Should Parents Even Be Allowed To 'home School' Their Children?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6875257/Homeschooling-parents-forced-sign-register-protect-extremist-indoctrination.html

[Calicogirl]

I have a very large family sibling wise and we are all very diverse in terms of careers, but certainly a lot of us have gone the Uni route and home schooling has been no obstacle to that Prudie, it just takes logic and planning once people know what they want to do for a living.

[spathiphyllum]

well i still don't have a clue what i want to do lol

[Calicogirl]

I thought you were a gardener?

[anotheoldgit]

Calicogirl

/// no legislation that states what can or cannot be taught ///

That is what worries me, no amount of registration can protect what is being taught to the children.

[spathiphyllum]

doesn't mean it's what i want to do for the rest of my life. It's not exactly a position you need to be qualified to be in. A jobs a job though.

[Calicogirl]

That's very true AOG, it would be open to abuse by fundamentalist nutters, which is why you can't home school in Germany, they have legislation to prevent 'parallel societies' which prevents it. for the most part however, most home school families are very nice, very normal and not a threat to anyone.

[Sqad]

Calico.......do the home teachers follow a particular curriculum e.g Oxford, Cambridge,Northern Universities and how do you get an accredited qualification to submit to a University?

[Calicogirl]

Well obviously I don't know how old you are Spath, because you won't tell me, but if you're not planning on being a gardener forever then crack on and decide what you really want to do, because times flies and you're a long time dead. No time like the present, get on with it :) x

I've changed my mind for what it's worth, I no longer wish to act, I'm very happy doing what I'm doing.

[naomi24]

Home schooled children taught by unqualified parents must necessarily lack education in some respects. Okay, we can assume, hopefully, that reading, writing, and basic arithmetic will be taught, but what about more specialised subjects, the sciences, languages, or more advanced mathematics, for example - and as has been mentioned what happens when it comes to sitting exams in subjects that haven’t been thoroughly covered? In today’s world that must reflect negatively on career prospects.

[Calicogirl]

They can do Sqad, or not, depending on what they are trying to achieve piece of paper wise. Some people, like me, followed an arts based route so it wasn't necessary, (RADA for example have no criteria for admission qualifications wise). If you wanted to be a brain surgeon however, you'd go the qualifications route and follow the curriculem.

[EDDIE51]

Not sure if it counts. But my Mum was a Qualified school teacher with specialisation in backward readers. She had taught me to read ,write and do simple maths before I started school !

[spathiphyllum]

I'd rather wit until an opportunity arose that i wanted than stroll down the wrong path trying to do something i wasn't passionate about.
I like gardening, it's relaxing and fairly easy. I wouldn't give it up for a job i didn't really really want.

Many people are indecisive Calico about what they wish to do for work or after uni. believe me it's not as easy as "just get on with it". I'd rather take my time over a choice than make the wrong one.

[Rockrose]

Eddie many parents do that and they are not teachers - its called being a parent!
I also believe it is discouraged these days as there is a specific way they wish to teach children to read!

[ladybirder]

Can you just imagine having to interview Spath for a job? To start he'll be telling you the job is being done the wrong way, and he knows better.
Have you ever been for a job interview Spath?

[youngmafbog]

"believe me it's not as easy as "just get on with it""

Do you think you are the first person to have the decision to make?

It really is - just get on with it.

[youngmafbog]

"ut if they were computer programmers they could do that easily around children."

Clearly not a computer programmer are you?

[Calicogirl]

I was reading well before four, kids learn naturally as you read to them anyway, if you read to them enough it's hard for them not to learn to read. x

[pastafreak]

I worked with a lady who home schooled both her children....they are in their 30's now. The son gained a PhD in, I believe, physics. The daughter is in law. Their mum must have done something right.
I do believe some sort of registration, and guidelines that follow the national curriculum are needed...allowing adapting for the child's individual interests and needs.

[youngmafbog]

I have no problem with home schooling but I do think it should be regulated and inspected. I also expect those home schooled to be monitored against a curriculum.

[spathiphyllum]

YMB, i am getting on with it in the sense, i'm doing something. But when you don't have a specific passion, it's hard to just find one and get on with it.

"Have you ever been for a job interview Spath?"

Yes.