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Does anyone have any idea about the number of kids that are being homeschooled this year???

I telephoned the school division about a couple of issues - the infamous farmers are evil for killing gophers episode - and was told if I did not like things there were other options I could consider.
Just wondering if this is the division's policy for more parents???

truth defender wrote:Does anyone have any idea about the number of kids that are being homeschooled this year???

I telephoned the school division about a couple of issues - the infamous farmers are evil for killing gophers episode -

What are you talking about?

nego wrote:

truth defender wrote:Does anyone have any idea about the number of kids that are being homeschooled this year???

I telephoned the school division about a couple of issues - the infamous farmers are evil for killing gophers episode -

What are you talking about?

Nego for council!

The kid who delivers my paper is homeschooled. So is his brother. That makes two for sure...

mmmhmm wrote:The kid who delivers my paper is homeschooled. So is his brother. That makes two for sure...

I have heard that the numbers are increasing.
I need to give them a call into it but I was told that each year they get a couple of more kids not attending and electing to stay at home.
Hey I was over at the Water Corporation building the other day and the elevator repair guy was there with his teenage son - who is homeschooled - and the young lad told me this was part of his home schooling education to learn his dad's business.
Is it a wave of the future???

TD, I know some schools incorporate "take your kid to work" days, or have them volunteering around the city. I don't know if it's a wave of learning what the parents do, per se, but rather exposing them to what their parents encounter on a daily basis. Last year, we had our 15 yr old come and help us "work" at the shop, and by the end of 2 days, he was able to explain why we were so exhausted by the time we got home from work, and didn't want to make dinner because we couldn't drag ourselves to the kitchen to do so. I like the exposure element about it. They get to see things they'd normally never see in on a daily basis.

Katy wrote:TD, I know some schools incorporate "take your kid to work" days, or have them volunteering around the city. I don't know if it's a wave of learning what the parents do, per se, but rather exposing them to what their parents encounter on a daily basis. Last year, we had our 15 yr old come and help us "work" at the shop, and by the end of 2 days, he was able to explain why we were so exhausted by the time we got home from work, and didn't want to make dinner because we couldn't drag ourselves to the kitchen to do so. I like the exposure element about it. They get to see things they'd normally never see in on a daily basis.

This was NOT a take a child to work day. The teenager told me he did it ALMOST EVERYDAY.
That's a very big difference than a one day shot in the pan.

This was NOT a take a child to work day. The teenager told me he did it ALMOST EVERYDAY.

I wonder what Otis (Elevator Co.) thinks of having a home-schooled teenager working on their systems? Not saying that he can't learn the repair business, but peoples lives could depend on the elevator's proper operation.

Many of the good jobs out there require special skills (ie: post-secondary training), and you have to wonder how well equipped Mum & Dad are for preparing Junior for that training (where pre-requisites often include high-level maths, physics, etc)...

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp

"1. In 1997, a study of 5,402 homeschool students from 1,657 families was released. It was entitled, "Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America." The study demonstrated that homeschoolers, on the average, out-performed their counterparts in the public schools by 30 to 37 percentile points in all subjects. A significant finding when analyzing the data for 8th graders was the evidence that homeschoolers who are homeschooled two or more years score substantially higher than students who have been homeschooled one year or less. The new homeschoolers were scoring on the average in the 59th percentile compared to students homeschooled the last two or more years who scored between 86th and 92nd percentile. "

I think in general that this is really only because the parents care more. Homeschooling takes serious effort, and most homeschooling parents are quite dedicated. There are exceptions.

And let's face it, none of the material being taught in school is any harder than what you took in school, in fact I would say quite the opposite.

If he's there everyday, then I wonder what OH&S would say about that. Their rules are pretty strict and I'm pretty sure they'd frown upon a teenager tagging along. Even if he was apprenticing, he'd still have to qualified and certified.