Which is better Public or homeschool?

[KeilanS]

Ok now honestly though, in elementary school, what "lies" are they going to be taught in public school?

Oh, the one about homosexuality being perfectly normal comes to mind...

The issue does not even come up though. I mean come on, yes, if Sally has two mommies, and this comes up in her class, then the teacher is probably going to say that some kids do have two mommies or two daddies. Thats not indoctrination though, thats just dealing with the reality of the world we live where that is the case sometimes.

That said, I certainly have never seen that kind of a message in our son's decodeables or in his math homework. As far as evolution science goes, which seems to be the biggest opposition some people have to public and private schools, that does not even come up as part of the curriculum until at least Junior High when they start taking biology.

Well, maybe the public schools aren't that bad, I'm Canadian and I plan to stay Canadian, so I really don't have to worry about it. I just don't want to send a child to a school were homosexuality is considered and said regularly to be perfectly normal.

As for evolution, I'm not too worried. I will tell my child about the debate and hope they can make the decision on their own. The world accepts evolution as fact, and I for one am glad to have a basic knowledge of it (that I got in school) whether I believe it is true or not.

[forrestkc]

Generalizations are definitely bad. For example, some people say that they are trying to keep God out of public schools. However, they fail to realize that the FCA at most public high schools has a prayer meeting out by the flag pole every morning.

Your kid will get a great eduction from a good Public School.

Your kid will get a great education from a good Private School.

If you do a good job home schooling your kids, they will get a good education that way.

Conversely, if your kids are stuck in some failing inner city public school, they are not going to get a good education.

If you put them in a poorly ran private school, they are not going to get a good education.

If you do not do a good job home schooling your kids, they are not going to get a good education.

That all said, if you ask me, the worst possible reason to pull a child out of an otherwise good performing school system is to shelter them from ideas. For one, you can't shelter them forever, and once they go on to college, they will get exposed to diverse viewpoints anyway. Secondly, you're doing so under the assumption that you're right about everything, and everyone else is wrong about everything, which you can bet a paycheck on anyone who takes such a point of view being wrong. Finally, kids are smarter than we give them credit for being, and if something is a load of crap, they are probably going to see it for what it is.

[Iryssa]

Generalizations are definitely bad. For example, some people say that they are trying to keep God out of public schools. However, they fail to realize that the FCA at most public high schools has a prayer meeting out by the flag pole every morning.

Your kid will get a great eduction from a good Public School.

Your kid will get a great education from a good Private School.

If you do a good job home schooling your kids, they will get a good education that way.

Conversely, if your kids are stuck in some failing inner city public school, they are not going to get a good education.

If you put them in a poorly ran private school, they are not going to get a good education.

If you do not do a good job home schooling your kids, they are not going to get a good education.

That all said, if you ask me, the worst possible reason to pull a child out of an otherwise good performing school system is to shelter them from ideas. For one, you can't shelter them forever, and once they go on to college, they will get exposed to diverse viewpoints anyway. Secondly, your doing so under the assumption that your right about everything, and everyone else is wrong about everything, which you can bet a paycheck on anyone who takes such a point of view being wrong. Finally, kids are smarter than we give them credit for being, and if something is a load of crap, they are probably going to see it for what it is.

*standing ovation*

[KeilanS]

I wouldn't assume I'm right about everything, but I'm pretty sure that homosexuality is wrong (the Bible is kind of clear on that).

And I'm fine with diverse viewpoints, just not when a child is young and very impressionable.

[AnotherTraveler]

That's a very unfortunate experience...however, not all Catholic schools are like that.

I am sure that not all Catholic schools are like that, however, when considering the education of children, I tend to observe the old "where there is smoke there is fire" rule.

Consider...

Which church has had hundreds if not thousands of acknowledged instances of ministry sexual abuse of children? well, we don't do that anymore.

Which church has an acknowledged history of abusing students in their care (not related to sexual abuse)? well, we don't do that anymore.

Which church has an acknowledged history of torturing anyone that disagrees with their teachings? well, we don't do that anymore.

Which church has acknowledged murdering thousands if not millions over the years for various reasons? well, we don't do that anymore.

If the KKK had excellent teachers, would you send your child to KKK school?

Oddly, the KKK are STILL dispised (and they should be), but the Catholic church just keeps on keeping on, without regard to what it DOES.

[forrestkc]

If the KKK had excellent teachers, would you send your child to KKK school?

Oddly, the KKK are STILL dispised (and they should be), but the Catholic church just keeps on keeping on, without regard to what it DOES.

I think its rather uncalled for to compare the Catholic Church and thus half of the world's Christians to the KKK, but if you want to do so, we probably should start another thread for it.

[AnotherTraveler]

I think its rather uncalled for to compare the Catholic Church and thus half of the world's Christians to the KKK, but if you want to do so, we probably should start another thread for it.

Sorry, I am refering to a system, NOT the people in the system. However, you are right, this is not for this threadline.

[Emily~Anne]

Parents provide the best socialization. You do not have to be the same age as your child to teach social skills. As a matter of fact, adults are better behaved than children, and it shows when children get too much of their 'socialization' from same age peers. There's a time and place for same age peers, but it is humongously overrated and vastly overdone.

Do your best in training your children up in the way they should go and teach them God's commands every chance you get, and when they are OLD (as in grown or at least teens), they will not depart from it.

To say it is wrong to shield our children when they are young because when they are older they will hear about it anyways is a hugely ungodly concept. I want my children to hear about homosexuality, evolution, etc. from ME and my husband and I want all they learn to be as much as possible based on God's word and NOT from the humanistic viewpoint taught in public schools.

By the way, I also went to public school and turned out just fine. I was also beaten to the point of broken bones, molested as a child, and spent the first year of my life in a garage, but I sure as heck am not going to subject my children to those things either wether or not I turned out fine!

[backontrack]

My dad's opinion is that homeschool is better, because there are alot of bad habbits floating around the public schools. Not only that, they're taking God out of the Public school curiculums and people in homeschool have the teachers whole attention, while public schoolers only get a few minutes to understand something in school. Reply with your own opinions, please.

Show me a way to home school all the children who want to op out and I will join in with all my effort. I am concerned about those who either can't for various reasons which are many. These poor children need help now not tomorrow!

[Emily~Anne]

My dad's opinion is that homeschool is better, because there are alot of bad habbits floating around the public schools. Not only that, they're taking God out of the Public school curiculums and people in homeschool have the teachers whole attention, while public schoolers only get a few minutes to understand something in school. Reply with your own opinions, please.

Show me a way to home school all the children who want to op out and I will join in with all my effort. I am concerned about those who either can't for various reasons which are many. These poor children need help now not tomorrow!

I dont believe God wants us to sacrifice our own children in the name of helping others. We are entrusted with a very important responsibility when God blesses us with children. It's fine to help public schools, but not by putting our children in them. For now we can invite neighborhood children and such to church, AWANA, and etc. and we can invite them to family devotion time. But, you have to realize though, these children have parents who may very highly object.

Our own children need to be our first responsibility.