~GBCK~

MinM

I saw your post below about homeschooling. BIL was having problems in school, so MIL took him AND H out of school. I don't think it did either one of them any good. They got cable, the two of them watching cooking shows all day, and made dinner. H has done well for himself, his brother has not. Two kids, same situation....clearly home schooling did not "fix" anything.

MinM

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Cant_wait!

Also GBCK, since there is a page to you already and I don't want to make another...I made your super awesome pecan honey pork the other night...SO GOOD! My husband loves you for posting that recipe, he said it's his favorite thing I've ever made!

GBCK

That scares me.Although having kids cook dinner might be useful :-PMy ex-aunt did that to my one cousin...she was studying education.  So, of CoURSE she was qualified.  But she did some unschooling bastardization where he didn't have to do things he didn't like.By the time my uncle got custody, cousin was 2 years behind in his reading level (and he was a SMART kid) he never fully recovered socially, IMO...and 18, he was convicted of Felony Arson.wheee.(I have seen it done well.  Not a lot, but it *can* be done well.  It just...usually isn't.  It takes a helluva lot of commitment and good work to do it well)

GBCK

and yay pork!(another former knottie gave me the recipe :-)

TheDuckis

Honestly, I have never met a homeschooled kid who turned out normal, and I've met an inordinate number of homeschooled kids thanks to my conservative Catholic upbringing. I once dated a guy who said he wanted his kids to be homeschooled. He was a piece of work, let me tell you.

MinM

I mistrust my MIL to properly teach anything, as she is supah religious and therefor biased against much of what is considered by most as science.

Cant_wait!

I was homeschooledish. half of 10th and all of 11th grade. Then senior year I did homeschool for highschool but went to junior college full time.I accredit homeschool with my graduating highschool a virgin.;)