home education

home education questions and answers

Q: home education?
Can anyone out there tell me about home education for children who are taken out of high school? How many hours per week and what subjects do they need? who would teach the child?(would it be the parents or would it be a tutor) how expansive is it?How should someone who doesn't have a CLUE about home education go about organizing it?Who do thay need to contact? How do they know exactly how to arrange it? Is it possible for a parent whodoesn't have a CLUE about home education or how it should be structured/what materials are needed(basically doesn't know ANYTHING about it) to learn how it should be structured/howthe child should be educated? can ordinary parents home educate their child? even those with not a broad education? how can they learn how home education is structured? Is home educating very complicated?and if someone wanted to home educate 2 children...how could they go about this? How many hours per day should the child be taught for? how does the child keep up with their peers?and how are subjects such as music or P.E organized?(since they are quite social activities and require other people in order to do properly)??

A: anyone can home educate , the parent can do it,,,,, its really encouraging and supervising, and going over work,,,,,,, most school districts have a program set up, everything from the child going in for testing and providing the books, to allowing them to participate in pe and music,,,,, but you can still do pe and music with one child, at home,,, exercise,, studying the body and whats healthy for it, learning how games are played/the rules such as baseball etc, is all pe,,,,,, as to music, music isnt a required subject in many high schools, so just studying a little music appreciation, or going or listening to a concert on tv, would work, if you child was interested in an instrument, music lessons are usually fairly inexpensive,,,,,, if in the usa, your local school board can give you info (accept that ofcourse they want to discourage home education, but they are legally required to provide you with info),,,, also, many cities/towns have local homeschool associations, so do many churches (home school associations base out of chruches often do not require you to be homeschooling for religious reasons ),,,, belonging to a group of homeschoolers will give you great support and advice, and interaction for the children, as they often have events or meetings ,,,,,,,there is alot of help and support, both in your state or country to know the rules and requirements, and also to lesson plans,, the internet will have lots of info also,,,,,,,,, good luck

Q: How can I find out about home education?
How can I find out EVERYTHING i need to know about Home education in a simple easyto understand way (ppeferably online) i live in England.

A: Just read the answers you got in the past. My advice to everyone else: don't even bother answering. This is the former Clemence J at it again.

Q: Do people know that home-school is a successful mode of education that is legal in the USA?
I think that home-schools are a great asset to every community. There exist many positive outcomes and successful students from home-education. The majority of home-school graduates do not need GED's. They get high scores on the SAT and go directly into college with good scholarships and grants. Others go directly into the workplace. My son had 6 great job offers before he was even finished with home-school.

A: I think that you are absolutely right.Home schooling is the best way to teach kids,and I wish that more people would realize that.kids get all the attention that they need to excel in school,they actually focus on they're school work,and they have terrific relationships with they're parents.Also they're parents actually know what they're kids are doing,instead of having to rely on teachers who have no clue to tell them.I wish that people would realize that home schooling is the best way,and that they should consider it when looking into ways of educating they're kids.

Q: Can home education affect employment prospects?
I was home-educated from the age of 11 until I was 16, when I started college. I want to be a designer, so I did a BTEC 1st Diploma in Art and Design (worth 4 GCSEs), along with English and Maths GCSEs and a Key Skills level 2 qualification (equivalent to a c-grade GCSE). When I got my grades earlier this year, I basically had 5 A grades, one B grade and one C grade, which I thought was pretty reasonable for a years work. I also volunteer with St John Ambulance and Cancer Research UK, and have plenty of hobbies and evidence of the 'soft' skills that employers are supposed to value so much. The problem is, I have applied for at least 40 jobs, and not even had one interview. Is it possible that employers are put off by my non-standard education? I don't have a degree, I am only 18, and the jobs I have been applying for are only part-time shop-work and that kind of thing. I am just concerned that if I am having problems now, I might have problems in the future when looking for a full-time job. And Bob, thanks for the offer, but I live in Nottingham!

A: not in the leest i have bin edukatid at home and i think home educashion is the bestest way to lern

Q: What are the disadvatages of Home Education?
I have read numerous sites promoting the benefits of Home Education - yet none declaring the down side. This is something I am considering doing, so having had the postives pointed out to me - can someone tell me the negatives please.

A: The social skills ARE NOT INFERIOR in home schooled children, they are more often superior. Have you been in a public school lately. Is this how you wnat your children to learn to behave with their fellow man? Schools don't teach positive interaction. Parents do a far better job with that. To answer your question.. Down sides to Home based learning. 1. Most parents start without the confidence to actually do it. They overcome quickly, but it is intimidating. Can I really teach my child? Am I qualified? How can I deal with tough subjects that I did not do well in? 2. It is time consuming. You have to plan, plan, plan. If you are not an organized person, and don't have good time management skills, it can drive you batty. It would seemingly take all of your time. 3. You have to overcome other people's opinions. You have to believe that you can facilitate learning on a one-on-one basis better than your child being dumped in a classroom with 18 -35 other children. (duh?) 4. It is constant research. There is a lot of great materials out there for you. Choosing which is best for your family can be difficult. 5. Your child will not be normal. (Unfortunately normal here is defined as status quo, marginal, lacking work ethic, integrity, etc.) Most home schooled children have shown to be more morally straight. (They don't cheat on tests.) They are trained to be independent thinkers and research matters out on their own. 6. It disrupts lives of people attempting to acquire the American Dream. Children become a priority in which you recognize that no one can do or be you. Your children need you in a greater capacity than you'll ever know. 7. Your child will probably, if you start early enough, cause you to have to prepare for their college two to three years earlier than their peers. (Everyone in the Homeschool Associations that I deal with, children are completing High School on average at age 16, a good percent at 15, and I actually know one who completed at 14 {birthday was a few weeks after graduation}.) 8. You can't get away from your children. We actually spend about 20-24 hours with our children everyday. Our children are with us approximately 164 out of the `168 hours in a week. I am an Administrator in a school and I have parents who are with their children only about 90 hours a week. Think about it. They drop their child off 6:30 a.m., pick them up at 6:30 p.m. The child may have an after-school activity, Karate, Soccer, etc.. placing them home at around 9 - 9:30, eating junk food for dinner, spend Saturdays in other activities. It is ridiculous. And moreover, it is sad. 9. You have to explain everything to them. You must be willing to be the authority in their lives on every subject. You must be willing to be accountable for given accurate and authoritative information. You will no longer be able to blame or point fingers as to why your child is receiving information you have not approved of, and you have to listen to them. 10. The final disadvantage of Home Education is the fear of success. Those four famous faces on the side of Mt. Rushmore are products of home based learning. Homeschoolers took 1st, 2nd and 3rd places on the National Spelling Bee in 2000. The reason that you can't find too many disadvantages to Home-based education is because there are few. Most come from a selfish heart. For the record, everyone does not do a good job teaching their children at home. But, with No child left behind, we are finding more children are learning how to take tests as oppose to learning material to help them in life. Great question. I wish you well.

Q: how EXACTLY should home education be structure for a child taken out of high school?
If a child is taken out of high school within England....to be home educated...how should they continue their education?? How can they still take a GCSE in cooking.?or P.E? or music? for example...things which often require the child to be with others . What subjects should the child be educated in at home?...and how exactly? How should the child learn things such as what a CV is (as this is not a specific subject) and all the extra sort of stuff they'd learn within school?How do you learn EXACTLY how home education ought to be structured?? this is within England/UK also..I have another question...is home education rare? how many people home educate their children?

A: you should be able to access the high school curriculum from your l.e.a. (local education authority)...work from this and you can't go wrong....hope this helps

Q: How can I go about fixing my situation with Home Education?
I missed 4 years of high school and got G grades in my GCSE exams as a consequence(apart from in English) I didn't get any help from anyone and am now 18. Could I possibly fix my situation by doing Home Education? (it would probably take me 5 years to catch up) then sit my GCSE exams at home. If so then how could I go about this??How would I arrange this? How would I go about knowing which sujects I should take etc...??How many hours?/how I could fit a timetable together...etc....??? How would I learn stuff like cooking? could I still take a GCSE in this? How could I learn stuff like music? P.E? which I imagine are quite social activities and would be hard to become good at alone. Also who would teach me?how would I learn stuff such as PHSE?and what a CV is? etc..? and when I was 23 and wanted to do A levels how would I go about this? I know nothing about A levels. What organisations could help me in terms of Home education?? How can I go about all of this? can anyone help?

A: If you're not working why donlt you go to college and do GCSE's first. Once you have these you can think about doing A Levels. Or skip GCSE's and do another similar type qaulification in something your interested in. YOu are so young you can easily go to college full time. There are loads of people of varying ages there, just go to the college and get a prospectus and have a chat with them. If you need money you can always work part time as although they maybe full time courses they are only about 20 hours a week. Go for it, you'll love college better then home study as well as you'll meet new people too.

Q: How can I find out how home education should be organised/arranged/structured?
How can I find out everything I need to know about how home Education/tuition should be organised? e.g. how many hours per week/what subjects? how it should be arranged? Who should teac the child?How the child should keep up with their peers? how should the child learn cooking? take part in P.E.? study music? manage the practical experiments for science? if somone doesnn't have a clue about any of these things...hw can they learn about them? also....can anyone out there provide me with any answers to these questions. PLEASE HELP!!! I live in England

A: In our county in Georgia, there are many home school "groups" organized between parents who home school their children. There is one organized by Christian parents in our town, one in the county to the north. My wife and I involve ourselves with the latter. I know there are web sites to help you with this. You may wish to get information on what standards are kept by the government and private schools, so that you can better gauge your children's progress. We can ge this from our county board of education, from the state and federal departments of education.

Q: To home school your child do you need to have a high education yourself.?
I have a child who is having a lot of trouble at school and not doing any school work as he get distracted. I was thinking maybe home education but i don't have a high education myself.

A: Have you discussed the problem with the school? (I say this because sometimes the school has both the best idea of what the problem could be and the quickest access to any tests or expertise that may be necessary. If they know you care and wish to discuss rather than blame or accuse, they should be your best source of help! If you do decide to home school, then it depends on the rules in your country or state. In the UK, the framework is fairly minimal - you need to let the current school and the LEA know your intention. Don't forget, you may think you have not got a high level of education, but your knowledge is of value and may consist of information not generally tought in schools! for example, I was brought up in a rural area, and knowledge about animals and plants, gardening, jam making, water dousing, old artifacts (the romans built a road near to where I lived) was all around me. Any one of those could be the springboard to a lifestyle or career and yet a lot was not taught in schools. I had one teacher who helped us make clay from soil and make pots, another who helped us make a drum from a pigs bladder plus other musical instruments and we played them all - that was actually in a normal state school. I have taught Romanies and found their sense of geography and place (even worldwide not just nationally) has been excellent. However, it would be wise to try and enlist help; you might be able to find a tutor for specific important knowledge such as Maths or Science; there are online resources and iTunes lectures most are free. There are also local homeschool groups who meet regularly to help each other and to ensure children still have friends of a similar age. There is also yahoo answers and other online help. It does sound as though you wish your education level was higher; if that is the case you owe it to your children to try to ensure they do not have the same regrets, though I still say value your skills and knowledge even if it is not the sort that gains degrees. One of the people I looked up to worked with stone and created parts of buildings that were just amazing.

Q: How can you find out about Home education? how do you put a programme together??
How can I find out everything I need to know about Home Education all in one place/a few places...in a really easy to understand way? Also.....what organisations can help? HOW exactly should a child be home educated? Who should teach them? How does the parent know how to put a programme together? I live England

A: I did home school in high school, I taught myself, my parents had nothing ot do with it, and I even paid for it. BUT if it is for younger children, there are actually stores and things out there to help with home schooling, like supplies, and books and such. If you get a program of the internet, you can submit exams on line, which is really helpful, and if you pay the full tuition all at ounce, they send you ALL the courses, books, and study guides, and you can divide them up as you see fit for your child. It is actually the best way to do it. Good luck.

Q: How do single-parent Families in the UK who do home-education get an income (other than weekly Benefits)?
I'm just curious to know, how does a single parent teach there son or daughter by Home-education, get a second income (other than weekly benefits)? How does it work as they obviously can't get a job. Who looks after the child if there is no baby-sitter, no other family members/or friends living nearby. And I mean an older child, over 14 at least. Is having a part-time job even allowed for a Home-educating single parent? Could you have a job part-time for maybe just 4 hours a week? Thanks for any replies!

A: I am a single parent. I plan to homeschool in the U.S. and still work full time. I work as a Technical writer from home. I will homeschool in the mornings, her nanny will take her to activities in the afternoon and I will work most of the Afternoon and in the evenings after my daughter is in bed.

Q: For Homeschoolers, After your home education did you find it hard to transfer to collage ?
Was the transfer hard? Was it hard to make friends? Was there to much work? Was it over your education experience? I just wanted to ask homeschoolers what they thought of collage.

A: Was not hard at all !! More and more colleges are wanting home schooled kids due to the fact that they are more respectful, intellectual and can carry on a conversation with people of any age rather than feel the need to hang out with their peers all the time. Most colleges don't even care where you went to school they simply want you to do well on the admission testing.

Q: What is the law in regards to home education in Thailand?
I would like the education of my daughter to be autonomous. Does anybody know if this is possable in Thailand?

A: Try the links here: http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/Thailand.htm

Q: Are there any home buying education classes I can take online?
I am trying to buy a home but they want me to go to a home buying education class/seminar which last seven hrs on a Saturday but I don't have the time. Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I can go threw the course by taking it online? Im a first time buyer and need to find out if there are home buyer programs I can do online

A: We are getting a loan through USDA and they told us to take our class online. When you get done they will email you a certificate to print out. It doesn't cost anything and you can take it again until you get the grade you want. Here is the website they referred us too! Make sure that it is ok with your lender first, otherwise you may still have to take another class. Good luck! http://www.mgichome.com/

Q: What do teachers actually think about home education?
I am a home schooling mom. I have already had to deal with opposition in our school district because I have decided to teach my children at home. I just wanted to know what the general feeling was in the teaching community. Since I know the social life of my children might be the TOP reason most people state, please let us just skip that one in order to hear out some more thought out answers.

A: As long as you are comfortable with home schooling your child, and you are well-equipped with skills and knowledge to ensure that your child is receiving the best that you can offer, I don't see why there's an issue about home education. With regard to social life, you can still cater to that in your homeschooling anyway.