Homeschooling

I walked through the hallways of my middle school, listening to the garbled conversations around me. I wondered why people were only “together” one day, what this new term, gay, meant, and why OneDirection was so important. Awkward silences, gasps of disbelief, and grudging explanations often followed my inevitable queries of “What does that mean?” I had difficulty understanding how people interacted at first, and found myself listening from the outside to learn different things for later use. I…

Home schooling should be the main method of schooling, because it is safer for kids, is a more effective learning style, and produces healthier children. Traditional schools have become dangerous places where kids viciously bully the weak and crazy people are going on shooting sprees, only lazy parents would send their kids to traditional school. Home schooled kids are smarter, healthier and much safer. Schools are not the safe havens they use to be; they have turned into a miniature prison…

Antonio Ovalle HIST-1301-270 Meaghan Steffek 11/7/17 Essay 1 The typical childhood of a Puritan was controlled by their parents and anyone with high authority from England before traveling to the New World known as Massachusetts in the 17th century. The children were taught about religious, modest and obedience. The parents were to raise their children the way they were taught by their ancestors. The Puritan childhood experience was very different from the childhood of this modern time.…

Guidance and virtue begins in the home. Many scholars and academics agree that kids learn from their parents more than any other they may encounter in their lives. Social skills, morals, and political beliefs all have one thing in common: they are directly related to home life. To try and teach key skills in school, like honesty or good virtues is really fanciful at the least. At most the idea is a concoction of lazy-parenting hoping to push it off on another source. So then, as some push for…

1. Where should the citizens go? This question does not pertain to us. We are simply school superintendents, thus our responsibility is only with the students. 2. What should they bring? This question directly ties into question number one, so we still do not feel that this question applies to us. 3. Should they evacuate the city, go to a local shelter, or shelter in place? We can create a shelter out of the school and house people in it. If the situation becomes severe, than…

Chinook Montessori is a “school of choice”. This school is an alternative to the regular public schools. Chinook Montessori Charter School uses the Montessori approach of teaching that was designed by Dr. Maria Montessori, which it is named. Montessori Education “is a child-centered educational approach based on scientific observations of children from birth to adulthood” (The American Montessori Society, 2016). Chinook Montessori uses various learning environments that is fostered from…

Many students that are home schooled enjoy playing sports in their free time and include sports in their lifestyle. Playing sports while growing up teaches young children discipline, teamwork, and commitment. Unfortunately, some states do not allow home schooled students to participate on public schools sporting teams, while public schools let any students attending their schools participate on public schools sporting teams. Being home schooled and attending a public school have a few…

In the article “Not kidding around; a push to make kindergarten mandatory has the backing of educators and lawmakers who say it’s vital to development” by Kurt Chirbas, he talks about the option of making kindergarten mandatory. Additionally, he speaks of the importance of kindergarten and the level of educational teachings kindergarten is getting to. Chirbas says that kindergarten is becoming what first grade use to be and is starting to engage in activities to help skills like reading, writing…

There are several different types of educational choices to make for our children. Two of the most popular are public school and homeschool. Public school is the most popular choice. It is a tax-payer funded educational system that can be hard to beat. Homeschool, on the other hand, is quickly rising in popularity (Liepmann). Parents personally foot the cost of homeschool. The government doesn 't have much say in what is being taught to the students. The curriculum in public school system are…

There are many arguments for and against the “Tim Tebow Bill” within Virginia and across the nation. It is important to look at the arguments provided by those who support the bill. In doing so a few faulty arguments appear to repeat themselves continuously. Dispelling of these myths is essential to understanding the true impact of the “Tim Tebow Bill” on the high school sports landscape. I. Paying Taxes Entitles Children to Play High School Sports In the United States funding for public…