Quote:I would bet there is a lot of this in home schooled kids, but I also believe there are some that do well...I personally know a family that home schooled 3 of their kids and they did very well on the state tests and all went on to college...While I believe you are correct in your statements, it's only fair to assume there are also good results as well...I know you didn't claim there weren't, which brings me to wonder what the percentage of home schooled kids finish higher than traditionally schooled students, and how many are subpar...That would be an interesting statistic...I would think the likelihood of being above traditionally schooled students would depend on the method used by the parent

I think a great deal of the success or failure of home schooled kids lies in WHO is teaching them specifically and the environment in which they're being taught. 

 

I know many home schooled kids who made excellent grades, passed all of the tests and have gone on to college so do awesome there as well. 

 

I also know some home schooled kids who are barely hanging on and are really struggling. My husband's niece was home schooled for a couple of years until my mother-in-law was not able to understand enough of what was required to keep teaching her so the niece when back to public school. She's now in the 10th grade and is doing well. Actually she's ahead of her classmates in most subjects.

 

My cousin and his wife have 4 rambunctious kids under the age of 11. They're not bad, just kids and all very kid-like. She's trying to home school them all but it's a very chaotic atmosphere and they're all failing at the basic level, or just passing enough to 'pass'. I don't know at what point my aunt and uncle or her parents step in and say, 'enough is enough', but I wish they would because good intentions are doing those kids no favors and that will translate to the workforce and family life when they become of age. The sad thing is, they are really smart kids with what they do know and all have such good attitudes about things in life but my cousin's insistence in his wife HS them is going to ruin them. I know my aunt and uncle and her parents have voices their concerns, but no one has really pushed the issue. They live down there in FL and I don't know enough about it to be able to make a solid case or I would have already. 

 

I'm a statistic, if you will, of what it's like to be pushed through school and graduating without ever having really grasped a lot of stuff and it sucks. I didn't know any better to speak up because I was just a kid and as long as I was passing classes everybody was okay with it. It's a crappy thing to do to a kid, giving them a subpar education. It's also crappy to ignore the fact that your kid has a disorder, in my case ADD, just to save face. My parents didn't do that because back in the 80's stuff like that just wasn't known about so it was never a thought in our minds, but I know parents now who DO have that information and still let their kids suffer because they don't want to admit there's an issue with Perfect Little Sally thinking it's a reflection on their parenting skills. 

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