Anyone thinking of switching to home ed after this?

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Interested to know if this bout of forced homeschooling is inspiring anyone to take their kids out of school after the pandemic has passed?

I imagine for most people it's a 'HELL NO' but I was intrigued as to whether it has inspired anyone and whether the rates of home ed will increase dramatically after this?

Hell no

It's a no from me.

I’d rather poke my eyes out with a spoon

Never

Absolutely not 😂

If anything the opposite. Realise how much mine thrive in company and with structure

Nope.

I think there might be a small increase, but possibly not large because people will have found the isolation factor hard. In normal times home educating families have loads of activities, groups etc that obviously aren’t on now, so it must seem like a lonely life without those opportunities.

My kids have only been in school the last year after being home educated so it’s a weird one for us! Enjoying some of the things about them being at home again, but they will be going back to school when they reopen....

Good god no. I’d rather stick my hand in a blender.
Plus kids really need the rough and tumble of the classroom to learn social skills. Those social skills cannot be learned solely in a family. Sometimes people are shitty and mean and your mum is not there to arbitrate. A tough but vital lesson IMO.

Oh dear god no! Give me 30 strangers' children any day. Teaching my own two has been/is a nightmare.

I’ve been curious about it for a while because ds has struggled with school. I was open to the idea that this might be something we would continue with. He has asd and “masks” in school which is an exhausting effort to put in every day.
But he’s told me he’s missing school and he’s finding it very difficult to settle and focus and learn without the pressure of being in the school environment. I wasn’t expecting that
I’d enjoy homeschooling a lot, but I don’t think it would be fair on my dc as I’m not very sociable and they’d end up very isolated. I’d love it though.

I've always wanted to home ed, but never thought it was best for the kids due to limited socialising. However, I'm not able to do all of my job at the moment, so I'm lucky that I'm home with time. After the pandemic I'll be expected to work in the field again, and rightly so. So, making the most of it (generally - right now sat with laptop waiting for a video call! - kids are with their dad doing maths!)

Yes. Theres good reasons why for us and it was in the back of mind anyway. Then i give my head a wobble and remember how claustrophobic it all is

Lmao no, no, no, no.

No. My kids like people. I'm happy at home.bit won't be good for them socially.

Absolutely bloody not. Before this is was an idea I'd considered..... now I've tried it?! Not in a million years

Interesting, as I thought for most of the answers!
We home educate full time, and this is SO different for us. We usually are out on a day trip every day (except when they're at drop off groups), and they have a very active social life. So the isolation doesn't have to be a factor, but I understand people's hesitation- plus it depends on where you live as to how much is on offer too.
@TwoZeroTwoZero I agree teaching my own is harder than 30 strangers kids!

No. We're muddling through but they both really miss their friends. I also find they don't listen to me as they listen to their teachers. So yesterday for example my dd had to do a comprehension exercise and she was told to write in full sentences which she wasn't doing. So I gently reminded her and she refused and shouted. She wouldn't dare do that at school. I was also showing my ds a maths problem which he could do but he thought he couldn't so he stomped off to his room. If he'd been at school, he'd have listened to the teacher. He's in secondary school...I can help with English, maths, re, history etc but I cannot do computer science and the languages. I can't even blag it. There's a reason teachers study and train to become one.

Barbararara that's interesting- my daughter is autistic and is a masker too. I'm finding homeschooling much easier than the fallout after school every day. But like yours, DD is very sociable so I don't think it would be fair to her to do it permanently

If my ds 2 struggles at all when he is back at school I am much more set now on whipping him out, having seen how much he thrives at home. I am not afraid of homeschooling now.

My ds1 needs school. He needs the buzz and the opportunities. He needs to be able to play football or perform in a school play. He is very different to ds1 - which explains my different approach and opinions.

No way. It’s shown me how much home education would not suit my child.

My DC are absolutely thriving right now. My mum had a chat with me about watching out for any signs of anxiety or depression, but no, they're great, really happy, and their imaginations are back!

Don't get me wrong, they still try and kill each other, and today I've got to attempt to teach fractions (god help me!), and it took ages to drum into them they can't play with the other children in the street, but they're so relaxed I'm not looking forward to sending them back to school.

I always thought they're weren't very academic but actually they're plowing on nicely (despite mine and DP's crap efforts). There's something about the structure and atmosphere of school that just doesn't work for them.

I'm wondering if there's such a thing as half-home schooling?!

Fuck, no. It's absolutely shit, for both me and DD. I have a new found massive appreciation for schools (always did appreciate, but it's on a new level now)

No because we both work. Actually I think they're both benefitting from not having to cope with the social side and the friendship politics but I've got no idea how to make stuff interesting and actually teach, there's a reason teachers have qualifications!