I wish I had homeschooled my youngest.

My oldest did fine in school but my younger one was one of the 20% that did not fit in the education format that is geared toward the 80%. I would have been better at teaching her and did my best to enhance what she was working on (or wasn't working on). I feel like the school day was a waste of time for her -- time that would have been better spent by her sleeping in and being refreshed to work with me later. I talked to her a couple of times about it and she was adamant that we were not going to homeschool. Grades K-12 were awful, but she thrived when she got to college and could work on her own time frame and interests. All is good now (she's is going to be a super senior at VT next year) but life might have been much better for all of us if she had been home schooled. Hindsight.

In response to this post by darnellm

Posted: 02/27/2018 at 3:43PM

Will Home Schooling children rise because of recent events? -- darnellm 02/27/2018 11:36AM

My Daughter a Hokie Grad and my son in law -- okiehokie1 02/27/2018 10:00PM

Homeschooling isn’t for everyone. -- YardBird 02/27/2018 3:56PM

I wish I had homeschooled my youngest. -- GFallsFan 02/27/2018 3:43PM

Maybe, but public school is more about babysitting than education now. -- Naelbis 02/27/2018 1:45PM

There is an enormous range of quality among public schools -- BB Hokie 02/27/2018 2:54PM

^This +1000 ** -- RTFC 02/27/2018 2:58PM

This is why we decided to homeschool -- Burruss Writer 02/27/2018 2:48PM

Congratulations, you are doing homeschooling right. ** -- Naelbis 02/27/2018 2:50PM

I can certianly appreciate your situation below... -- Burruss Writer 02/27/2018 3:04PM

The Dual parenting affordability argument is a crock -- darnellm 02/27/2018 1:58PM

Depends on how people want to live. -- Naelbis 02/27/2018 2:13PM

Counter: have people stopped going to movie theaters, outdoor concerts, -- Hokie360 02/27/2018 1:05PM

No. ** -- Hokie Bird 94 02/27/2018 11:50AM

Online courses ** -- HokieDan95 02/27/2018 11:45AM

Online schools are the future (not B&M), maybe this speeds things up. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/27/2018 12:17PM

Hope not. People will retreat further into their bubbles; social -- ModerateHokie 02/27/2018 12:21PM

No kidding. That is a scary but real problem. -- MP4VT2004 02/27/2018 12:37PM

Very true, we already have a generation that cannot have a face to face -- fordham 02/27/2018 2:24PM

Isn't that just a sign that the current system is broken? -- HokieNoVA 02/27/2018 12:48PM

You don't think that being in a learning environment alongside peers... -- MP4VT2004 02/27/2018 2:11PM

Dogs and cats, mass hysteria, etc. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/27/2018 12:36PM

Definitely made us think more about private school ** -- ModerateHokie 02/27/2018 11:41AM

Not immune but -- YardBird 02/27/2018 11:54AM

I wish I had homeschooled my youngest.

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