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What do you think of home schooling?

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nanna8 Sun 28-Aug-22 09:21:46

It is becoming increasingly popular here. Apparently approximately 28,500 pupils are homeschooled and the rate is rising. Discounting those who have to because of vast distances to schools, what are your opinions on this? I know several who have been home schooled and they do seem to do quite well intellectually but I would worry that they are not involved in social and community activities like sporting teams etc. Plus they only meet people of similar mindset ( usually various forms of Christianity round here ). Maybe I’m wrong and pre judging. I have a friend who homeschooled her children and they in turn are doing the same with her grandchildren.

JackyB Sun 28-Aug-22 21:17:45

In Germany it's not allowed at all. A punishable offence. However, during lockdown schools were shut completely and we took in our eldest grandson and did his school work with him. We had a zoom meeting every morning with our grandson's teacher and the rest of the class ( half the class, as it was more easily manageable). We were all given instructions on what exercises to do that day. He was in his first year so we were teaching him the basic letters and simple addition. DH is a retired teacher and he came into his own in the situation.

Our son and his wife wouldn't have been able to do this as they were both WFH. The other grandparents looked after the two-year-old.

It was great fun while it lasted but we couldn't have kept it up for long.