This kind of goes with the thread of who has a degree. Who of you don't have any training outside of maybe a highschool diploma? I bet I'm the bottom of the barrel, because I dropped out of high school in my junior year. I was in looooove :roll: and I wanted to go to work to save for a house. Dummy. I went back 16 years later and got my diploma, though. Plus I've taken Early Childhood workshops. I've got 6 hours in, and I only need 84 more to work in a daycare! :wink:
I have one year of college. The jobs I've had were all "on the job" training, including the veterinary technician. I do want to get some further training in Christian councelling when my kiddies are older. Right now I "work" as an artist, which is also "on the job training" :lol: . I've thought about taking some community college courses in various art mediums, but that will have to wait, too.
I have only a high school diploma. However I am a minister. That doesnt fit in with education does it???
Well, from one WITH the degree, I know that all of you "without" are just as intelligent and capable as any of us "with"! Book learning isn't as important as what you make of yourself!
I have one year of college; Early Childhood Education. I spent that year touring daycare centers, learning how to do lesson plans, etc. I learned that I never wanted any of my kids (God-willing) to ever have to spend their days in a daycare! And, that I'd never want to work in one! Boy, did I eat my words........I ended up quitting a high-paying job to stay home with Ashley when she was born. Guess what I did?! Baby-sat! For 5 whole years! I quit that to start my own business, and to start homeschooling! I feel that I am every bit as qualified, if not more so, to teach my children than all of the teachers at our local elementary school. I don't say this to be boastful; but I truly believe that I can give my children a better education- I know them better, I know how they learn, and I love them more! Heidi
Heidi, I worked in a daycare as a cook and substitute "teacher" when my oldest was 5 months old so that I could have him right by me while I was at work....and it was a daycare run by my La Leche League leader, so I could breastfeed, too. And I completely agree.....I would never want my child there, especially during infancy, and I found out that I wasn't built to teach little dudes (at least not a whole heard of them :wink: ). Not that any of the teachers were bad, they were very good at what they did, but when you hear a toddler cry out for their caregiver rather than Mommy, it gets to you. :cry:
Well me I just went to school for CNA and did some child care. Other then that just have a high school degree. But, we seem to get alongwonderful. Books help alot and alot of help from you all. I don't thing it's the degree that matters, I think it's how and what you teach them. Everything don't have to be taught in a book. There are alot of hands on things that are better for you then a work book. Some kids and adults learn better with hands on things then doing it in a book. I think each and everyone who is teaching there children are doing a wonderful job but just reading all the things in here. :lol: Like I said sometimes a degree don't mean anything. I have worked with alot of people who are book smart and common scene dumb. I think a little bit of both is better then one or other. In some fields any way. :lol: 'Remember we are doing this to teach our Children the right way, and to have more special time with them. So, don't let the degree get in a way with which way you teach your child. I am sure it might help if you have a degree but there is so much help out there now days . If you get in trouble with a subject there are alot of people to step in to help. Also, remember years and years ago our grandparents were taught at home, by there parents and many of them if any didn't have degrees and they all made it through life pretty good. Any way my grandparents had a wonderful life and did good for themselfs. Take Care Kris Tx :lol: Take care
OK, I've an interesting question. There are those out there homeschooling without a high school diploma. Personally, I don't have a problem with that. I feel that these folks probably know their own strengths and weaknesses, and like all of us, get help of some kind in the areas where we need it. Becky, I know you said you went back and got your diploma. Good for you! But if you HADN'T, what would stop a homeschooler, especially if they are working with an older child, to "take the classes", so to say, along with their child and issue themself a diploma along with their child's? Why not? I bet people would have fits with it, but if the program is good enough for the child, why shouldn't it be for the parent? We ALL know that we learn just as much as our kids do. Just a though.......
Whoa. What a thought. Hmmm.. I don't think an individual should issue themselves a diploma. It just doesn't seem kosher. If the person needed the lessons right along with the child that's cool. There has to be a level of accountability that makes it seem necessary for an outside source to test the parent. For me it was personal satisfaction that sent me back for my sheepskin. Plus, I wanted to be a good example for Kevin, although he couldn't have cared less! Maybe if a parent is in a homeschool group of some kind, the evaluator could test them?
I kind of agree that there should be some kind of accountability. ANd it would also depend on the subject, too. With math, you take a test and either the answer is right or wrong. But if you were writing an English essay, you'd have to have someone else grade it for you. I've written stuff that I KNEW was just fantastic, and only got a "C" on it for one reason or another!
That is really interesting to think about, Jackie. I'll be issuing my kids' diplomas when the time comes, not having them get their GED. But what is the difference in the GED for adults (non-traditional students :wink: ) or having someone give you tests for your "high school diploma"? It seems like that is the program they already have in place for this situation. Don't get me wrong, I know the negative way many look at a GED which is why my kids' will have diplomas, and why the option of a high school diploma would be more desirable for an adult. I'm curious to find out what ideas others might have on adults homeschooling and graduating from high school as an adult.
I think if you issued yourself a diploma from your homeschool (despite having learned everything before or along with your kids) it would not be taken seriously by others. However, I know that several HS programs have the option of keeping the records for you and issuing the diploma. So do you think they would also issue an adult a high school diploma if he/she enrolled and turned in all the requirements? That would be interesting. Kris, I know what you mean about having a degree and being dumb common sense-wise. I've met more than one professor with more letters after his name than in it, who had no common sense. On the other hand, my grandfather, who only finished the eight grade, was one of the smartest (and had tons of common sense!) men I've ever met.
Since you mention the eigth grade thing --- I received an email several years ago that was a test that you had to pass a long time ago to graduate from 8th grade. The questions were really hard and could not be answered easily by most high school grads now. It gives you more respect for someone who (a long time ago) only finished to 8th grade. Plus, I think common sense is more important and actually will give you more knowledge. Sabrina
Keep in mind what I went through was a program connected to the school. I got a Maryland high school diploma, not an equivalent or any other type of certificate. Mine looks just like my son's, only mine doesn't have a school name on it, and mine is signed by a different governor. In my program you got put with different advisors at different intervals so there is no issue with cheating.
I was just thinking about the program i went through.... If I'm not mistaken, for the GED you go all the way back to 9th grade and it's more traditional work that you do. In my program you used lifeskills to prove what you know. For example, you were given a recipe and you had to change the proportions in a specified way. This program was for those with stronger skills, since there was no bookwork to be covered, like with the GED. If you felt like you needed it you were tutored, and of course you were pre-tested for placement. As a matter of fact girlfriends :wink: , I kind of out did the program at one point. This one day my advisor told me I would have to write my resume, which they would keep a copy of for so many years in with my record. She said if it helped they would make me a copy to take along in case I went job hunting. I asked her if she was serious, that I should take a handwritten resume to a job interview. I thought she was kidding!! I told her I wouldn't write my resume I would get it professionally done so it would look better. She was actually speechless for a minute, although I don't know why. Wouldn't that be the thing to do?
Tee hee.......Becky, I posted a while back about a professional woman on the "other end of the phone" one day who was talking down to me for about 10 minutes. She then asked me if I could send her a certain document...I asked her if she would prefer it faxed or if I could scan it and e-mail it instead.....she went speechless and then said "oh, I'm sorry, I was under the impression you were a stay-at-home mom!".....I told her, "Welcome to the new stay-at-home-mom!" The next time I had to talk to that office (a gov. job, no less) I was informed that she was "no longer employed with the department".
