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Shani congrats on your girl being so smart. Shes way ahead of her time for everything! The homeschooling of today is very different. If youre lucky to live in or near a larger city they probably have one or many homeschooling groups/associations/organizations and if you live in a small town many churches have national groups that will help you with teaching plans, materials and give you a place to send your national standardized tests to be graded. Homeschooling is a good option if the parent can find ways to get their child socially active. I agree though that by high school the child should attend a private or a public school if the parent has done the research for the district, spoken with teachers, principals and other administration of the school and can see an outline of what their child might take so they can approve it. I also think coming out of Homeschooling the parent and child should be able to sit through a day of classes to see if they would enjoy the setting so the parent and child can make a well informed decison on their education.
Its all about your school district and the amount of time you have to dedicate to schooling your child. Also if you cant afford the money or time involved in homeschooling, BECOME MORE ACTIVE IN YOUR CHILDS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Thats what I notice most about schools that get poor grades(in FL we use a grading A, B, C style system) is the lack of parent participation. Ive been fortunate and in grade school I went to the same elementary school as my Mom, at the time it had high marks and offered LOTS of attention to children. It had an advanced learning program that I was in, then my brother was in normal very small classes. The parent participation in that school was amazing though, every teacher knew every childs parent by face, and most parents came to the monthly PTA meetings or at least read the notes. Then when we moved to FL I went to 5th grade at a school that had an A+ rating and later I found out my Mom looked for housing in that specific district because the Elementary, Middle and High Schools I would attend all had A, or A+ markings. I was pretty involved in school activities, and my parents were involved as well. There were very few kids even in high school who didnt have parents that had contributed something(money, time, other donations) or that didnt attend a school board meeting here and there. So not all public schools are bad, but you have to research and stay informed. Some people think homeschooling is a way to fix things but its never a fix, it takes time and patience. Sending your kid to public school requires involvement. LOTS of it. I dont like how parents just think their kids get on the bus and are ready to learn everything they need to know about life.
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