A Plan to Take Control of Your Kids Education
Added 2023-04-18 23:25:47 +0000 UTCThis is in response to my poll earlier today. As you see, roughly 75% of patreon does NOT trust neither public nor private schooling for a variety of reasons.
I've been thinking about this a lot as I have a son who is approaching preschool and soon kindergarden. I genuinely would like to know what your thoughts are on my idea. Please point out any holes in my plan or ways to improve it.
The only way your going to get the curriculum and safety you want is to do it yourself these day. I've said this a million times before, if you're waiting on the government to change policies, you're going to be waiting a very long time.
I hope this plan gets implemented and becomes the norm all across the country.
Thank you for taking the time to hear me out.
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Many factors (including bullying, constant weaponry at school, woke ideologies, little care or engagement by teachers, poor overall curriculum, and an almost full-on forced censorship of anything God) led to our removal of our children from both public and private schooling here in Pennsylvania. While we aren’t fully “homeschooling” the kids (now 10th grade and 6th grade), we are helping with just about everything in their “cyber schooling.” It is a state approved curriculum but we are able to customize their course load like a college. This is our third year and we just wish we would’ve found it sooner. My kids are more confident, happier, excited to learn and they feel safe. All of these traits were missing and only getting worse by the day with their previous in-person schooling. Even our local “Christian” private school was backwards and a sham. We are 100% Christian but did not feel that the school possessed the values and morals that Jesus would have supported. So, I would definitely recommend something along the lines of cyber or homeschooling, but do your due diligence with your state approved setups and curriculums. What we have here in PA is likely not apples to apples in TN. Education isn’t what it was like when we were growing up and it’s only getting worse. Start early and take control. It’s a shame we can’t trust our government or educators to help us raise and educate leaders and intellectuals. It seems like they would rather herd sheep and censor things to the point of mass ignorance and stupidity. The choice is yours and for us, we regret not doing this sooner. Good luck and Godspeed.
Craig
2025-09-10 03:48:29 +0000 UTCI am a little late to the conversation, but I would suggest people watch a former KGB agent named Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov from 1984 that Russia has a long-term goal of ideologically subverting the U.S. https://youtu.be/bX3EZCVj2XA Now change Russia for China. Limit your child's use of electronic devices. You have to set the example. Read books with them. Teach them critical thinking skills. Teach them practical skills. Exercise/play with them outdoors. Limit high dopamine activities and foods/drinks. Most children are good, but have poor role models.
David Durkop
2023-06-10 19:39:06 +0000 UTCGreat idea all around!!
PaulaBunion
2023-05-12 14:43:07 +0000 UTCI home school both my kids. My wife and I both work from home in the finance industry and they both sit with us and watch us work while watching documentaries or doing Khan academy.... My daughter is only 8 but is l, no shit, miles ahead of her 11 year old cousin. Just because my wife and I both talk to her allb day and explain things to her while she plays educational games and watches some documentaries lol. She spends the rest of her day playing with her little brother (5) and playing video games. Nothing about today's schools teaches kids, my daughter is sharp AF and so funny and kind while her 11 year old cousin, who goes to a 'good' public school wears make up and talks about boys and acts like a wild animal. Just keep your kids close to you, love them, talk to them like their adults and keep them away from public schools and they'll grow up fantastic. Her cousin spent all of Thanksgiving trying to show everyone how well she twerks....... My daughter helped with the cooking and played chess with her grandpa. Public schools will fucking ruin your kids. I've never felt such love as I do for my kids and theirs no way I'm letting the government get their hands on them.
Dr_Strangelove
2023-05-12 05:23:15 +0000 UTCThere are a ton of homeschool groups
Preston Bridges
2023-05-11 16:16:13 +0000 UTCThere is not a one-size-fits-all answer. The decision to home school is complex. Each family needs to decide what works for them and their child. *how home school friendly is your state? *what is the home school community like where you live? Does that community organize sports, debate, quiz bowl teams, drama club or host field trips? *is the child very extroverted or more introverted? *is there a realistic plan for the child to develop social skills with other children and adults? *does the parent(s) have the instructional skills needed to home school, will they be able to enforce assignment due dates and stay on schedule with the curriculum? In the area I live there is an extensive home school community. The high school age kids have basketball, speech & drama and quiz bowl teams that compete with other home school teams in the surrounding towns. The public junior and senior high allow home school students to enroll in individual courses such as orchestra, band, chemistry, biology, physics, advanced math and other courses. There is an excellent Christian school in town. It is more or less rural with low crime rates in the three county area. I have no concerns of school violence or poor instruction at the school.
Jana Beckman
2023-05-07 06:14:26 +0000 UTCHome school or find someone doing it for groups like small ones up to 5
PassionatePatriot72
2023-05-06 23:50:13 +0000 UTCI like where you're head is at, but I think you're overcomplicating it. First, a lot of states have regulations on how many families can participate in the "home" schooling. What you're talking about definitely runs afoul of those limitations. What you're basically talking about here is establishing a small private school with the added benefit of a tangible return on investment, and a say of who the teacher is. You asked "how much worthless shit is taught in schools?" Most of it. And this idea is to more or less do the same thing as before, just with different teachers. If you want to get into homeschooling, first look into the idea of un/deschooling. The current structure exists for a specific reason. The testing is for nothing more than funding. Current schooling has absolutely nothing to do with teaching or education, and neither do any of the systems they employ. The first thing that needs to go is the idea that the only way to learn is to stick kids in a room buried in books, lectures, and work. It's not. For that matter, different kids have different interests and aptitudes. While we cover similar concepts for both kids we're homeschooling, we have to approach it differently for both. Both are typically spending no more than 4 hours or so a day on schooling, but are testing better than their peers enrolled in state schools. You need someone to focus on the kid(s) and what they need. It's not going to work for parents that don't have time to pay attention to their kids - but that's where community and the ability to come together helps out. You can cover down for friends/family, but the larger you try to make it, the more you're going to lose out on the actual education. Education shouldn't be focused on rote memorization of facts for a test - it should be focused on critical thinking, life skills, and making the child far more well rounded. As such, how they learn has to be adjusted for what your goals are. Learning can be done during practical sessions. Math while out at a store, cooking, or doing other typical tasks. For the kid that's a math whiz, find other areas to ramp it up. Not saying what you're proposing wouldn't work. You could create a school that works like a school but better. At the end of the day though, you're dropping a lot of the benefits of homeschooling though.
Matthew Doss
2023-04-25 19:40:44 +0000 UTCWhy don't we just wing it. Just let the kids learn from their friends and family and choose their own path starting lets say at age 3?
Bubby Plaisance(Anonymous.432HZ)
2023-04-24 15:02:43 +0000 UTCSounds like a twist to a homeschooling co-op with the caveat that everyone had some $ invested in it. My only thing is that vetting your group is key. Scheduling contingencies will definitely be key. It's definitely a tough nut to Crack once you start noodling the details. But your background lends itself to just such a difficult task. Best to you and your family!
Todd Breitmann
2023-04-22 19:06:53 +0000 UTC
