I wish I'd have known this starting out. I wish I'd have known that it's actually LESS work to just homeschool your child, than to be an "involved parent" at school.
We've enjoyed elementary school with our older boys. *Most* of the teachers were actually pretty competent and caring (the others, I save for another blog post, another day...). We had the children involved in extra activities like the Spanish Club or Service Club, or choir, and they got a fair bit out of the experience.
But it's a LOT of work.
You get about a ton of worksheets that must be done by a certain time. Usually on a day when you're sick or have no time. You get the phone calls about this or that, and about a zillion sheets per day that sometimes contain important news, so you MUST go through them daily. The schools also *love* to throw in half days, teacher in-service days and early dismissals. Not so bad, unless you have children at more than one school and the schedu…
ObamaCore? Kinda tired of the euphemisms. Common core has been around a lot longer than President Obama.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking it's an ObamaCare pun. The idea of socialized medicine has been around longer than Obama, too, but his administration pushes these things. Common Core is beyond any bad idea the last several administrations have had because of its scope and the effect it will have on local control. Another quote she had was that parents shouldn't have to carpool to DC to discuss education in their local school. :)
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to Spunky's recent testimony before the Michigan House Education Committee:
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I don't like common core because it promotes standardized education. Children are persons, not products. They are not going to become lifelong learners if our aim is only to produce good little workers.
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