Which is better Public or homeschool?

[Emily~Anne]

All the arguments I have heard in favor of public schooling, are based on the world's way of thinking. All the home school arguments I have heard are much more biblically based. Just an observation...

Shalom Emily Anne,

This is EXACTLY it. Public school is not G-d's design. When we send our children to be raised by the government, with no mention of G-d, no prayer, but full of indoctrinations of worldy, pagan ways, we will stand accountable to G-d.

Homeschooling a child in a Christian home IS the best option, as it is G-d's design.

In answer to the OP, your father is correct, public school is no place to send a precious Christian child. I will NEVER do it, L-rd willing. We've been homeschooling for 17 years and intend to keep on doing it.

And I have yet to have heard a single argument in favor of public schooling that can be backed up by scripture.

[backontrack]

On a side note.

For those that home-school, how do you deal with advanced subjects like Calculus, Trigonometry, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, as well as foreign languages?

I work in IT and deal with some facets of algebra all the time, but I can't imagine having to try and teach my kids advanced subjects like Calculus or Physics, and I like science. It just seems like that unless one was a scientist or a teacher trained in those areas, that it would be hard to be up to the task.

That would be why my children are in public school now...They got to be smarter than me so I had to turn them over to those who could properly teach them the fundimentals of those types of subjects. Goodness, I think they passed me up in 3rd grade, kids are so smart these days.

We tried the coop thing, no help there. Homeschool can get pretty expensive when you start with the distance learning, we figured why not just sent them to private school for what it was costing. So since we could afford neither...public school was God's calling, and it has worked out to be God's will for my children.

Praise the LORD for His leading...

Biblicist That would be why my children are in public school now

So would it not be worth fighting for putting more of God back in Public School or are your kids worth it?

Well, backontrack, since my children are Born Again Believers, as well as some of their teachers, I think that would be putting GOD back in the public schools. Wouldn't you? It starts in the HEART, doesn't it?

Many of their school friends have been to church with us...

That's fantastic and Praise God for that Biblicist but I see many who have not this environment and we need to fight for exactly what you speak of here. The masses in large schools suffer the most and need help now. Like I said earlier I think teaching 5 year olds that homosexually is normal and a good way to prevent babies is bizarre. Plus this birth control for 11 year old is way off track. It gets even worse as kids progress through the later years. So we must ask ourself should we become complacent of act! Our choice who is more important our kids or our complacency? Make our voice be heard loud and clear.

[EricH]

I frankly cannot understand why a Christian would send their children to a catholic school. Public school is bad enough with it's religion of secularism, humanism, evolution, promiscuity, language and the like. But catholic school is not an alternative, for you are then sending them to be taught by false religious teachers.

Homeschooling or private Christian school are the only options, especially when children are young. We are told to train them, guard them, and protect them; not allow them to be influenced by the world and it's sin and lusts.

WHen attending a catholic school as a protestant you are not required to attend the religious education classes.

[kat8585]

Not to get off topic, but I've seen a lot on this board about Catholic beliefs, by Catholics. I didn't know it wasn't allowed. Why isn't it?

[forrestkc]

Proverbs 22:6 Train a child up in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Find me a verse that says as long as we teach them the commands of God's in the leftover hours public school leaves us, he will no depart from it during the hours while he is away?

You can do that either way. Do you honestly believe that kids back then stayed by their parents side all day long every day? They had child labor in society back then. Unless you were a member of nobility, your kids worked 12 hours a day or more 6 days a week. Moreover, their parents worked 12 or more hours a day 6 days a week. We have far more time with our kids today than people ever have before. This whole notion of a mother staying home with the kids while the father goes to a 9 to 5 job Monday through Friday is a 20th Century invention.

We have a 4 year, and a 7 year old. Our 7 year old attends public school. Now I suppose that you might think we don't do anything with him because we are letting the "government raise him". However, if that is what you think, you would be wrong. There is not a weekend that goes by that our kids do not go on a hike or fishing or something of that nature. We go to museums, zoos, department of conservation offices, cultural events, historical sites, art fairs, and do various other enrichment activities all the time. Our son, at age 7, has been on wilderness canoe trips, wilderness backpacking trips, has been to several states, and has spent 2 weeks in China with us.

The key to raising good kids that are grounded in faith, and have a thirst for knowledge is not home schooling, or sending them to public school, or to private school. Instead, its taking a genuine interest in their education, moral, and ethical development. Thats the key. The responsibility of parenthood is indescribably immense when one thinks about the kind of influence that you have over kids in their formative years. You can do a wonderful job, or a terrible job regardless of where they go to school.

[Emily~Anne]

Maybe some of you need to take it up with a mod? Please stay on topic. Thank you.

[Vickilynn]

Your hatred for the public school system runs pretty deep doesn't it?

Shalom,

About as deep as your obvious disdain for Christian homeschoolers.

BTW your comment is totally uncalled for. You disagree with Emily Anne? Fine, discuss the issues please.

[backontrack]

I think they tried to play off the catholic thing as much as possible to get the thread closed.

Hmmm, didn't someone say something about children being meaner than adults?

This is good that this subject is being discussed I am so happy. This could be a start of something big and oh God maybe we could make a difference somehow in this awful mess we let slip through our fingers, and maybe just maybe we can come up with a really great offence to reverse the lack of you oh God in our public Schools .

[Emily~Anne]

I think they tried to play off the catholic thing as much as possible to get the thread closed.

Hmmm, didn't someone say something about children being meaner than adults?

I encountered far far worse in public schools. Wow huh?

[Vickilynn]

Shalom,

Back to TOPIC.

G-d is first and foremost in Christian homeschool. THIS is His design for our children's education.

Homeschoolers CONSISTENTLY score higher on standardized tests than their public school countgerparts.

It is not expensive to homeschool.

There are many many resources available to help the parents homeschool, even if they think they are not qualified. They are MORE qualified to teach their own children Christian education, than a stranger, Christian or not.

The classrooms are smaller, with a better teacher to student ratio.

We don't have Snow days or Teacher Work Days in homeschool.

We DO have time to be together learning G-d's Word, living it and sharing what we learn.

We have more time to do extra things, such as Christian Karate, Girl Scouts, music lessons, etc.

We never have to worry about someone at school molesting our children, (watch the news, TEACHERS are molesting students!!), selling them drugs, beating them up, teaching them wrong things about G-d and life.

We never have to worry that our children will be in a public school shooting.

When we moved across the country, we took our school with us.