TopHATslash Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Well as I have seen, BB00, MBL, me, and wither are/were all homeschooled.. so lets unite! If a mod locks this, then he's a hater.. just kidding.. just kidding Well if you wish you were homeschooled, or are homeschooled.. then talk about your homeschool edumacation n such. ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Homeschooling ftw. Though it turns very bad when your parents are at work and you end up teaching yourself while trying to resist the allure of video games, TV, and other distractions that are obscenely easy to use/play/waste time on. As well as being infinitely more fun than reading about what a preposition is and how to graph polynomials. ... >_> Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vista? Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I want homeschooling - it'd mean no more PE for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 It's so much less stressful than normal schooling. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHATslash Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 It's so much less stressful than normal schooling. Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Agrred. I suspect that this thread will have the worst spelling of all threads on this board. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 The only argument I've seen used against it is the lack of a social life thing. But that's easily remedied with a homeschool group, church/other organizations and their functions, and ... you know, going outside? I suspect that this thread will have the worst spelling of all threads on this board. hay, dont maek fun ov owr spelling. I has a gud edyukashun! >_> that was hard to type. :O Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 My wife and I homeschool our own kids. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 tbh, I hate normal schooling. While there was some good students/teachers, there was more than a handful of ones the common person would love to slap. Let's put it this way: We attribute the phrase "God Complex" to people in the medical profession the most. It should be attributed to teachers >_< Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k.digennaro Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I guess I'm technically home schooled, My transcript still goes through a local high school, but I take all my classes online through BYU. It's challenging a lot less stressful. Quote Support Our Troops, End The War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I guess I'm technically home schooled, My transcript still goes through a local high school, but I take all my classes online through BYU. That's sorta how I do mine. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k.digennaro Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I love taking my classes online, everything that in my lessons is information I NEED to know. They don't through in stuff I won't ever use, or things like word searches just to keep me in class longer. I don't have any home work. Well I guess you could say all my work is home work They don't give me dumb work sheets . I love it . Quote Support Our Troops, End The War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Personally, I think you can't get the same value as having a good teacher teach both you and your class in a regular school. Both you and the class learn from each other and the teacher, by continually questioning and listening to questions, and by having spontaneous debates, as has happened in many of my classes when being taught at school. Humans learn not only from sheets and computers, but from other humans and their views and opinions. Oh, and @ K.Digennaro: ...everything that in my lessons is information I NEED to know. They don't through in stuff I won't ever use... I've been taught more trivia than I can remember, and I've found countless scraps of it useful, in virtually all subjects. This trivia has ranged from advanced physics through to who Bob Dylan played for before going solo. I've found virtually all of it useful, and learning it can be a nice, and often interesting diversion. Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopHATslash Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 Agrred. I suspect that this thread will have the worst spelling of all threads on this board. I did that on purpose, but it didn't go over well I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Oh, I got the joke. I was just continuing it for you. BTW, my daughter does some of her classes through Stanford's EPGY program. It is pretty good. Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k.digennaro Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Personally, I think you can't get the same value as having a good teacher teach both you and your class in a regular school. Both you and the class learn from each other and the teacher, by continually questioning and listening to questions, and by having spontaneous debates, as has happened in many of my classes when being taught at school. Humans learn not only from sheets and computers, but from other humans and their views and opinions.Oh, and @ K.Digennaro: [ I think I may have written that quote wrong. What I meant was when I went to actual school teachers were always handing me things like cross word puzzles and word searches. I really didn't anything from these except a head ache from not being able to find a word. In my online classes, they still teach facts like 'who Bob Dylan played for before going solo'. But the don't through in all those word searches etc. Not really sure how to word it any better. Quote Support Our Troops, End The War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Do they? Interesting curriculum you follow on your PC... The teachers at my school, au generalement don't resort to patronising techniques such as word-searches, and tend to randomly divulge these little snippets, along with teaching the regular work, which normally consists of notes, diagrams and extensive questioning. 'Tis good! Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzy_1_year Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I have always been in homeschool. I find it rather nice compared to what I have heard about public schools. Classes all day, hard tests, teasing, riding in a school bus, homeschool is nothing like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Exactly. You don't learn many important things when homeschooled. Namely, all the things you mentioned, Lizzy. It does not equip you to cope with pressure, competition or a social work dynamic - all of which are vastly important for when you get out of school and into a job. Unless you are one-in-a-billion, you have a job with stress, pressure and other people competing for that elusive promotion or higher salary. A cushy day at home doing work - no matter how hard - at the pace you set, can never be as educational as a proper, bricks 'n' mortar 'n' pupils school. Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Should I make a poll for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Do we REALLY need it? Quote  The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yata Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Exactly. You don't learn many important things when homeschooled. Namely, all the things you mentioned, Lizzy. It does not equip you to cope with pressure, competition or a social work dynamic - all of which are vastly important for when you get out of school and into a job. Unless you are one-in-a-billion, you have a job with stress, pressure and other people competing for that elusive promotion or higher salary. A cushy day at home doing work - no matter how hard - at the pace you set, can never be as educational as a proper, bricks 'n' mortar 'n' pupils school. Sorry, but school is not the center of the universe when it comes to learning unorthodox things. Quote "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" [ dA Paint.NET Chat :: Yata on dA ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Should I make a poll for this? If you have to ask, the answer will always be no. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helio Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Oh. What a fascinating coincidence... It just so happens that I too have been homeschooled all my life. Or maybe it isn't a coincidence... :wink: Quote v An excellent open–source strategy game—highly recommended.  "I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Exactly. You don't learn many important things when homeschooled. Namely, all the things you mentioned, Lizzy. It does not equip you to cope with pressure, competition or a social work dynamic - all of which are vastly important for when you get out of school and into a job. Unless you are one-in-a-billion, you have a job with stress, pressure and other people competing for that elusive promotion or higher salary. A cushy day at home doing work - no matter how hard - at the pace you set, can never be as educational as a proper, bricks 'n' mortar 'n' pupils school. Sorry, but school is not the center of the universe when it comes to learning unorthodox things. And neither is a PC. You learn from other people, as well as exercises and remote testing. Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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