HELP!! some germans are very confused

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  1. strangemorbi

    strangemorbi New Member

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    Hello! We talked a lot about homeschooling, but there are still some questions we have. Because here in Germany homeschooling isn´t allowed no one could tell us..:cry: I hope someone here can answer our questions!:shock:
    First question:
    Are there differences between students who are taught at home or in school? I mean, for example do the students who are taught at home go to parties and do other activities with kids taught in school?
    2. Why do parents decide to teach their children at home?
    3.Do you think the children taught at home are at the same level as students taught in school?

    I would be very happy about some answers:love:
    Thank you very much for reading this and maybe answering!!!!:love:
     
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  3. ABall

    ABall Super Moderator

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    Welcome.

    If you are asking if homeschooled students are socialy adequete, yes, when you say party what kind do you mean most homeschoolers are not considered to be "wild" like those in public school. We choose to homeschool for different reasons, from medical issues, religious issues, and shere disrespect for the public school system. Many here are wonderful, but a lot of them are starting to have weaknesses like poorly paid teachers, inability to purchase updated curiculum, and no control over disrespectful children. I do think that in the general aspect homeschooled children do just as well or even better than schooled children, for one reason the ratio to teacher:student is much better for me I have 4 children that I homeschool, if they were in public school they would be in a class with 20-25 other kids. At home they can be taught at their own pace, they can excell and go faster if they are able instead of being held at a level that may be below them, or they can get extra help when they need it at home. We can make life issues into learning issues as well.

    A lot of homeschoolers do regular activities such as join a ballet class, a gym class, boy and girl scouts, soccer teams and all the other "normal" stuff.
     
  4. Jackie

    Jackie Active Member

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    Hello! Yes, I understand that homeschooling is illegal in Germany. I homeschool because I feel it is what God wants of my family. The "government" schools teach values that are contrary to God's law. They teach a life-style apart from God. That is not what I want for my children. My children, IMO, get a better education at home. As stated above, they are active in sports, church activities, various groups, etc.

    Here we have an organization called the Homeschool Legal Defense Association. They have a sister-group in Germany, but I don't know what it is called. If you want to learn about homeschooling in Germany, this would be the best place to start.
     
  5. Emma's#1fan

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    Yes, HSLDA is the place to go for information. They have a lot of good information about issues that are going on in Germany right now.
    Most knowledge of most homeschoolers far exceed that of children in the public system. You can work at your child's pace and teach in a way that they can learn. In public school all children are placed in one class and expected to learn at the same pace. For a lack of better words, they are treated like robots. They are programmed to do the same things as all the children when they are individuals with different needs. Even with the best teacher, I do not think one teacher can provide what 30 children need in so many hours a day.
    With homeschooling, the parent knows the needs of the child. They know what interestes the child has and can create a learning environment that encourages learning instead of expecting the child to learn and act like every child in the room.
    I homeschool for these reasons as well as what Jackie has stated. I want my child to know we are created by a living and loving God. Not that we just popped into existence one day and have no purpose for life. I do not agree with what the public system is trying to force upon our children. Basically what I am trying to say is that the public school should be used to teach children academically and it is being used instead to teach children a personal agenda that has absolutely no place in the class room.
     
  6. Elizabeth77

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    You've got good responses already, don't know what else I can add. I personally homeschool because I want my kids to get the one on one attention, I do not agree with the NEA's agenda to use school to make our children "politically correct" on issues I don't agree with for moral and religious reasons, I don't want the bad behaviors of some children in PS to rub off on my kids, schools just aren't safe anymore - I'd be worried about them all day if they were there! I also remember a LOT of wasted time at school as a kid, and I feel that time could be used more productively at home. And the "socializing crap" that I've had tons of people bring up. . .please!. . . .school made me LESS social. Since becoming an adult, I've had to make a consious effort to learn how to interact with people. My 4 yo dd gets plently of socializing, and once I get a car and can get her into community stuff, and once she's old enough for our church activites, she'll be more than fine. And same with our baby and future children.

    As I've grown up, I've watched homeschooled kids that I've known. For the most part, they have been better behaved, polite, self-motivated, and smarter than PS kids. Just using this as an example: My 4 yo will be starting kindergarten math sometime in the near future, and is reading on a K-1 reading level. By the time next year rolls around and her age group is going into Kinder in the PS's, my kid will probably be more on a 1st grade level, with some subjects still in the upper end of K. And that's pretty much they way it's been with everyone I've personally known that has homeschooled. I wouldn't be surprised if others on here had similar situations. (I'm new so I don't know everyone well yet!) My dd is very motivated and egar to learn, and I'm afraid that if I sent her to school, she would not only be bored, but her motivation snuffed out.

    Oh, and I also like to bring up God and Jesus in our lessons when they lend themselves to that. . .that wouldn't be happening in the PS's.
     
  7. AmyU

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    I agree there has been some great responses.
    My son went to public school for 4.5 years Prek-3rd. I choose to homeschool because the school could not give my child what he needed. My son was not learning what he needed to and he thought he was dumb and didn't want to be in this world anymore. As his mother I had to do something I was lossing my child and couldn't let this happen. The schools made promises and couldn't keep them. My son is now loving his life and doing pretty well in school. We are still playing catch up in some areas but in time it will come. I also like the fact that God can be part of my son schooling. Not allowed in ps.
    Now Socialy I feel my son is more social being at home then he ever was in school. In school they only interact with children around the same age. My son can have an adult conversation and the adult will enjoy talking with him and maybe learn something from him. I have had people come to me and they can't believe the things my son knows and how mature he is. I have no plans of ever sending my son back to ps.
     
  8. strangemorbi

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    thanks!

    thank you very much for your answers!!:love: they were very usefull for us!!:)
     
  9. Syele

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    I may be too late... You already have some great responses, but I thought I'd throw in another one. :)

    1. My Daughter goes to birthday parties and other things that the public school kids go to. She has friends from church, the neighborhood and our Homeschool group (About 25 kids all of similar ages who are Homeschooled are in the group). She plays with kids from the public school when they come home. Often, I have to remind her to finish things she is working on "before Jennifer and the other kids get home from school so you can go out and play." The Homeschool group has field trips to places very similar to where the public schools would go, only we go on field trips more often. :angel: The HS group also does a group project once a month so that the kids can work together. We plan to hold a science fair in a couple of years. (Our kids are all in k-3rd grade)

    2. My personal reasons for Homeschooling : I believe it's what God wants for my family, the current state of the public schools is not good(lots of issues, don't get me started), and I want my kids to have one-on-one instruction with materials that they relate best to (people have different learning styles that can't all be met ideally in a group setting)

    3. Most Homeschooled students actually exceed the level of education recieved in the public schools. Even with parents who didn't even graduate from High School. They have done many research studies on this, check google to read a few more of them. Colleges often specifically recruit Homeschoolers because they are known to be well prepared for college and have execellent sduy skills.
     

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