tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post5996619004937915790..comments2023-11-02T03:10:39.674-07:00Comments on GeeeeeZ!: Maturity beyond her years.........Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-81666000161890893072014-06-02T14:29:10.487-07:002014-06-02T14:29:10.487-07:00Virginia does not require that homeschool teachers...Virginia does not require that homeschool teachers be certified by the state.<br /><br />I hold a business license from the county as an itinerant teacher (piano and school subjects). I've had such a license since 1972 because of teaching piano lessons.<br /><br />The homeschool group with which I work is unique in that we are not a full-service group nor are we under the aegis of a church. Rather, I am often the only teacher offering classes to our group!<br /><br />Most homeschool networks that I know of will not contract for a teacher unless that teacher has prior teaching experience or some other experiences which are considered important -- that latter indicating to parents that the proposed teachers can do a better job of teaching particular subjects than the parents themselves can.<br /><br /><a href="http://chessclasses.org/" rel="nofollow">Chess</a> is another homeschool group in this area. Again, not the group with whom I work. The Chess teacher bios are <a href="http://chessclasses.org/teacher-biographies/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Harvester Teaching Services -- not the group with whom I work -- has a large homeschool operation. The organization's home page is <a href="http://www.htslink.org/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br /><br />See the Harvester teacher bios <a href="http://www.htslink.org/bios" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Hope that the above answers your questions.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-27542101184380584482014-06-02T11:16:04.871-07:002014-06-02T11:16:04.871-07:00AOW, some of us forget your type of 'home scho...AOW, some of us forget your type of 'home schooling'...which I'm hoping is going to grow and grow.<br /><br />By the way, what kind of certifications does one need to open a business like that? <br />I'd love to tutor but am not a MATH or SCIENCE person. And I'm looking to start a new business.<br />I do NOT have a teaching certificate nor much experience but I'm passionate, enthusiastic and a very good editor and know history....<br />just a thought.<br /><br />So prep schools are about $10K MORE than Christian private schools...well, I suppose it's different for each school.<br />Our is $18K but, as I've mentioned before, not enough pay that :-) Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-27516414032520612242014-06-01T03:45:45.607-07:002014-06-01T03:45:45.607-07:0018k a year in this area is a bargain basement pric...18k a year in this area is a bargain basement price for private education.<br /><br />Please take a look at <a href="http://www.fairfaxchristianschool.com/admissions/tuition/index.html" rel="nofollow">this schedule of fees</a> (private Christian school). Also take a look at <a href="http://www.flinthill.org/admission/tuition/" rel="nofollow">this one</a> (private prep school).Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-78208458420461893032014-06-01T03:33:54.856-07:002014-06-01T03:33:54.856-07:00Homeschooling comes in different forms. Yes, pare...Homeschooling comes in different forms. Yes, parents do teach their children at home -- particularly in the early grades (K through 3). However, by 4th grade, the homeschoolers whom I know contract out to private teachers who run classes. So, in that respect, some homeschool groups are actually more like private schools than anything else. Class sizes range from 4 students to 20 students.<br /><br />When homeschooled students reach the 11th grade here, they can dual enroll -- that is, attend both homeschool classes and classes at the community college.<br /><br />In fact, one of our 2010 graduates a few years ago was never taught at home by his parents. He attended a private elementary school and later, at the 7th grade level, enrolled in homeschool groups (more than one at a time so as to select particular subjects), and at the 11th grade level, added courses from the community college. He also played basketball on a homeschool basketball team which played against various private schools and other homeschool groups. He is now about to graduate from UVA. The pattern that I'm describing is typical of the homeschoolers with whom I work.<br /><br />Education comes in all shapes and sizes, you know. The traditional, one-grade-per-classroom school is a relatively recent development. In essence, our Founders were homeschooled, you know.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-3820779104842682592014-05-31T20:30:30.826-07:002014-05-31T20:30:30.826-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-60597336944863024932014-05-31T20:27:56.576-07:002014-05-31T20:27:56.576-07:00it's all about parents.
We have tons of divor...it's all about parents. <br />We have tons of divorced families at school and at least one parent is always very involved. Sometimes both, but I don't see both very involved very often, sadly.<br /><br />We have the son of a film writer who's made HUGE films I can't mention and is one of the nicest guys you could ever meet...and there are kids from homes that make so little money I can't imagine how they survive.<br />Those two kids are often best friends.<br /><br />I'd go as far as to say it's ONLY about the parents. I don't care how good a school is, they need parental motivation, caring, affection, encouragement..<br /><br />I've heard of schools here in L.A. that just can't cut it financially and the parents chip in and actually clean the bathrooms and buy computers for the kids. <br />I've heard of schools here in L.A. where you can't go near them for the disrepair and lack of ANYTHING. (they get money, but where's it go? and the kids have no respect and treat everything like trash).<br />From which school do you all think the kids are going to thrive?<br /><br />I talk to quite a few parents in the course of a day and I have to say that White or Black or Hispanic or Asian, it makes NO DIFFERENCE the ethnicity....no particular ethnicity cares more for its child than another....not at our school.<br /><br /><br />Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-83065669904706522712014-05-31T19:57:30.255-07:002014-05-31T19:57:30.255-07:00CI, Good point. If a parent is willing to pay 18k...CI, Good point. If a parent is willing to pay 18k a year, or some portion of that as Z says they all don't pay the full bill, then they've taken an active interest and will no doubt be motivating their kids at home as well.<br /><br />My bosses wife is a grade school teacher in Cincinnati, and has worked in good and bad/low income areas. Certainly in the low income areas, the kids come to first grade and don't know anything, 123, abc, colors, Nothing.<br />Where public schools aren't as bad, I'd assume there is some parental participation going on.<br /><br />In the 1960's we learned much more than today and still even then some of it was just absurd. I cam away from grade school knowing nothing more about George Washington than he chopped down a cherry tree and told the truth. Catholic grade school.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-65807498259145178342014-05-31T19:40:21.163-07:002014-05-31T19:40:21.163-07:00Article on home schooling, pros and cons.
http://...Article on home schooling, pros and cons.<br /><br />http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/home-schooling/Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665311979954859271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-84528312999081989012014-05-31T19:38:49.882-07:002014-05-31T19:38:49.882-07:00By the way, this dovetails perfectly with what wil...By the way, this dovetails perfectly with what will become of health care in America under obammycare.<br /><br />Service will devolve on par with what's going in in education, doctors will end up unionized and uncaring, and incompetent.<br />People who can aford it will be paying he tax to support this gross abuse of the population while also paying seperately for actual health care from doctor groups of some outside obammycare.<br /><br />In effect, this is mainly what's happening in Canada now. All are paying for government HC, and those who can afford have seperate HC plans to actually get the HC.<br />Man I hate libtards.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-64395537696790044592014-05-31T19:34:33.535-07:002014-05-31T19:34:33.535-07:00Z - It should be a foregone conclusion that the s...Z - It should be a foregone conclusion that the students you reference, as well as the many others who fit the same mold, come primarily from homes where the parent[s] take an active interest in their kids education, work with them outside of school to nurture their creativity and curiosity, and hold them to standards.....regardless of race or economic class.<br /><br />It's a shame that we see more products of those parent[s] who don't participate in the above.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-75609768280521829982014-05-31T19:34:11.741-07:002014-05-31T19:34:11.741-07:00Good to hear Z. I have to say that at 18k a year,...Good to hear Z. I have to say that at 18k a year, they are paying less than what taxpayers are paying per child for a kid to go to one of our jimmy carter created, libtard supported, union run down and theft extravaganza public hellholes.<br /><br />This is what federal government administration of anything amounts to.<br /><br />Recently, the actor richard dryfuss said that at 40 Billion, if even only one child was helped it was worth it. 40 Billion. And you know 40 billion isn't the real number anyway. Much higher.<br /><br />All you need to know about the libtard driving forces behind supporting a public school system that has devolved into crime and drug infested, no education, communist indoctrination center hellholes at best.<br />I have to say that I think a large percentage of parents were and are responsible for making and allowing this to happen. It's all bad.<br /><br />Man I hate libtards.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-37877034213981135702014-05-31T19:25:03.421-07:002014-05-31T19:25:03.421-07:00Ducky - Home schooling shouldn't have to repla...Ducky - Home schooling shouldn't have to replace public schools....but for many it's a necessity to ensure our children receive an education that prepare them to succeed, not merely join the masses.<br /><br />And I didn't mention unions....I mentioned the top heavy administration bureaucracy and general sinkhole of tax dollars. I'd appreciate it if you didn't presume what it 'was all about' for me. I could care less if teachers unionize [voluntarily].Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-8635038918049916092014-05-31T19:06:00.172-07:002014-05-31T19:06:00.172-07:00CI, I am not aware of any stats on home schooling....CI, I am not aware of any stats on home schooling. I suspect achievement is pretty good but I don't see any way it can substantially replace public schools.<br /><br />Parochial schools in the Boston area have NOT performed significantly better than public schools despite having the advantage of being selective.<br /><br />I'm not opposed to private schools. i pay the tuition for a Montessori school for my grand niece. She is thriving despite being surrounded by radical family.<br /><br />But why not admit that what you want is to break those nasty unions. That's what it's all about. <br />Kudos to RN's sister for sticking with a tough job that gets little of the respect it deserves. Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-23542190305961487022014-05-31T18:51:50.175-07:002014-05-31T18:51:50.175-07:00I just deleted two long comments I made...
Then I...I just deleted two long comments I made... <br />Then I thought this piece was totally anecdotal, clearly stated, and meant to arouse a really lovely awareness that young students can actually realize what gifts they've been given...and if some can't take that in...how can I change that?! :-)<br /> And do I care to? Not much, no.<br /><br />I want to tell whoever mentioned a sister teaches and isn't aware of problems like philosophy not being taught, and dope dealt in schools, that maybe that teacher needs to pay a bit more attention.<br />We can't make things better without that.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-30929543602055824082014-05-31T17:36:42.057-07:002014-05-31T17:36:42.057-07:00Anon - "...there's always those who can n...Anon - "...there's always those who can never make up their mind or take a stance on anything. Over thinking everything into meaningless blather and an inability to act."<br /><br />Those people certainly do exist, just as do those who reflexively take the politically correct position demanded by their party affiliation. But that clearly was not what I was referring to. Taking an alternative position to 'us' v. 'them' is no less taking a stand or acting. A citizen has every right to be self limiting in their policy assessments...but they deserve the political paradigm we see now.<br /><br />"When voting...do you get to vote for 3 or more? Or one?" <br /><br />Are you confusing a vote selection, or the choices one has prior to pulling the lever?<br /><br />Ducky - Z's topic today clearly encompasses homes-schooling and private schooling, not merely charter schools. With public schools, we see not only a linchpin of liberal orthodoxy, but we see a typical bloated bureaucracy and an ever dwindling return on the investment of our tax dollars. <br /><br />Since I don't defer to your judgement on what I deliver, your sandbox snipe illustrates your own inability to proffer cogent arguments here...even when handed golden opportunities.<br /><br />Besides, the sand in my box is much nicer than yours.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-85833906521881517272014-05-31T17:33:00.726-07:002014-05-31T17:33:00.726-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-64522271925687954152014-05-31T16:59:53.480-07:002014-05-31T16:59:53.480-07:00Ducky, CI never leaves his sandbox. I think it fri...Ducky, CI never leaves his sandbox. I think it frightens him.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-56117869729136414432014-05-31T16:32:55.889-07:002014-05-31T16:32:55.889-07:00Well CI, a good deal of the hype behind charter sc...Well CI, a good deal of the hype behind charter schools has been competition and development of superior methods.<br />Haven't seen anything yet.<br />The only thing we've seen is grifters like Michelle Rhee lining their pockets and trying to bust the teachers unions.<br /><br />We've got Bill Gates' wife trying to set public policy when all she's famous for is Microsoft Bob. <br /><br />You make the cutesy little "statist" crack from your place in the Libertarian sandbox but deliver, NOTHING.<br />Massachusetts public schools have been doing well and the alternative schooling movements have not kept up. Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-61773944838143237592014-05-31T16:24:25.779-07:002014-05-31T16:24:25.779-07:00@CI:
I agree...there's always those who can n...@CI:<br /><br />I agree...there's always those who can never make up their mind or take a stance on anything. Over thinking everything into meaningless blather and an inability to act.<br /><br />When voting...do you get to vote for 3 or more? Or one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-20812356384965697732014-05-31T15:50:35.576-07:002014-05-31T15:50:35.576-07:00"There is always two side to everything."..."There is always two side to everything."<br /><br />Simplistic. There are more than two sides to an issue more often than not.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-64680593994303991362014-05-31T15:46:01.974-07:002014-05-31T15:46:01.974-07:00Broad brushing is intellectually dishonest.Broad brushing is intellectually dishonest.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-88372422714268190422014-05-31T15:44:29.604-07:002014-05-31T15:44:29.604-07:00There is always two side to everything. My sister ...There is always two side to everything. My sister is a high school math teacher in the public school system in MA and few of your concerns are real problem. Guess MA is doing something right. <br /><br />That's not to say there aren't problems. Some teachers and some parents Don't care. But painting the it as you've is inaccurate. <br />Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-13360423818979692692014-05-31T15:43:00.460-07:002014-05-31T15:43:00.460-07:00Ducky - "So the article is very limited if wh...Ducky - "So the article is very limited if what we are to draw is a belief that the public schools are failures. Just isn't so."<br /><br />That depends on your perspective, doesn't it? The power of the citizen and the power of the State are always in competition. The public education system [and Cabinet level department] is an organ of the State. If you're a Statist, you're not prone to want to admit that such a powerful and funded organ is failing.<br /><br />If you're an advocate of the primacy of individual sovereignty, you see that the grand experiment has failed in all respects excluding a role as a money pit, while overtly undermining the idea that the citizen should retain power over the education of the next generation....not a bureaucracy. Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-47100889174771133142014-05-31T15:01:56.298-07:002014-05-31T15:01:56.298-07:00Ducky: The article is not a Pulitzer/Emmy/Oscar ca...Ducky: The article is not a Pulitzer/Emmy/Oscar candidate with artistry leaking from every pore. It's a story,<br /><br />Yesterday, I listened to you talk knowledgeably about the film world on AOW's streaming broadcast, and know you are better than what you write here.<br /><br />Sometimes a story doesn't have a point. Sometimes we talk about something that happened, and who it happened to. There doesn't have to be a moral, lesson, or social message like many of the films you criticize.<br /><br />For example, take the film Bullitt. As you mentioned on the program, there are several dimensions to the movie, but the one most people remember, me included, is the classic car chase scene. Like I said, we can all get something from a story, and everybody doesn't have to see the same thing.<br /><br />Contrast Bullitt to Vanishing Point were the point was just to see cop cars wreck while chasing a Dodge Charger. No point and not much story, but a lot of people still watched it.<br /><br />If there is a point to Z's story, it is that not all the young people, today, are so ignorant they can't find Minnesota on a map. Kids of all races do very well in private schools as opposed to public schools. Z is proud that she has a part in the process, and she wrote a good story. That's what I get from Z's blog.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665311979954859271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516627478339613810.post-61484187007548237652014-05-31T14:38:21.332-07:002014-05-31T14:38:21.332-07:00Z,
Burnout is certainly a factor.
But other facto...Z,<br />Burnout is certainly a factor.<br /><br />But other factors are in play as well. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com