Homeschooling Illegal In California - Fight Is Still On

[picchick]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1584989' date='Jun 27 2008, 03:20 PM']In college, where you live far from home, it would be very difficult for a person, not used to the traditional school setting to adjust.[/quote]


how do you know this?

[catholicinsd]

Well, technically I've only gone to college one day. But in that registration day I saw some of the most interesting people ever. Now had I not been exposed to diversity in high school it would have scared me.

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1584989' date='Jun 27 2008, 08:20 PM']In college, where you live far from home, it would be very difficult for a person, not used to the traditional school setting to adjust.[/quote]
Initially being so far from home is difficult for most people, regardless of where they went to high school. It was hard even just being 45 minutes away at first (I went to a public high school). Of course, my parents moved 12 hours away 2 months later. . .

Anyway, to take a personal example, I went to a public high school and it took me a little while to adjust to being at college, where I got to schedule my own classes, had to be responsible for going to class & everything, and was away from home. My cousin was homeschooled throughout and didn't have any more problems adjusting to college than I did.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1584996' date='Jun 27 2008, 01:31 PM']Well, technically I've only gone to college one day.[/quote]
+J.M.J.+

[Archaeology cat]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1584996' date='Jun 27 2008, 08:31 PM']Well, technically I've only gone to college one day. But in that registration day I saw some of the most interesting people ever. Now had I not been exposed to diversity in high school it would have scared me.[/quote]
You're assuming that all those in public high schools have been exposed to such diversity & that no homeschoolers have. Neither is necessarily true. Yes, there are some very sheltered homeschoolers (went to college with one, though his sister doesn't seem as sheltered), and there are some very sheltered public school kids.

[Knight of the Holy Rosary]

I was homeschooled all through highshcool and then went to seminary out of state...I did ok

[picchick]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1584996' date='Jun 27 2008, 03:31 PM']Well, technically I've only gone to college one day. But in that registration day I saw some of the most interesting people ever. Now had I not been exposed to diversity in high school it would have scared me.[/quote]

Well, now this is interesting. You are making facts out of your own opinions and assumptions. You base everything off of attending college for one day. You have an incorrect view of homeschooling. You have no experience with homeschoolers. You assume that homeschoolers have no exposure to diversity. Although a handful do not, the vast majority of us do. And if you knew me, which you really don't, you'd find that I am a pretty non judgemental person and I am pretty open minded about certain things. Maybe then, homeschooling was not for you, eh? The only thought of college that scared me was the fears that hit pretty much everyone. That is, the fear of the unknown, the fear of doing something new and the fear of change. However, with that fear was excitement so I wasn't so freaked that I didn't go. I stayed for five years and now have a degree.

I laugh at the thought that you might think we'd hit college and stare all bug eyed at the people around us like they were from some other planet.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='picchick' post='1585037' date='Jun 27 2008, 03:15 PM']I laugh at the thought that you might think we'd hit college and stare all bug eyed at the people around us like they were from some other planet.[/quote]
Don't stare at me just because I look different from you!!

Haha.

That was a very good point though. It's really down to the individual, just like anywhere else. Some will do fine, some won't. That's up to them and the parents that took care of their education.

Now, I've read a lot of posts that talk about public versus private versus homeschooling on this thread. In America do they have a Catholic school system?
In Canada, and I'll talk specifically about Alberta, we have what we call the Seperate system, or Catholic system. These are technically public schools in that they recieve government funding, but they are specifically geared towards Catholics. Technically you're supposed to have parents who are baptised, but the way things turn out, as I'm sure you all know, most people aren't 'practicing' Catholics. A lot don't even consider themselves Catholic.
The biggest difference though, is that we all have to take religion class every year up until grade twelve. We're not allowed to be taught about how to use contraceptives, and we are often required to attend either school masses or Liturgies of the Word. I think in the end, we have an atmosphere that's somewhat more respectful than public schools... though that's certainly debatable.

Anyway, do these exist in the US?

[homeschoolmom]

We have Catholic schools, but they are not funded by the government.

We have "charter" schools which are specialized government (ie, "public") schools. They are funded by the government, but they are not to be religious schools. They can be "classical education," "French language" etc. but they are not to be religious-- though we have a "Arabic" charter school that thinks it doesn't have to follow the rules. Don't get me started on that.....

Private schools-- Christian, Catholic, or whatever are not government schools.

[Paladin D]

Here you go Lucy Lionheart:

[url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=82035"]Poll: Schools not properly preparing kids for life[/url]
[b][i]Half of Americans give schools a fair to poor rating[/b][/i]

[add]

In New York State, for example end of the school year exam testing my local school board required to be administered outside the home by a certified teaching professional. Not only was this practice a good check and balance of our Homeschool proficiently it also served as a gage with the pubic domain. Coincidently, my kids on averaged graded two years ahead of there peers. Not to say that they are exceptional, it was more of an indicator of how weak the public school performed when lump everyone together.

Perhaps this grouping of motivated and uninterested students is the fatal flaw of public schools in general. When I attended public school, if you did not show an interest to apply yourself the seemly overwhelmed teachers helped only the willing students.

At least with homeschooling the teacher is motivated and devoted to her young learner.

[prose]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1584996' date='Jun 27 2008, 02:31 PM']Well, technically I've only gone to college one day.[/quote]



Umm....

yeah.

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