It was a fundamental shift of mindset: we had always assumed we would delegate educational decisions to trained professionals, and enrich our children’s lives around the edges. Now, we were it...
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To homeschool a child is a blessing, for in this way, each is learning.
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My entire formal education was via homeschool and I plan to do the same with my children, bezrat Hashem. I am grateful to my parents for all the advantages they gave me by choosing to school me the way they did.
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I am Homeschooled. I actually study online and I think that my friends that are homeschooled are much more friendly and are full of great ideas.
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Wow, I can't believe there are only 3 comments to this. One would think that homeschooling should have been pioneered by Jewish families, but no, it was pioneered by Christian families who were therefore more successful at passing on their traditions and religion. But where are we? It's a running joke that no one returns after the bar mitzvah. Homeschooling works on many levels. Wake up Israel!
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I too homeschool. It is not always easy to be sure. However, my daughter and I have a very close relationship that I would not trade for anything. She is involved in many outside activities..including tournament fastpitch softball, where she is a catcher. Every team she has played on or has been a pick-up player for, has commented on what a sweet and polite young lady she is. She will be sixteen in April and has never been schooled in any other way. Putting G-d first in all her teachings is a way of life to us. "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it" is the verse I cling to. A well rounded education with the Creator as the foundation. As I see it.
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I am considering homeschooling my daughter next year. She is a lovely, very bright child, full of creativity. She is a straight A student, involved in school activities, but this year has become very bored with school. They offer a challenging curriculum at her school, but this year she seems to have lost interest. She needs a change for 8th grade and I am considering homeschooling her for one year, and then she will return to public school for 9th grade and attend our local public high school,.
Are there Jewish homeschooling groups in the Mongomery Couty area in Maryland? I am quite concerned about isolating her from her peers. Can anyone offer me any suggestions or direct me?
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I have been "homeschooling" my high school daughter for three years now (her decision). In many states, you can sign up for what is called virtual schools. In this way, the entire curriculum is based on state mandates. My state actually mails us a computer, fax and copier (even though we already have this) for her use, including all her texts. She "meets" with her teachers via e-mails and electronic classrooms on a regular basis. This is a great option for parents who want to home school, but cannot or are unsure of what/how to teach. For college admission, it is regarded as public school. The religious part is up to you, but we are also reimbursed for many after school activities.
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To Orly in OH,
This is simply off-campus public school, not true homeschooling. Getting the entire curriculum from the public school system is a method of control on their part. Remember that public school curriculum is entirely atheistic (i.e., ungodly). It happened in an Alaskan district where they managed to severely decrease the homeschooling community by offering "free" materials -- it comes with a price.
To Anonymous in Gaithersburg, Maryland: Start googling homeschooling in your area and I'm sure you'll get plenty of hits. Also search Yahoo! Groups which has many existing homeschooling groups. Homeschoolers are anything but isolated!
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Are there any Jewish homeschool groups or Jewish homeschoolers I can contact in the frederick, Maryland area?
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