tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post85847200617569428..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: Not given much attentionHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-70090616714055864632010-01-29T11:16:24.000+00:002010-01-29T11:16:24.000+00:00Aileni, thanks for that. My impression is that the...Aileni, thanks for that. My impression is that there is no reason for home-schooled children to be anything but well-adjusted, well-educated, good human beings. If they are not, the problem is not the home-schooling per se.<br /><br />Natalie, as far as I can make out, the whole network is not as well developed here as it is in the States for lots of historical reasons and because of the continuous harassment home-schoolers endure. Though I think the historical reasons might be more important. I am trying to follow up the story and shall update on the blog when I can. Certainly, children need to have sports and other events with other children and learn to relate to non-family adults. But, given how bad most schools are at fostering that, I think Ofsted should start looking at the problems there. But it is not about the children's development but state control. <br /><br />Mikgen, thanks. I shall read it. When on earth do you have time to keep up with everything? Do you ever sleep? ;)Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-62957087291516934802010-01-29T08:00:34.000+00:002010-01-29T08:00:34.000+00:00We went through the harassment in 1986-90 homescho...We went through the harassment in 1986-90 homeschooling in S.Wales. The fact that my wife is a trained teacher rather took the wind out of their sails. We were also pagan which carried its own problems - see Booker & North 'Scared to Death'.<br />We moved to Ireland to live on a schoolless island where we were left in peace. All five children have grown to normal adulthood and are employed. When I get to feel concerned that we let them down they insist otherwise. Not many in recent time have grown up with the self reliance our kids developed.Aileni Noylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-11240489106913988072010-01-29T06:26:14.000+00:002010-01-29T06:26:14.000+00:00While on the issue of President Obama's State ...While on the issue of President Obama's State of the Union speech (or not) here are two essays that have not been given much attention (or none at all) in Europe:<br /><br />Pre speech: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/mr-president-please-try-im-listening-people-instead-of-listen-up-people/267042703434" rel="nofollow">Mr President: Please try, I'm listening</a><br /><br />Post speech: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/the-credibility-gap/271836568434" rel="nofollow">The credibility gap</a><br /><br />/MikgenGuestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-3649511520682150142010-01-29T02:49:01.000+00:002010-01-29T02:49:01.000+00:00Wow this is an interesting story! Here in the Sta...Wow this is an interesting story! Here in the States there are more and more people home-schooling their children. I am sure that our teachers unions are trying to arrest this developement. I do want to say the kids seem to do fine as they are also allowed to be involved in certain afterschool/athletic activities whereby they are with and thier interacting with their peers. Do you all have that over there in Britain with your homeschoolers?Natalienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-62662742529522481822010-01-28T21:44:16.000+00:002010-01-28T21:44:16.000+00:00.. and our government seems to be slowly tightenin..... and our government seems to be slowly tightening the vice on Home Schooling. If you've heard of the Badman report, which seems to assume that Home Schooled children are at risk, you will know that it is a very poor report, the recommendations of which are not supported by the research. This is not stopping the government from producing legislation that is at present going through the commons and Lords. Now that we have one organisation (DCSF) for education and welfare, the supposed welfare of children seems to be paramount and, of course, only teachers can properly monitor children, cant they!Alfrednoreply@blogger.com