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Especially in high school when 2 year of a foreign language are required, computer classes, driver's ed, PE, trig or higher level math the parent might not be a pro at or chemistry, geology, etc. In high school each teacher has years of experience in each subject area they specialize in. How do parents pull off teaching all the different topics themselves?
Well I am referring to high school age per my question details, so ages 14-18 (or 12-18 roughly if I include junior high).
For example my favorite class in high school (public) was English where we studied the Greek plays, reinacted them and the teacher who was very well educated in the field was just so amazing, I could never in a million years imagine getting what I got out of that class from my parents, or my typing class or computer class or French and on and on. I'm just curious - do the parents hire other teachers to come teach in their home? I don't even have children but I'm just curious.
What's the point in enrolling in a public community college if they're supposed to be "home schooled"?
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First of all, just because a parent doesn't have a teaching degree, doesn't mean he/she isn't well- educated. Many homeschooling parents, such as myself, have years of college under their belts. I have a BS in biochemistry, and medical lab technician certification. To get these, I had to do lots of chemistry, physics, calculus (including multi-variable), science, biology, art, English, and a foreign language, among others. Not to mention, I have a genius IQ. So what makes a teacher? I expect that they have to spend a few years learning how to handle kids in the public school system. They learn things like watching for signs of abuse, how to handle a violent kid, how to "lock-down" a classroom, how to protect themselves from false accusations by students, etc. Many of these lessons are totally unnecessary when you are teaching your own kids.
Second, public school teachers don't necessarily know the material they are teaching. They have to read the books, and plan what to say. Why do you think they fight competency exams so much? Do you really think that a 65 year-old teacher knows all the new info about atoms, cells, and electronics? They sure didn't learn that in "teacher's school" back in 1950.
Most of us parents did go to school through high school. We took a variety of classes, and are fully capable of teaching what we learned. Remember the Laura Ingalls book where she quit school for a while to go teach in another school, then went back to her school again as a student? The teachers our grandparents had were just country school educated, just graduated, ordinary young people. I think most of our grandparents got all the education they needed. And they also got a lot of education at home, from their parents.
If after attending public school for 12 years, I'm not smart enough to teach that information to my kids, then there is a problem with public school.
Third, the homeschool curriculum available today is made for home teaching. It has all the info necessary for the child to be taught by a parent, or self-taught. For example, workbooks have the lesson, then the questions. Some math has built-in teachers. All the information needed is right there. The parent doesn't have to know it all. Have you heard of the controversy about Rosetta Stone being used in public school classrooms? With that, you don't need a live teacher, and the teachers are mad about it. Homeschooling has eliminated the need for trained teachers.
First of all, just because a parent doesn't have a teaching degree, doesn't mean he/she isn't well- educated. Many homeschooling parents, such as myself, have years of college under their belts. I have a BS in biochemistry, and medical lab technician certification. To get these, I had to do lots of chemistry, physics, calculus (including multi-variable), science, biology, art, English, and a foreign language, among others. Not to mention, I have a genius IQ. So what makes a teacher? I expect that they have to spend a few years learning how to handle kids in the public school system. They learn things like watching for signs of abuse, how to handle a violent kid, how to "lock-down" a classroom, how to protect themselves from false accusations by students, etc. Many of these lessons are totally unnecessary when you are teaching your own kids.
Second, public school teachers don't necessarily know the material they are teaching. They have to read the books, and plan what to say. Why do you think they fight competency exams so much? Do you really think that a 65 year-old teacher knows all the new info about atoms, cells, and electronics? They sure didn't learn that in "teacher's school" back in 1950.
Most of us parents did go to school through high school. We took a variety of classes, and are fully capable of teaching what we learned. Remember the Laura Ingalls book where she quit school for a while to go teach in another school, then went back to her school again as a student? The teachers our grandparents had were just country school educated, just graduated, ordinary young people. I think most of our grandparents got all the education they needed. And they also got a lot of education at home, from their parents.
If after attending public school for 12 years, I'm not smart enough to teach that information to my kids, then there is a problem with public school.
Third, the homeschool curriculum available today is made for home teaching. It has all the info necessary for the child to be taught by a parent, or self-taught. For example, workbooks have the lesson, then the questions. Some math has built-in teachers. All the information needed is right there. The parent doesn't have to know it all. Have you heard of the controversy about Rosetta Stone being used in public school classrooms? With that, you don't need a live teacher, and the teachers are mad about it. Homeschooling has eliminated the need for trained teachers.
Why Do Filipinos reacted so much to the comment of Teri Hatcher in Desperate Housewives?
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regarding graduates of SOME medical schools in the Philippines?
Im a Filipino and I was not insulted because its really true.Its a sad reality that our government must take a serious look rather than condemning Teri Hatcher. That statement of her should serve as an eye-opener for the government/schools to improve the quality of education in the Philippines. The result of recent medical board exams shows how many aspires to become a doctor but only few are qualified. Can you imagine computer schools like AMA and STI offerring medical courses? Only in the Philippines.
Not only that, isnt it that we Filipinos also make fun of Japanese for being 'Sakang', Africans for being "Unggoy". Indians for being "mabaho" and Chinese for "eating Cat" and "source of piracy in the whole world". We always watch our local comedians maligns these people in out movies and TV shows.
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you go to Recto and you will have a BS Medicine or BS Political science in less than 30 minutes. Then you're telling me Philippine diploma are not doubtful? Its been there been since the 1970's but the government is not doing anything to close those diploma "factory" along Recto.
I've been in that situation so many times. Foreign companies always doubt/belittle IT/computer graduates from Phils (I'm an IT specialist) because there are so many fly by night computer schools in the Philippines. Operating without license and their graduates doesnt even know whats the difference between Windows XP and MS Word.
The bottomline line is, the government must act on all forms of corruption so that we would improve our educational system and prove to the world that we are not just Filipinos but world-class Filipinos.
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i beg to differ though, for the way i see it this is not really an attack on the medical competency of the filipino or their medical schools but rather it is an attack on every filipino working or studying abroad who will provide a philippine diploma because there will always be this doubt that is it dubious.
& if you havent been in that situation yet, then you probably do not know how it would feel. & that is why some "kababayans" (fellow filipinos) living abroad have reacted to it so strongly.
anyway having said all that, if anybody out there got offended by this, there is this petition page you can go to:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/FilABC/
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thanks for the info about recto, i know about that & i know that there are people who do patronize their services. but there are people like you, me & millions of other fellow filipinos who have gotten their certificates & diplomas by doing the hard work & a big number of them based abroad. & those are the ones that have this reason to vent out against such a comment that was potentially seen & heard by 120M+ people worldwide on tv & more on the web.
anyway, i know that it was meant to be funny, but being funny over the expense of a race, ethnicity or any protected class is not only uncool but morally wrong & politically incorrect.
& if you'd ask me they shouldnt have done that, imagine if they have mentioned another country other than the philippines, they would probably have a lawsuit going on by now. yes, regardless if it was the truth.
i beg to differ though, for the way i see it this is not really an attack on the medical competency of the filipino or their medical schools but rather it is an attack on every filipino working or studying abroad who will provide a philippine diploma because there will always be this doubt that is it dubious.
& if you havent been in that situation yet, then you probably do not know how it would feel. & that is why some "kababayans" (fellow filipinos) living abroad have reacted to it so strongly.
anyway having said all that, if anybody out there got offended by this, there is this petition page you can go to:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/FilABC/
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thanks for the info about recto, i know about that & i know that there are people who do patronize their services. but there are people like you, me & millions of other fellow filipinos who have gotten their certificates & diplomas by doing the hard work & a big number of them based abroad. & those are the ones that have this reason to vent out against such a comment that was potentially seen & heard by 120M+ people worldwide on tv & more on the web.
anyway, i know that it was meant to be funny, but being funny over the expense of a race, ethnicity or any protected class is not only uncool but morally wrong & politically incorrect.
& if you'd ask me they shouldnt have done that, imagine if they have mentioned another country other than the philippines, they would probably have a lawsuit going on by now. yes, regardless if it was the truth.
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