"lifelong learning begins at home".agree or disagree and give your reason and idea\ngive some argument.
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Agree, the desire for knowledge starts at home, and is either nurtured or abandoned, by conditions in the home. The home is the single most important development environment in your life.
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I think it's absurd, school is meant to teach you how to learn, to achieve this you must open the mind not close it. To subscribe to a system of beliefs is to close the mind to certain issues, there is no other way around that. To truly learn a new thing efficiently and without bias you must first admit that you don't know certain things. If you have already come to a conclusion about a thing because of religious indoctrination with out doing your own research to confirm, then this trend will continue for the rest of your life, because it is easy, it is human nature to take the easy road, and this is what cripples your ability to learn efficiently.
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Keep in mind that soon you will be an adult and out on your own.  Your homeschooling will shine through and you will have a great life!!
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Life is for learning. Learn as much as you can about everything.
75610
In many ways you are right. Education is an investment of time and money that may or may not pay off. If you know you won't be totally committed to college, don't go.
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I think that you and your mother have made a wonderful decision and someday your nephew will thank you! Don't get discouraged too easily and ignore the remarks made by those who don't know what they are talking. The beauty of home education is that you work at his pace and that his teacher loves him and has more to gain than a paycheck. Don't spend 3 hours on something, put it down and come back to it later. He probably started to feel frustrated (and dumb) because he wasn't "getting it" and it was so simple for you. Be patient with him and give him lots of praise for a job well done (no matter how small it seems to you). Your praise and love are what he needs more than any schooling right now. Spend some time at first with some hands on educational stuff like going to the museum or walking in the woods. Make learning an adventure and relationship building time. Remember that since you are working one on one with him, you have plenty of time to make up for what some would call lost time. Good Luck and God Bless your homeschool! P~
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I agree, and the school issues you mention are one of many reasons I plan to homeschool.\n\nscary link.
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I homeschooled for a long time, gave up and went to high school and am now excelling in college. I blame homeschooling for a lot of problems I've had although also feel that I was able to do better academically than otherwise. A good home life is key regardless of where the child is spending his school time. School is not the only place to receive an education although the benefits of finding independence outside of the home is equally important.
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I agree with the above answer about not forcing a child to learn.  If you want to foster a lifelong love of learning then you have to let a child explore, discover and develop curiousity on their own. Encourage a child to ask questions and then guide them to find answers.  Teach them how ot use a library, the computer and best of all - encourage them to try things, go out into the world an observe things and do hands on research and experimentation.  \n\nI also think children need some structure and repetition, especially when it comes to learning math,  reading and writing skills.  But it does not need to be boring.  You can teach a lot of basic math skills while cooking, shopping and playing with toys.  Reading is always interesting if you encourage a child to pick out books which interst them.
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As a preservice teacher (college student) and educator for many years that answer is simple. A LOUSY grade school education and a couch potato TV existence. For some moron reason the trend-favored method now is not to help students with the answer but let them reason it out by themselves. Well if that is the case then I guess I should just shoot myself and let the kids do their logical reasoning at home. Guess with that logic they don't need me to work anymore. Secondly the trend is to not to teach the fudamentals of grammer. Kids come out of high school with no clue as to what a noun and a verb are. Without the fundamentals of grammer a student is going to have trouble spelling, writing ect. \n\nA third trouble that people scream about is that education would be greatly improved if the funding improved because they need this and that supply ect. Well if my grandmother could teach children in the 50's to read and write properly with only pencil and paper at hand and no money for supplies then so can we in the new millinium.
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much truth... \n\nwoman entering the work force has driven (kept) wages down while the standard of living has increased dramatically. working and middle class people need two incomes to keep afloat. \nand children are suffering. no one's there to watch them and the people who are aren't allowed to discipline them. \n\ni think we should regain control of public schools and respect the idea of one parent working full-time at home... mom or dad.
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Most of the time most of us learn best from each other.  We all benefit from a variety of learning environments.  I would not consider the type of learning situation you describe the best option all of the time - it may be a good option for a part of the day for very specific instruction.   We all do well in some areas and not so well in others.
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I am not in school anymore, but I also think there should be NO homework. You go to school to lean, why should you have to "teach yourself" after school too? The teachers tell you to not screw around because it is their time. When you get home it is your time so you shouldn't have to do their stuff.
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When I have kids they are definitely gettin home schooled!!!\nI know the pros & cons of both public school & homeschool.As a parent,I would eliminate as much of the cons as possible(this is not a perfect world however).Their will be obstacles & flaws in both situations.In my humble opinion,I believe there are less flaws going with homeschooling,and I would even choose it over private schooling.If more people could afford it they would go that route too!
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Why should we do your work for you? It's your education; take responsibility for it. The library is free. March yourself over there.
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I don't really know what ur looking for but the saying is "the more you learn the more you can learn!" If for example you need to learn a list of things imagina your journey to school/college/work/the pub etc and place the things in the list at different places on the way - u will b surprised how much you remember when u walk through the journey in your head seeing each listed thing as an image! :)
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I believe in Life-Long Learning, i.e. the opportunity to keep learning new ideas and new skills, throughout your life,\n\nGiven the rapid pace of technological change, new industries arise and older ones die, within a working life-span and many people have to retrain for new careers because of this.\n\nSo the idea is that education is something you do till you are 21 and can then turn your back on, thereafter, just doesn't fit today's world of work. There are no jobs for life anymore.