Why I am a HOME SCHOOLING working mom!

K12 INC : Peterson Young Putra Files Amended Complaint Against K12 Seeking Rescission


[link to www.4-traders.com]



oh dear, k12 is in financial trouble. new marketing strategies are needed.

None.

"K12 education options include:
· Full-time, tuition-free online public schooling available in many states.
· An accredited online private school available worldwide, full- and part-time.
· Over 200 courses, including AP and world languages, for direct purchase."

Most people in the US do not need to purchase the regular curriculum, only the AP courses. That has been my expereince, anyway through the WYVA.

If you are in the UK, why do you care about US education? Or are you on a proxy for a reason?

Last Edited by emerald eye on 09/30/2011 03:43 PM

Homeschool doesn't mean lack of social contact - it just means a higher-class of people that the child is in contact with.

so it's a class thingy?

I'm not sure if your trolling or have mild retardation but k12 is Kindergarden through 12th grade in the US.

Thanks, so true. Also, to the person who mentioned "girlfriends", my son is only 11. When he gets old enough to have girlfriends, he will meet plenty of girls through other activities or on his own.

As opposed to white trash and 'hood rats who don't want to learn and are disruptive to the class......yes, it is.

I homeschooled my special needs son for 6 years. He sat in a public school classroom watching cartoons all the time and wasn't learning anything at all. I KNEW he could learn but needed someone to actually spend time with him giving directions and showing him how to do things. He is 21 now and is taking an Adult Basic Skills class through the Community College in our area. I am not putting myself on a pedistle but know I at least gave him more than they ever did. I commend anyone who takes this responsibility on. Good on ya, OP!

retarded? try the link, it's a business, selling courses for that age-group.

deceiving web address i agree.

I am not sure why almost all of the negative comments are from outside the US (by country flag anyway)...since this thread pertains only to the US school system and alternatives.

There's keystone (expensive books) or bob jones or any number of other courses.

well i am sure we will find a nice cubicle for all the high-classers , to quietly do the work needed to keep america going!

all the comments you describe as negative are from the same poster, me.

and what has my current geographical location, correct or otherwise, got to do with what i am pointing out?

alternatives?


ah there we are, one minute later you posted them as ac, well done.

because in our countries if the public school is not doing it the way it should be done we stand up and fight for betterence not recede to our own fairy land

shall we have links?

I'll get some links, hold on........

no, all schools across the world are brainwashing factories, and are slowly morphing into prison grade secure buildings too.

staffed by cretins spawned from the same system.

well seems you have escaped it so there is hope, no?

I use this system for my three kids and would never turn back. It is public school and I pay nothing! it is cheaper than attending a live school as well wthout all the nonsense the are trying to feed them.

The school sends you a computer and all of the supplies. They have the opportunity to keep going with work so they are not held back by slower children. My k-student is in 2nd grade math! If they get bored in a traditional school, they act out, and the teachers just don't care anymore. More parents should consider this! They get plenty of interaction from kids and learn what they should be at home.(which is no longer teached in traditional schools)

Homeschooling IS our way of standing up and fighting the system.
Anywhere from 3-6% of Americans are homeschooling, and the number is growing every year. It's not a fairy land, it's just a life where I don't have to worry if my kid is going to be shot or stabbed at school, or if his peers in middle school are going to get him to try drugs. I also don't have to worry if he's going to come home one day and tell me he got his 12 yr old classmate pregnant. That's the reality of public education in my country. And on top of all of that, they don't teach the kids much of anything, and it doesn't matter if I go to every single PTA meeting, it won't change. So I simply changed what reality I chose to raise my children in.

Alpha Omega



home schooling curriculum

You know - I went to school with an exchange student from Switzerland. Her parents sent her to the US for one school year. They DEMANDED that she not be placed in the public school system and they paid extra for her to go to a private school while here. This was 25 years ago. The schools have gotten even worse since then. Oh, and when she got here, she ended up being placed in 10th grade instead of the 11th grade she should have been in because she was not able to do the work. The little Swiss Miss, an exceptional student at her Swiss school, was behind when she got to the US.

One of the really nice things about the program that we are doing, is that it allows your child to work at his or her own rate. For instance, my child requires a little more time with math than some of his other subjects. Also some children are easily distracted and placing them in a more serene environment can help them to concentrate better. Your child is very fortunate that you took the initiative to recognize that he learned in a slightly different way, and took steps to facilitate that learning.

do you wonder if by signing onto one of these virtual academies that you are being put on a list of people that CPS will later harass for homeschooling?

either way, cheers for thinking things through and not being another dummy parent who just lets the state raise their kid.

kudos! (and some karma ;]

Last Edited by SiNDADDY™ on 09/30/2011 04:05 PM

Also, just because we use the K-12 program doesn't mean that there are not some other great programs out there to choose from.

KC Distance Learning OWNS Keystone:

[link to kcdistancelearning.com]

and Bob Jones Press pints the books for both.

[link to www.bjupresshomeschool.com]


i will keep looking, but i suspect KC Distance Learning is a shell for Bob Jones to avoid the religious overtones.


The BJU creed was written in 1927 by journalist and prohibitionist Sam Small. Students and faculty recite it four days a week at chapel services.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]



so, smiley lady, fuck you.

Well temporarily it might seem like your fighting for better , and I spent 3 years in American public schools so I understand it a bit, but in the long run it only erodes the system even more and the “public” that is the not yet born neighbors of yours, will only encounter a worsening system

Thanks,

I have wondered that, but I figure that I am probably already on all of "their" lists. Maybe just by posting on GLP.
Anway, if I am on a list, all I can say is "bring it"

indeed, i escaped completely by 14, after 2-3 years of 80% non-attendance.

thats why i see through this crap advertisement.