Another Reason To Home School Through High School
Posted By Jacque on July 21, 2009
Socialization? I think this video pretty much speaks for itself. (there is an ad first)
(As always, please get permission to view if you are not an adult)
In case the video and article disappear, here is an excerpt from the news article, which you will find here: Girl Suspended for Taping Chaos in Classroom
“”People smoking marijuana in the classroom. They smoke cigarettes.” Arielle said. “There was one kid who peed in a bottle and threw it across the room.”"
Other accusations about the teacher/classroom unruliness made by her and other students are:
flipping lights to make a strobe light effect,
paper ball fights,
dancing,
and more, all with the teacher sitting in the back of the classroom watching.
Oh, and the clincher is that the girl who taped it on her cell phone was also suspended for video-taping without permission. She did it because it had already been reported, and she wanted to learn math.
Un-huh… no accountability there…
Reminds me of the time Amanda was home schooling “high school” and told me she never wanted to go to public school after looking through a friend’s Yearbook.
blessings and happy home schooling!
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That’s insanity! My husband and I are definitely homeschooling our children when we reach that point in our lives. It’s sad when you want to learn and can’t because other people don’t take education seriously.
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I was just talking to a friend who recently moved near me, and she met one of her neighbors who is a substitute teacher. The neighbor told my friend that she didn’t want to send her dd to the local middle and high schools because of the gang activity and other issues there. And we’re talking a rural area!
I remember a time in 7th grade when everyone was getting rowdy (not quite as bad as that video!) and some of us were telling them to knock it off. They didn’t, and we ALL got in trouble (teacher had stepped out of the room). Made us SO mad as we got punished because of *their* stupidity!
And how many homeschoolers send their dc to high school?!
Yes, that may be an extreme, but more garbage goes on than many realize. I knew of one boy whose mom homeschooled him the last year or so of his high school. He really got into drama and she asked why he didn’t do anything while in public school. He said, “If you do this, this group of kids think you’re weird, and if you do that, that group thinks you’re weird. So I just didn’t do anything and hoped they wouldn’t even notice me!” What a sad way to spend your high school years!
Yep, homeschool ‘em all the way through! There are plenty of options out there to teach just about everything if someone doesn’t feel they can handle harder subjects! And our young people can take responsibility for what they want to learn, anyway!
Trisch
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If that’s the kind of “social skills” my high schoolers are missing out on… well, obviously all the better! I feel bad for this girl. What other recourse did she have. She told and was ignored. I am glad she taped it. I just hope her parent will consider what she said about how hard it is to learn in that environment!
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