don't have friends etc - I'm sure people think that we keep our kids locked in cupboards all day and don't allow them to meet other children/people. Home ed kids mix with a greater age range of people than schooled kids who only seem to be able to associate with their peers.
I just meant that finding employment is not the only solution for providing for one's material needs and not the one we recommend for our children. If you cannot build your house and maintain it, make the things you need and grow/produce the food you need, then you are gonna be in trouble when there's no longer any food getting to the shops. If you can do all these things, you need a much lower wage which means you don't need to accumulate all the pieces of paper needed to get high paid job!
I home educate my 7 yr old son for many reasons, its the best decision i have ever made,i think its the most natural thing in the world to want to spend as much time with our children,nurturing them but letting them learn things in life as they grow from day to day! :)
As a home educator I get a bit jittery with this kind of learning - it's great that the children can be out of doors etc but what would they do as a career? I understand that people don't want their children incarcerated in a classroom all day but children become adults and adults have to be skilled for the employment market! Maybe you guys have it sussed... Hope all goes well for you
rhyfelwrDuw 2 years ago
There are loads of films showing home ed kids sitting at the kitchen table and it's largely regarded as a settled issue that home ed doesn't lack academic rigour. So I decided to tackle the myth that home ed kids don't have friends and spend all their time shut in the house. As for employment? We consider it vital that our kids have the practical skills needed to support themselves rather than the pieces of paper that would qualify them for entry to wage-slavery!
Georgie7648 2 years ago
Wage slavery? Not sure what you mean by that... Unfortunately in our bureaucratic society employers demand qualifications - which imho sucks - experience far outweighs anything written down on paper, but what can we do - e.g. my son wants to be a physicist and has done since the age of 10 (he's nearly 17) so he has to obtain a qualification to allow him entry into uni to follow the path he wants to. He probably knows a lot just by all the books he's read!
rhyfelwrDuw 2 years ago
But he does need that qualification as proof he can work. I guess we all know our kids' needs and what works for them...
I agree with you having to tackle the myth that home ed kids don't have friends etc - I'm sure people think that we keep our kids locked in cupboards all day and don't allow them to meet other children/people. Home ed kids mix with a greater age range of people than schooled kids who only seem to be able to associate with their peers.
rhyfelwrDuw 2 years ago
I just meant that finding employment is not the only solution for providing for one's material needs and not the one we recommend for our children. If you cannot build your house and maintain it, make the things you need and grow/produce the food you need, then you are gonna be in trouble when there's no longer any food getting to the shops. If you can do all these things, you need a much lower wage which means you don't need to accumulate all the pieces of paper needed to get high paid job!
Georgie7648 2 years ago
sooooo cute
argenus 2 years ago
love it :)
diamondxmoonx 2 years ago
I home educate my 7 yr old son for many reasons, its the best decision i have ever made,i think its the most natural thing in the world to want to spend as much time with our children,nurturing them but letting them learn things in life as they grow from day to day! :)
versiongirl77 2 years ago
I love it, this is living
12notice 3 years ago 4
We unschool and this is the best way; it is the way that God ordained for families.
I am glad you posted this.
Lori
homeschoolmom42 3 years ago
It is absolutley fantastic and shows us that we don't have to be in school at a desk in order to learn. It is a really amazing film. Sorcha, aged 9.
rsjewellll 4 years ago
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Thanks Sorcha. Glad you liked it.
Georgie7648 2 years ago