anyone on here w/o some sort of degree

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  1. homeschooler06

    homeschooler06 Active Member

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    in education? It seems there are more exteachers or parents with teacher certificates that homeschool their children. Looking for the regular gals out there that teach their kiddos.
    I gotten a degree but not in medical. I have no desire to take any sort of educational classes.
    also it be nice jus to hear from someone that they enjoy this curriclum because they like it and not because from their experience as a teacher and blah blah blah.

    okay sorry for my rant it's been a rough day for me.
     
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  3. ForTheSon

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    I don't have any sort of a degree. I consider myself to be fairly intelligent and organized. But this still scared the heck out of me, lol. I don't have any bought curriculum, I have put it all together from here. The ladies suggested sites that I was able to get standard curriculum suggestions per age or grade, and applicable resources with which to teach. So far my DS is loving it. I basically have gone the unschooling method. He is rebuilding his self esteem that the PS and Principle shot down then stomped on.

    Hang in here. Maybe the ladies strike you as that well educated and they may well be, but they are also down to earth, straightforward and in my case a god send.
     
  4. crazymama

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    I ain't got me no degree, pffft. (Ok.. that was said with the best hillbilly accent I could type ;) )

    I dont' even used this curriculum or that.. most of the time I make things up as I go, and so far so good. (Ok, this year we went more curriculum than ever.. but he's getting older now and it was easier that way for some things.)
     
  5. dalynnrmc

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    No degree here, and we also are very eclectic in our curriculum and just use what works (and toss what doesn't). I went to college and have 96 hours... in music. Which I never get around to teaching my kids. :lol:
     
  6. mom4girls

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    I graduated High School. But other than that I have no degrees. I love to homeschool (most days) LOL I use Abeka for the younger ones and then a variety for my high school child. I understand sometimes you feel as if you are the only one that doesn't have some sort of degree. You will do great. I think life experiences teach us a lot. Happy Homeschooling!!
     
  7. Cornish Steve

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    It's going to sound boastful, sorry, but I have three degrees: Bachelor's and PhD in physics and an MBA. I must say, though, that they mattered diddly squat when it came to homeschooling.
     
  8. KrisRV

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    the only degree I have is yankee bull**** degree thats it. But, with my wonderful ladies friends I meet here and others. I have homeschool my little girls rather nice.
    If anyone don't like they can fly a kite, if they don't have kite I will give them one.
    I don't think its anyone business if you have a degree or not.

    hang in there.
     
  9. fairfarmhand

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    Nope. Just finished high school. The more I homeschool, the more I learn about learning, teaching, and curriculum. I like some currucula for some of my kids and some for others. The more we do this the better I get at it.
     
  10. Marty

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    I have a diploma (read as not a degree!) in nursing. That's it. Everything else I have learning came through the College of Hard Knocks!:lol:
    As far as curriculum goes: CLE Math because it works for us, A multi-year reading and phonics program through Scholastic, that's it. Science, history, geography and the rest is by the seat of our pants! And I'm not even sure I want a "canned" curriculum in those areas.
    I wouldn't worry about not having a degree.
    Marty
     
  11. sloan127

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    I got married at 16, dropped out of high school at 17, had my first child two weeks before I turned 18, got my GED around age 20 and now have seven children and love homeschooling my youngest two. I use lots of resources and have lots of teacher relatives and friends, but I have found I do the best job teaching my girls and I actually understand their work a lot better than my college educated friends. Makes me wonder sometimes. I do not worry about a degree at all.
     
  12. sixcloar

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    I've got a degree (Bachelor of Science)-double major in psychology and sociology. No education degree though. I wouldn't do it over as an education degree if I could.
     
  13. momofafew

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    I taught in the local public schools but they did not require teaching certificates. My intent was to get the certificate at the time, but they did not require me to be working toward it so that was just a side thing. But then I hated teaching there and never finished the certificate. Plus, where I live, you are not required to ever do student teaching to get the certificate. You can work in the classroom for a year instead. If you do the traditional route, you will do all the coursework first and then student teach and then graduate and then go to work. But if you don't do that, you can teach anyway. You can do alternatives toward certificatin if you want that too, which include some coursework with no student teaching, etc.

    I will tell you NONE of the teaching cert. coursework qualified me to educate. It simply worked to deal with mass control of large numbers of children. You could get the same training by taking prison guard training. At least where I live.
     
  14. momofafew

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    About the reviews, I agree about reviews from people who simply used it to teach a class. That is a whole different thing, and that is not your own children. It is in no way individualized too. The kind of learning done one on one is not the same. Plus, when someone did it in a classroom 10 years ago, chances are good that the curriculum has been rewritten.

    In a classroom, you need to just keep moving on regardless of who gets it. Therefore, even if your child only gets 50% or 70%, you keep moving. It does not matter a whole lot as you will simply cover it again later. Plus, you need to keep all kids busy, even the ones who get it. So you keep assigning the same things over and over again to the kids who already get it. At home, you teach your child one on one until you get an a-ha moment. You do not repeat something you already understood. You might review it, but you don't repeat it. Plus, there are things that really are just for classroom management type purposes, such as testing. You don't need to test at home as you already know if your child got it. Timed tests on math facts do not need to be done on paper. It is done on paper in the classroom so that the teacher has a way to keep track of 20-30 kids and give them grades. I like flash cards or computer games for this best. See what I am saying?
     
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    I have 2 degrees but neither are in education. I have a Bachelors degree in Accounting and a Masters degree in Taxation....can't say that either one has made a difference except maybe in math and research skills.....I think my masters in tax is more like a masters in tax research....lol.
     
  16. Bry's-Gal

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    I do have an Education degree and am certified in my state. However, an Education degree just teaches you how to control the crowd and to handle 30 or so kids- totally different then homeschooling!! Most of the stuff learned in college, is tossed out the window because it is not useful for homeschooling!
     
  17. Brooke

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    I once posted on my facebook that I was a waste of everyone's "Most Likely to Succeed" vote! :lol: I was valedictorian, class president, state scholar, huge scholarship to a private college, etc., etc.,.....and no degree! I started school as a secondary education/English major. I decided after one year that "education" was not about teaching, it was about regulations and management. They had made an art into a science, which is never agreeable with the artist.

    I happen to subscribe to the notion that the ability to teach is a gift. That being said, God gives to each as he (she) has need. All parents have the ability to teach their children, and you can become even better at it if you ask the Teacher for help. :)
     
  18. Shelley

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    I have a degree in English and am state certified to teach secondary--- and did for a while. But, as others have pointed out, it's radically different to teach 1-2 kids versus an entire classroom. A curriculum I would use for a class is probably NOT what I would use for my kids. In a classroom, you tailor the curriculum to fit the average to below average learner; in your home, you tailor the curriculum to fit the individual child. That's very different.

    And, I agree with others also that my education courses that were required for certification were mainly dealing with legal issues, lesson plans, and classroom management---- all of which are critical in working with a classroom of kids who aren't yours but are fairly meaningless in dealing with your own kids. I took no classes in HOW to teach.
     
  19. Frugalcountrymom

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    No degree here though I did do some college & I was a library Tech for over 10yrs. I was also a spouse of a military man for a few yrs (now out of military) we had traveled a lot. I started homeschooling my daughter when she was 5yrs she is now 16yr going on 17yr this month. My son is 9yrs.

    Sometimes we use a curriculum, sometimes we use what we have at home, other times its from the internet.
     
  20. 2littleboys

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    Ditto! I got a minor in general sciences so I could teach middle school science (which means I took the 101 of every class except astronomy ... because as a music major, I had too many concerts to take night classes). The science classes are helping me with HS'ing, but otherwise... nope. Nada. My music degree taught me how to teach a whole band, not individual students. I learned private instruction through experience.
     
  21. hmsclmommyto2

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    My plan was - graduate high school, go to college, get degree in Accounting, get CPA, work as corporate accountant for a few years, then work from home when I had kids.
    What happened was - got pregnant over summer between Jr & Sr year (high school), had dd during Sr yr, finished all work for 4th quarter in a week at home while taking care of newborn, graduated, couldn't afford to live close enough to the college I was planning to go to (had been accepted, tested out of several classes, taken placement tests for some subjects, etc.), went to work at McDonalds instead.
    So, no degree. I'm planning to go back to school (hopefully this year), though I don't know that I'll go for a degree. I might just take classes that interest me or get certificates in a few areas. I haven't really decided, yet.
     

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