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Check this out and vote:
Rumor has it he was supposed to air the show on
public/private/homeschooling Friday. I didn't watch, did anyone see? But here's a poll
they've set up - go here to vote which type of schooling is the
best...homeschooling is in the lead so far
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I saw the show, and was disappointed in the Philster. If they were for homeschooling he was really "grilling" them, but if they were against it, he was like "well ok". Like he had this husband and wife on there. There children weren't school age yet. She really felt strongly about homeschooling them, mainly for safety issues. Phil is like aren't you worried about all the stuff they'll miss out on, and aren't you afraid you won't be able to teach them certains things and all these questions about how they'll miss out on all this stuff. Then he turned to the father who was totally against his wife homeschooling and Phil says well she paints this peachy keen picture, what do you think. The father says well they'll miss out on all the IMPORTANT stuff like THEIR FIRST CRUSH ON TEACHER, and lists a couple of other things that had NOTHING to do with actual learning. Phil's like yeah. He didn't grill the father as to why he was so against it or anything. Now I don't know about you, but with all the stuff teachers are doing to kids (ie having sex with them, and other things you see daily on the news), I don't want my kid to be having a crush on a teacher. So anyways I was really disappointed in Phil.
Tonya
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Hard to believe since his own poll showed that homeschooling was the fav hands down he would grill em like that. BUT I have posted before on how the media portrays homeschoolers so I shouldn't be surprised!
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I am not a homeschooler, but I am not against homeschooling. I have friends that do it successfully and I have friends that do it unsuccessfully, in my opinion. I think homeschooling is a calling and, honestly, I do not have that calling at this time as we live in a great school system. If things changed or we moved or whatever, I would homeschool in a heartbeat for the betterment of my children's education.
BUT, I have noticed that my friends that do it unsuccessfully do it out of one thing above all others: FEAR. They fear for their children's safety or for their children being "hurt" or bullied, not to improve the quality of their education, not to allow them to learn things at a different pace, not to reinforce religious beliefs they feel are not in the public school system (all of which are good reasons in my opinion) but strictly out of fear for their children's safety. I think that is what Dr. Phil is pointing out to this lady. You can't protect your children from disease, you can't protect them from car accidents (well, to an extent, but you get the idea). To live in fear like that is not healthy for the family, the children OR the mother. I think that is what Dr. Phil is trying to say in what I read in this link. (I didn't see the show.) This is an extreme example of the desire to homeschool. For those of you that do it for other reasons, GREAT! I applaud you, but this one lady is not homeschooling for the right reasons in my opinion.
Honestly, I love Dr. Phil, but feel he could have picked a better example for his show on this one. I think she gives homeschoolers a bad name and is doing it for the wrong reasons. JMO
I am not trying to step on anybody's toes as I totally support homeschoolers right to educate their children, but there are extremes in homeschoolers as there are in traditional education systems as well.
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I don't really think the poll is very accurate. I am not opposed to homeschooling, it does need to be done correctly and for the right reasons, as Claire pointed out. Where you live also has a major bearing on whether homeschooling is appropriate or not. I have no issues with the public schools here. They are great, so I have no reason to look into private school or homeschooling. Other people do not have safe or good public schools. Personally, I would consider homeschooling as my very last resort, but that is just me. I fully support those who do it correctly, exposing their children to socialization experiences and such. Personally, my kids and I get tired of each other sometimes. I don't even think I am a good SAHM. (So I don't do it!)