originally posted 28 OCT 2014
Our children have experienced various types of schooling. They've
been in public school, private school and homeschool. Why so many
schools? With my husband's job, we move every so often.
Before each school year, we ask each child what they would like to do that year. Would they like to attend traditional school?
For the last few years, both kids have chosen homeschooling.
My son chooses homeschooling because he doesn't like to be held back.
When he went back to school in fourth and fifth grade after
homeschooling for a couple years, he complained about all the time
wasted. With homeschooling, he does move through curriculum more quickly
and now as a Junior in high school, he attends the local community
college for his classes (still considered a homeschooler though).
My daughter has dyslexia. School was painful for her. She takes a bit
longer to process information and with her IEP, she was pulled out of
classes for tests and certain assignments. She struggled to keep up and,
not only was she in the lowest reading group, she was the lowest in her
group. Her grades were low and her self esteem was lower. She has
homeschooled since second grade and on her fifth grade standardized
testing last year, her overall score was ninth grade and every score was
above a sixth grade level. More importantly, she is such a happy child
now.
She is also my social butterfly. She loves her friends and she loves
having a lot of friends. Her biggest reason for not wanting to go back
to traditional school is that she wouldn't have as many friends and get
to do as much with her friends. She has a point. In school, kids may
have a close friend or two but they are stuck with the same small group
day after day. I've shared before that, if anything, the over
socialization in homeschooling is killing me.
Both kids are happiest homeschooling. My son will be off to a
four-year school all too soon and will finish out his high school years
in community college but, if my daughter ever wants to try traditional
school again, she'll have our full support.
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