Anyone thinking of switching to home ed after this?

[woollylizard]

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?

Haha haha. Nope.

formerbabe do you think that's a response to the intense situation or is that normal for him?

A bit of attitude and back chat is pretty normal! He's a bit Jekyll and hyde...goes from being absolutely charming and great company to Kevin the teenager! I think a lot of it is hormonal but also he's intelligent and in all the top sets at school. He gets frustrated easily. He cannot bear not to understand something straight away and has little patience.

Are you high?

We home Ed & have been talking to other HE friends about how rubbish it is just now & thinking it might put people off!

We miss all the days spent at the beach, woods, museum, gallery, zoo etc plus clubs & with friends.

Never have I been so grateful for our garden & ridiculous book collection.

NOOOOOOOO WAY!!!!

Definitely not.
Not because I'm not enjoying the time with my dc but because there is just so much I can't give them that school can.

My dd is missing her friends and she loves being in school plays and doing class assembly.
They have great after school clubs and lots of sport teams. I know home schooled kids do lots of clubs but private ones are much more expensive than school clubs. I just wouldn't be able to afford it.
She went to Young Voices
In January and it was amazing, its something she would never experience if she was home schooled.

I would also think they would get behind with me teaching them. I'm just not good enough. I have spent so much time on Google this week trying to help them with their work

Really though even if I wanted to I couldn't because I'm a single mum and I have to work.

No,. No No No No No
NO!

we did home educate our dd for 1.5 years but what I'm doing now, I would not class has home ed because school is providing resources and dd is doing them. I'm only supervising her when I was home educating I had to find or make my own resources and teach the lessons. This is less time consuming than when I was home educating dd.

The thing about HE is there are lots of groups and meet ups.

Atm people are doing a form of HE but not the social side.

Or the bit where you go out and about to places.

The stay at home and learn is only a small part of HE.

Not on your nelly! I can’t wait to get back to work at school tomorrow after a fortnight of SI. DS is really missing being at school and has begged me to get him a place as I’m a key worker even though he is going to his dad’s while I am on rota.

PurpleCrazyHorse

Thanks for the link! Finding ways to describe fractions to a child is....challenging. Everyday's a school day!

I'm an introvert too. Its bloody exhausting. I need some quiet and alone time. Instead I'll go to work.

No from me however I think state schools will be hoping people do because imo there will be a number of private schools that go under and those children will be looking for state school places.

Definitely not !

No!! I will now be reviewing my standard Red/white/fizz as teachers gifts!!! They deserve Champagne..... a magnum!

We will be HE DS1 from September. It was our plan anyway but this period has allayed all of my fears about not being able to facilitate his learning.

I will be WFH 20 hours per week and after 2 weeks in lockdown with 2 school age children doing schoolwork set by the school, and a toddler whilst DH and I have both been WFH, I am comfortable that we will be able to do it.

As a lone working parent I can say most definitely not, never, nada, not in a million years!

For the people who are having trouble trying to motivate their kids to do the work set, remember, if you homeschool, you have skills and knowledge the kids need to acquire in order to get their grades, but you can choose the teaching medium and subject weighting to suit your kids.

You can use technology to help them with the subjects they find most boring or difficult, you can set them writing assignments on issues they are really passionate about (even if it is Minecraft!)

You can do more or less time on certain subjects depending on how well they are doing. You can let them do some subjects independently and give more support for those they find difficult.

So giving them the same lack of choice about learning material which they inevitably get in school in the home is pretty much the worst of both worlds.

I am not trying to convert people, I just think it is important that people don't see this as an accurate experience of home educating. It can be as formal on informal as you like.

Definitely not in a million years. I would rather walk over hot coals everyday!

By the way, how on earth do parents who home educate keep their houses clean and do chores! I feel like my house is falling apart

My friend home educates, her kids have the most amazing well rounded education. She is struggling at the moment and hopes families realise home education is very very different to isolation home Ed (especially for those following work set by schools).

@BlindAssassin1 I have a few friends who flexi-school. I’m considering it with ds2 as he is a school refuser and tbh this past week has done wonders for his mental health and mine. He’s loving being able to work on projects that interest him rather than whatever the school set.

We already home ed and tbh I am finding it tough at the moment, we are missing our groups and friends.

No. My children will be returning to school. I have an increased respect for those who do this full time, and without school support.

Though I think this isn't an accurate version of 'proper' home ed. with the current lack of activity and social contact. I feel we've only experienced a part of what home education might be like.