From: dominicandcaitlinsdad@comcast.net   
      
   Hi Deb,   
   Thanks for your input.  The kids you mention are, in fact, my students   
   now....things haven't changed much in the last few years, huh?  Yep, Kelley   
   Drive!   
   The main problem with home schooling or private schooling to me is the lack   
   of credentialled teachers.  A credential does NOT make one a "GOOD" teacher,   
   but does make one "QUALIFIED".  I like to compare it to a doctor in that   
   would you send your sick child to an unqualified person to do medical   
   services?  Of course not, but yet people want their children to learn from   
   unqualified persons.  I figure I have the kids from 8-3 for over eight   
   months of the year, that is a LONG time for parents to entrust their child   
   in my care.  I better be qualified to take that task to heart and do the   
   best job I can with their children.  Now, I'll step off the soapbox and let   
   someone else take the stand.   
      
   "Deb in Northern California"  wrote in message   
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   > Kevin,   
   >   
   > Since we are "neighbors", I would send my to public schools in the   
   district   
   > you live in.  I live in the other school district that is in our   
   > neighborhood.  I have been very pleased with my district and most of the   
   > schools are under-performing in this area of the district.  I agree with   
   you   
   > that most of the problems in the under-performing schools in this area are   
   > learned behaviors at home not the schooling that they are receiving.  My   
   > kids attended school with a lot of the Kelley Drive area kids and then   
   also   
   > the migrant farm worker kids that spoke little if any English.   
   >   
   > When my daughter was off track for a couple of months in 8th grade and was   
   > not bringing home very good grades,  I put her into a private school.   
   What   
   > they were teaching here at the private school she had worked on in   
   > elementary school (about 5th - 6th  grades), she was so bored there, but   
   it   
   > did help to instill that she was not doing that bad to begin with in the   
   > public school I had her in.  She is now in high school and attends one of   
   > the newest high schools in our district, Middle College High School.   
   Where   
   > she attends college and high school at the same time.  She attended there   
   > this past school year and will be starting her sophomore year there in mid   
   > August.  It is a great program and so good for the kids that would not   
   quite   
   > make it at the traditional high school with about 2500 students on a small   
   > campus.  She had summer classes at Delta this summer and her one teacher   
   > (Business) was amazed at how well she has done.  She is getting an "A" in   
   > the class and this is a great boost for her since she is normally a   
   > struggling "C" average student.  Her teacher even asked her again what her   
   > age is and she told her she is 14.  The teacher even said she was better   
   > than some of her adult students.  This has been great to boost her self   
   > esteem in regards to her education.   
   >   
   > I am also an involved parent at the school, I think that makes a huge   
   > difference.  I have always been involved in one way,. shape or form in my   
   > child's education.  Whether is be a chaperone on field trips, room mom, on   
   > the PTA Board or on the School Site Council.  I think being involved at   
   the   
   > school makes a world of difference in the child and their education.  BTW,   
   I   
   > work full-time outside the home too, with typical business hours of   
   > Monday-Friday 8 am - 5 pm .   
   >   
   > *stepping off my soapbox*   
   >   
   > Debbie   
   >   
   > "Kevin"  wrote in message   
   > news:HJSSa.101998$sY2.46467@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...   
   > > I definately agree that some TEACHERS are bad, not sure if that means   
   the   
   > > school is or not, so I refrain from "admitting some are bad"....But, I'd   
   > > rather see kids taught by someone credentialled to do so (that means   
   they   
   > > actually have the education behind them to know, hopefully, what they   
   are   
   > > teaching).  Home schooling doesn't require this....private schools don't   
   > > require credentialled teachers, and that to me is even MORE scary.   
   > Someone   
   > > with a college degree in underwater basketweaving can be a teacher for a   
   > > private school.  I do see some positives to home-schooling, but see just   
   > as   
   > > many, if not more, negatives.  I personally teach at an "Underperforming   
   > > School".  Does this mean the school is bad?  Not necessarily....would I   
   > send   
   > > my own kids there?  Well, for one, I reside in a different "district" so   
   I   
   > > couldn't, but even if I could, I wouldn't based on the behaviors of the   
   > > school kids where I teach and NOT because it is underperforming.  Those   
   > > behaviors are taught at home (trust me, I've visited SEVERAL of the   
   homes,   
   > > so I know of what I speak in this instance), not taught at school.  I   
   did   
   > > opt to pull my kids from a licensed day care though to being taken care   
   of   
   > > at home, based on what I saw happening, or not happening at day care.  I   
   > > guess it all comes down to what you think is best, as a parent, for your   
   > > child.  I wish you luck!   
   > >   
   > >   
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