I used to sell books to homeschooling parents and I still shudder some times. It seems like the least capable people were trying to do their own education.
I had one even ask “Where are the books on government weather control?” and I was like “You mean seeding rain clouds?” (which is actual science) and, no, they were adamant that the government was out creating or dispersing hurricanes and tornadoes…
I don’t think I’m especially crazy or highly ignorant (but who knows?) and yet I still had a ton of trouble doing virtual (not even solo homeschooling) schooling with my daughter at the height of COVID. She did see a teacher on video chat for 90 minutes a day, but the rest was up to me.
I’m not a teacher. I know nothing about pedagogy. Being able to do fourth grade math and being able to teach a fourth grader how to do fourth grade math are very, very different things. I don’t think my experience was especially unique in that regard, I just think a lot of homeschooling parents suck at what they’re doing with their kids. And, based on a lot of the homeschooled kids I’ve met, that bears out.
Yes, there are some homeschooled kids that do well. They’re the minority.
I used to sell books to homeschooling parents and I still shudder some times. It seems like the least capable people were trying to do their own education.
I had one even ask “Where are the books on government weather control?” and I was like “You mean seeding rain clouds?” (which is actual science) and, no, they were adamant that the government was out creating or dispersing hurricanes and tornadoes…
I don’t think I’m especially crazy or highly ignorant (but who knows?) and yet I still had a ton of trouble doing virtual (not even solo homeschooling) schooling with my daughter at the height of COVID. She did see a teacher on video chat for 90 minutes a day, but the rest was up to me.
I’m not a teacher. I know nothing about pedagogy. Being able to do fourth grade math and being able to teach a fourth grader how to do fourth grade math are very, very different things. I don’t think my experience was especially unique in that regard, I just think a lot of homeschooling parents suck at what they’re doing with their kids. And, based on a lot of the homeschooled kids I’ve met, that bears out.
Yes, there are some homeschooled kids that do well. They’re the minority.
Well is the goal of these parents actually to educate their children, or to prevent them from learning certain things?
Is that picture using an A10 to do it? That seems like an odd choice.
May be a holdover from the old “Thunderhog” proposal?
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/23088/the-tragic-tale-of-the-a-10-thunderhog-storm-chasing-jet