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Subject: Re: Help! Are public schools ok

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Anne

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Date Posted: 06:43:58 06/18/05 Sat
In reply to: Angela 's message, "Re: Help! Are public schools ok" on 08:45:09 06/10/05 Fri

As a teacher, I'd be shooting myself in the foot if I said that public (or private) schools are bad. They have their good points and bad points just like everything else, and valid points have been made in all the responses. The one thing that has kept me in trouble is that I'm not really allowed to teach in the public school. The curriculums are very regimented and we are only allowed to spend an alloted amount of time on any one aspect of a subject. Teaching math, I've found that the alloted time is often not long enough for the students to master harder concepts, especially if they haven't mastered the prerequisite skills. I've also been told the order in which to teach math, which means that if fractions comes before multiplication and division units, I MUST teach fractions at the prescribed time rather than skipping to multiplication and division to strengthen poor skills before attempting fractions.

There are many homeschool groups that provide the socialization present in schools but still allow you to have the freedom to teach at a pace that's comfortable for your child. A friend belongs to such a group and they've gone on some really neat field trips (which also allows you to get a group discount on admission prices!) and have had some excellent speakers come out for the children. Homeschool parents have terrific ideas for getting concepts across, and I think many of you would enrich a teacher's skills if you provided workshops on teaching!! Check out groups on sites such as yahoo!. I've taken a break from teaching middle school special ed math and science and am teaching pre-k in a daycare center right now. The pay stinks, but I can actually TEACH my students, have the luxury of waiting until they master a concept, and I can be creative in the classroom. If I could afford to homeschool my children, I would....I think they'd have a more rounded experience and I would use many resources not available in the school system. You can easily connect their lessons to life experiences and make subjects come alive, which you can't do in the classroom due to budget constraints.

Anne

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