tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post2423719369209842340..comments2023-04-29T04:48:18.973-07:00Comments on Theodosia and the Pirates: Do You Have to Be at Home to Homeschool?Aya Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-36438045802309802022015-04-04T19:54:31.206-07:002015-04-04T19:54:31.206-07:00Yes, that does seem to be the case, Julia, and it ...Yes, that does seem to be the case, Julia, and it is hard on everyone. Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-78845636958097720952015-04-04T19:37:17.194-07:002015-04-04T19:37:17.194-07:00Sorry I mean public schoolers and home schoolers a...Sorry I mean public schoolers and home schoolers alike seem to be micromanaged here.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-21627829989552089302015-04-04T19:31:26.554-07:002015-04-04T19:31:26.554-07:00I seems all the behavior of kids is micromanaged t...I seems all the behavior of kids is micromanaged these days. I have seen teachers and home schoolers alike scolded for they way they hold their pencils. When I was in school they just wanted us to write, and no one was scolded for how they held a pencil. We all remember one teacher my sister had who constantly was micromanaging the kids by telling them how to sit in their chairs. I think that would get exhausting after awhile.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-3569766028932551022015-04-04T18:44:05.723-07:002015-04-04T18:44:05.723-07:00I especially regretted not getting to Northwestern...I especially regretted not getting to Northwestern at the time, but over the years I have realized that actually I did exactly what I was supposed to do. There are many positive things that never would have happened if I had gone to Northwestern, and I don't sit around and wonder what would have happened if I had chosen the untraveled road.Ozarklorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348265376584155745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-70677017335112839282015-04-04T13:41:04.450-07:002015-04-04T13:41:04.450-07:00It's too bad you could not go to Northwestern ...It's too bad you could not go to Northwestern due to the cost factor. I am sure that would have opened whole new vistas for you. Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-41490837046277012862015-04-04T12:46:31.956-07:002015-04-04T12:46:31.956-07:00Hi Aya, well the town I am at is a rural community...Hi Aya, well the town I am at is a rural community which has never had much funding for advanced studies. There wasn't even a gifted and talented program until a few years after I had graduated. There is a local junior college which I attended for two years on a free scholarship, and then I went to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for my final two years to get an English/Journalism degree. I had been accepted to both the University of Kansas and Northwestern University, but couldn't go to either due to lack of funds for tuition and costs. My original intention was to become a cinematographer but that changed since I could not go to any school which offered film courses.<br />Ozarklorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348265376584155745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-53618866841767182972015-04-04T11:38:32.861-07:002015-04-04T11:38:32.861-07:00Hi, Pam. It sounds as if you were a precocious rea...Hi, Pam. It sounds as if you were a precocious reader and possibly hyperlexic. It's too bad the school system let you down. You probably would have made much bigger strides at home. I think mandatory education laws do not actually foster a better education than people would get if left to their own devices. When I was homeschooled, we were not absolutely sure whether it was legal or not, though my father did study the education code in force at the time. There was a provision in the Texas law that said "kindness to animals" had to be part of the curriculum, so whenever we took a break from more serious studies and played with the dog that was termed our "kindness to animals" lesson. Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-90893151298602082692015-04-04T10:28:08.253-07:002015-04-04T10:28:08.253-07:00Very interesting. When I was a child, there was no...Very interesting. When I was a child, there was no one in my area who was allowed to be home schooled. It was compulsory to attend school to age 16. and parents could receive fines if they did not get their child to school. There also were limitations on how many days a child could miss each quarter for being sick, which I thought very unfair, as no one could help being sick. I really didn't learn much in school that was useful later, except for English grammar. I despised math, because the math teachers had their pets and ignored those of us who weren't skilled in it. I utilized my biggest skill, reading, to expand my education beyond the public school system. I liked art class, but did not have great teachers there, either, so my artistic endeavors sort of died in early college years. I did like my Spanish language classes even though the teacher was quite bland. History and government classes were a total waste, they were always taught by football coaches who of course had other things on their minds. I wanted to take Latin in high school, but a couple of years before I got there, they took it off the curriculum. My mother was the one who taught me how to read when I was very little, before kindergarten. By the time I was 7 I could read at a eighth grade level, so of course was quite bored by the assignments of reading Dick and Jane books.Ozarklorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348265376584155745noreply@blogger.com