tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post6545143498989904353..comments2024-03-20T00:30:11.702-07:00Comments on Home Education Heretic: How to irritate over 99% of parentsSimon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-63829171523068965292013-04-28T16:50:06.982-07:002013-04-28T16:50:06.982-07:00Appreciation to my father who stated to me on the ...Appreciation to my father who stated to me on the topic of this web <br />site, this blog is actually amazing.<br /><br />Look into my web-site ... <a href="http://actiecodekras.blogspot.nl/" rel="nofollow">her response</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-65065388402770048742013-04-26T01:53:14.145-07:002013-04-26T01:53:14.145-07:00If some one desires to be updated with hottest tec...If some one desires to be updated with hottest technologies therefore he must be <br />pay a visit this site and be up to date all the time.<br /><br /><br /><br />Feel free to visit my website ... <a href="http://couponexpedia.blogspot.nl/" rel="nofollow">Here I found it</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-57043089986835244342013-04-23T19:11:18.549-07:002013-04-23T19:11:18.549-07:00Hiya very nice website!! Guy .
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I don&..."I think that it was well meant"<br /><br />I don't doubt it, but funnily enough, that's also true of a great many things that turn-out very badly. I suspect very few things are meant badly, at least in the beginning.<br /><br />The road to hell...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-58712205146012154112013-03-21T14:31:03.043-07:002013-03-21T14:31:03.043-07:00You've fallen rather badly at the first hurdle...You've fallen rather badly at the first hurdle - failing to distinguish important subjects such as Physics and Chemistry and bundling them into Science - but that's true of a great many schools. <br /><br />Very few school teachers are truly competent specialists in their subject; I'd like to see them spend a decade or two earning a living by using their subject outside of school before letting them think they are such specialists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-65838066661561583922013-03-21T13:12:56.443-07:002013-03-21T13:12:56.443-07:00'And if Simon's reading this, then would t...'And if Simon's reading this, then would that make a good theme for a post?'<br /><br />No definitive answer to this question was ever reached in the Webb household. I think that home educating fathers often have a different view on this to mothers. This can lead to problems; see John Stuart Mill and Ruth Lawrence!Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-53565171000741172242013-03-21T13:10:32.237-07:002013-03-21T13:10:32.237-07:00'I was a little taken aback at quite how extre...'I was a little taken aback at quite how extreme it was. '<br /><br />I agree that the thing is a little creepy and puts one in mind of the conditioning in Brave New World, but I think that it was well meant. Almost all children will go to school and anything which reduces anxiety about it is probably a good thing. The programme made it clear that parents, siblings, computers, comics and games also teach things. At the end, the children were invited to consider if learning ended when children stopped going to school which was a thought -provoking idea for young children.Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-48932811507286530532013-03-21T13:07:15.207-07:002013-03-21T13:07:15.207-07:00'A real education is one that covers the main ...'A real education is one that covers the main subjects like English, Maths, History, Geography and Science '<br /><br />I agree with this entirely, although the second past of this comment is open to doubt:<br /><br />'taught by specialists in their subject. Parents cannot possibly specialise in each subject.'<br /><br />I am no teacher, nor am I a specialist in anything, but that did not prevent my child from gaining eight A* IGCSEs in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, English language, English literature, history and religious studies. Nor did it stop her passing Grade 2 piano, Grade 5 classical guitar and Grade 6 Acting. This is not unusual among home educating parents. So while I agree with what you mean by a real education, I cannot agree that a parent is unable to deliver this.Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-90462589083157084412013-03-21T12:03:07.722-07:002013-03-21T12:03:07.722-07:00A real education is one that covers the main subje...A real education is one that covers the main subjects like English, Maths, History, Geography and Science and is taught by specialists in their subject. Parents cannot possibly specialise in each subject. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-28024181008992183852013-03-21T10:39:13.467-07:002013-03-21T10:39:13.467-07:00I cringed, too, at many of the posts on that page,...I cringed, too, at many of the posts on that page, but have you actually watched the programme in question? By sheer coincidence, my youngest asked to watch it in iplayer last night, so I thought I'd do the responsible thing and watch it with him, open for a discussion... I was a little taken aback at quite how extreme it was. I'm sure it was an honest mistake, and that the writers had simply never heard of home ed, but all the comments talking about it as "goverment propaganda" sound a lot less paranoid if you actually watch the show!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-4018891700871570352013-03-21T10:05:07.596-07:002013-03-21T10:05:07.596-07:00The EHE guidelines make it clear that EHE isn'...The EHE guidelines make it clear that EHE isn't delivered during set hours, so no to 9 -3. Even doing IGCSE and KS3 we find that working HARD (and I mean working, not looking out of windows or finding good reasons why you shouldn't have to do something) means you can clear the sit down part of the day in around 3 hours, leaving the rest of the time free for reading, seeing friends, doing craft etc.<br /><br /> I tend to do my posting during the times when my 2 are working because they like to have me around in case they have questions and I like them to do their work without needing me standing over them. Then I do my own work in the evening when they're in bed.<br /><br /><br />Btw, what do you consider a real education? I'm not being snippy or point scoring, but genuinely curious, because the hardest question I had to answer when we were working out how we'd home educate was what I actually meant by the word 'education'and I'm still not sure I've got it sussed now. And if Simon's reading this, then would that make a good theme for a post?<br /><br />Atb<br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-27680210311063024542013-03-21T06:32:49.640-07:002013-03-21T06:32:49.640-07:00people who home educate can and will spend as lon...people who home educate can and will spend as long as they want on Facebook or blogs and will not keep to 9 till 3 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-31873962405029958042013-03-21T06:30:19.068-07:002013-03-21T06:30:19.068-07:00people wont be polite if they believe threats are ...people wont be polite if they believe threats are being made to the way they wish to home educate such as the threats by crazy old Badman fully supported by Webb and his daughterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-38307896625877861042013-03-21T05:48:49.039-07:002013-03-21T05:48:49.039-07:00People should be educating their children during t...People should be educating their children during the set hours of 9-3, shouldn't they? I can't understand how they have so much time on their hands if they are teaching their children full time. Instead they spend their days and nights commenting on Facebook feeds and blog posts and arguing with people who have the audacity to send their children to school where a real education takes place!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-15963276238741345882013-03-21T04:55:07.101-07:002013-03-21T04:55:07.101-07:00It's ridiculous to get all het up about this. ...It's ridiculous to get all het up about this. They should save their ire for when CBeebies DOES get round to showing HE in one of their shows. No one will agree with how they do it. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-73887791417745163022013-03-21T04:22:07.095-07:002013-03-21T04:22:07.095-07:00Anne
Your comments always appear polite and reaso...Anne<br /><br />Your comments always appear polite and reasonable. The issue is those parents who are at the other end of the scale in their views and cannot or will not accept an alternative point of view.Cheshire Catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-49477899269659418972013-03-21T03:59:55.339-07:002013-03-21T03:59:55.339-07:00Then maybe the non vocal majority, of whom I used ...Then maybe the non vocal majority, of whom I used to be part, need to start actively redressing the balance by making a point of being polite and reasonable even when they don't agree with the views being expressed?<br /><br />After all, freedom of speech includes freedom to disagree, and I'm sure the BBC get far odder messages each day than anything any of us can come up with.<br /><br />Atb<br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-48672770000268936082013-03-21T03:59:10.280-07:002013-03-21T03:59:10.280-07:00Agreed. I came to this site looking for informati...Agreed. I came to this site looking for information for a friend who wished to home educate as they lived in the middle of nowhere and an illness prevented her from driving. I liked the discussions on here so I visit now and again. My kids go to school. One of them is interested in steam engines, not something they teach at school so we bought a model of eBay and rebuilt it. We visit railways and steam shows and we talk to the owners. Another son loves languages he does French and German at school but learns mandarin at home and we meet up with a mandarin speaker now and again. They all love art galleries and we go and argue as they will not accept that most modern art is rubbish. We discuss but they make their own minds up. They all have interests that school does not cater for and we follow them at weekends and in the evening. I have no gripe with those who educate their kids at home but those who suggest that my kids aren’t being educated or even that they love their kids more than I do are beginning to get on my nerves. Sadly the minority speak louder than the rest who just get on with quietly home educating their kids.Cheshire Catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-28846041275258275672013-03-21T03:35:49.566-07:002013-03-21T03:35:49.566-07:00'why do home educators presume that children w...'why do home educators presume that children who go to school stop learning when they leave the school gate?'<br /><br />This is something which has always puzzled me. It is true that home education gives plenty of time for purposive conversation and informal learning, but then so too do the evenings, weekends and school holidays which schooled children spend with their parents. Some parents feel that having a mixture of this type of learning and the more formal education at school, is an ideal balance. I did not think so, which is why I did not send my kid to school, but that does not mean that those parents who think like this do not have a point. One sometimes gets the feeling that a certain kind of home educator who is always banging on about how great it is for children to be learning at home, does not really believe that this happens with all children; whether or not they are attending school.Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-48438268581187478012013-03-21T03:19:53.930-07:002013-03-21T03:19:53.930-07:00Simon is right, these people give a distorted vie...Simon is right, these people give a distorted view of home educators. A couple of my favourite comments...<br /><br />Oh No! What have I missed? A Cbeebies show, guess that's cos I was out with the children hanging out with a load of HE families and we had Fun! It was all a bit social but don't tell the children we were all learning:-)<br /><br />I don't watch CBeebies, neither do my kids - we're too busy living life to the full and learning from our experiences<br /><br />Someone said 'home education is not and never will be school! Also it takes place 24/7' why do home educators presume that children who go to school stop learning when they leave the school gate?<br />Cheshire Catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-46324476118347446852013-03-21T02:51:59.872-07:002013-03-21T02:51:59.872-07:00They are total nutters and possibly even autonomou...They are total nutters and possibly even autonomous educators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-21769606591005146532013-03-21T02:45:53.130-07:002013-03-21T02:45:53.130-07:00This is a spot on blog post today, Simon! This is a spot on blog post today, Simon! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com