I was just wondering wot u thought of home tutoring?

My friend recently asked me wot i thoguht & i said tht i fink it will cause arguments in the household.

I take it you mean parents educating their children at home rather than a teacher coming out to give lessons at home ?

Like anything if it's well planned & thought out it can work & work well - depends on the parents & the child(ren)

Originally posted by msnutty
I was just wondering wot u thought of home tutoring?

My friend recently asked me wot i thoguht & i said tht i fink it will cause arguments in the household.

Originally posted by Siân
Like anything if it's well planned & thought out it can work & work well - depends on the parents & the child(ren)

It depends on the educational standards you wish to attain ;) :hihi:

I fink its a gud idear msnutty, sa longe as ewer the teecher.

yes i mean parents tutor child. dont u fink it could stir fings up in the household? i'm unsure coz i fink the child is restricted 2 certain fings. like where 2 go askin advice & nt wanting parents 2 no.

There's a wealth of support out there for parents who want to look into it properly - proper schemes etc that give guidance & structure too.

It's not an easy option though - I guess any parent who chooses to educate their child(ren) at home will soon find out (if they didn't know before) the work that goes into planning & preparing a balanced curriculum.

I think home tutoring is a bad idea personally, generally kids can end up missing out on a lot of things by not being in a school environment.

Social skills are the most important skills to learn, along with your basic english, maths and science.

If a parent was to teach their child, it would be VERY helpful if the parent actually had some understanding, and concepts of the basic english language, such as how to spell basic words, and form correct sentances :P

As above, I feel the most important part of school is that you are there with other people so you learn social skills. Social skills get you further in life than academic skills.

It's easy to think children miss out by not being in school but with a bit more exploration as to what it acually entails it's not quite so black & white.

It very much depends on the child as to what style of teaching & learning works best.

Home education (http://www.freedom-in-education.co.uk/home%20ed/home_education_techniques.htm)

Originally posted by msnutty
I was just wondering wot u thought of home tutoring?

My friend recently asked me wot i thoguht & i said tht i fink it will cause arguments in the household.

OMG I hope you aren't thinking of being the tutor :D

Originally posted by msnutty
yes i mean parents tutor child. dont u fink it could stir fings up in the household? i'm unsure coz i fink the child is restricted 2 certain fings. like where 2 go askin advice & nt wanting parents 2 no.

Did you have home teaching???

:P:P:P:P

only joking

Originally posted by msnutty
I was just wondering wot u thought of home tutoring?

My friend recently asked me wot i thoguht & i said tht i fink it will cause arguments in the household.

I think you would benefit from home tutoring. I would be happy to offer lessons in basic English. :hihi:

mod: edited thread title to read in English.

Well, you edited wrong I'm afraid! :lol:

I think you would benefit from home tutoring. I would be happy to offer lessons in basic English

Looks like you might have a few takers ;)

Oooh the title has been spell checked - who's the mystery mod that did that? :lol:

I was taught at home from year eight (age 13/14) right up to my GCSEs. I took my GCSEs at a local adult college. I think the biggest plus is that you learn to work on your own initiative, a skill I found invaluable at university. The down side is the lack of social contact.

If you have a parent(s) who know what they are doing then I think that the outcomes can be excellent.

There is no need for the home educated child to be deprived of social interaction. They can still play with neighbours, join after school clubs and do all the things that school educated children do.

After saying all that I would still choose the school system for my children (and I speak as a qualified teacher) unless the state schools were so very bad.

Originally posted by Mo
After saying all that I would still choose the school system for my children (and I speak as a qualified teacher) unless the state schools were so very bad.

We were forced into home teaching our youngest - due to the LEA loosing our application for inclusion @ the local JI school, even though his sister was @ the same school.

Appeal after appeal was refused:mad: :confused:

I have been home-educated for five years now as have my three siblings. We find that it is a good oppurtunity to study whatever we are interested in and in as great a depth as we feel necessary. We have more relaxed attittude to learning which does not put us under any pressure. Also we are able to mix with a wide variety of age groups and do not feel we have to stick to our peer groups as we would in schools.
There is a lot of support for home-educating families from local groups who have regular meetings. I feel upset when I read people's negative assumptions about home education when they don't understand what is involved.

www.education-otherwise.org

www.choiceineducation.org.uk/Local%20Events.htm Details of Sheffield Home Educators Network (SHEN) Look under Yorkshire area.

www.heas.org.uk Home Educators Advisory Service (HEAS)

this is very interesting, would you get any help with grants for books ? what about lessons that would be harder at home,ie science ?
are there any support groups ? thanks..

We don't get any grants for books or anything else. As regards sciences etc. some experiments would be difficult but most things can be found in books or on the internet.

The HEAS and Education Otherwise groups will help with legal problems and dealings with LEA etc.
There are a lot of groups that meet up regularly too.
The SHEN group that I mentioned in the previous mail is probably the most local although I know of one in Chesterfield.
Most support actually comes from contact with other home educators, sharing experiences and problems.

Originally posted by woolspinster
We don't get any grants for books or anything else. As regards sciences etc. some experiments would be difficult but most things can be found in books or on the internet.

The HEAS and Education Otherwise groups will help with legal problems and dealings with LEA etc.
There are a lot of groups that meet up regularly too.
The SHEN group that I mentioned in the previous mail is probably the most local although I know of one in Chesterfield.
Most support actually comes from contact with other home educators, sharing experiences and problems. thank you, it may be worth my while checking out home educating as my son is having problems at school at the moment iv,e requested help from the l e a but have not had much success

The best place to look would be the Education Otherwise website or ring them and they will answer any questions you may have. These are details from the website:

Helpline Number
0870 7300074
This telephone number gives recorded details of volunteers around the country willing to take telephone enquiries. Charges on this number are as follows:

Mon to Fri 8 am - 6 pm 7.51 p per minute (incl VAT)
Mon to Fri 6 pm - 8 am 3.75 p per minute (incl VAT)
Saturday and Sunday 1.50 p per minute (incl VAT)

If the volunteer is not in, try another number or call again later

Good luck, hope this is some help.