Mom Is Teaching

I’m going to summarize a few of the questions/answers for you.  I’m sure most of you read them but since it was several days ago, I’m going to give you some comparisons.

Obviously, just as I figured, the people who read here are the educated ones, therefore, the answers are a bit skewed and certainly not technical by any means.  But, there are some thoughts to ponder.

As for where people were educated, everyone said public school except one person who answered religious school and one who was schooled half in public school and half at home.  So, obviously when this many people get together and the majority was educated in public schools but the majority also says that they will not educate their own children that way and have chosen to homeschool….we have a serious problem, would you say?

Basically everyone agreed that they were educated by public school teachers but most believed that their parents were capable of handling it.  Several did mention though that their parents didn’t have the temperament even if they had the ability.  I can say that my father was a public school teacher but he did not have the temperament to educate me, his only child.  And, most agreed that their parents did a good job with life skills.  And, many, like myself indicated that although their parents had the ability, they felt like it was a child’s job to go to school and do their own work thus they left them to do just that.

I was most surprised by the people who felt they were a good student but not necessarily for obvious reasons.  For instance, Mary N says, “Grade wise- yes, mostly A’s. Behavior-wise, that’a different story”.

And, just as I suspected, most everyone was educated in a certain manner simply because there were no other options.  I know we’ve come a long way since I graduated.  I’ve mentioned many times before that when I was in school, the only homeschooled students were the ones who were sick or expelled.  But, the majority here says that they are already homeschooling or will homeschool instead of using the public forum.

Everyone graduated high school and most went to college.  And, even a large majority of us finished college.  That’s why I say the little poll is pretty skewed but, that’s ok, we know what we know that we know, right?

I am very surprised to read that basically everyone feels as if they were not prepared for college by their high school.  Some indicated that yes it did but just the basics, some said yes but just not well enough and one person did indicate that the community college system helped a great deal.  I think that would be the case with many people who go to community college.

And, again, surprisingly, most of you didn’t even enjoy high school, that amazes me!  Simply Amazes Me!

Here are just a few thoughts on what we would change:

• that teachers would engage students more
• that it was too rigid,
• that the school offered more options
• that homeschooling would have been an option
• that he/she would have been given the freedom to explore
• that he/she would have been given the ability to explore own interests
• that he/she would have preferred a smaller school

I have 2 more survey’s coming your way, neither are eligible for the contest obviously, but I do think that each relays a lot of information.  Those two sets of answers come from me and from my cousin that I’ve mentioned here before.  I think you will be shocked but as I’ve also mentioned many times before, public school in Alabama is so different than in most parts of the U.S., never mind other places in the world.

So, look for those……