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[–] The_Duke_of_Dabs [S] ago 

Dude, that's fucking awesome. I've seen that k12 thing around Ohio. It's worth it you say?

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[–] grandmacaesar 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

About k12...please keep in mind that this was a few years ago. Mine were in middle school before the "Common Core" crap started taking place, so I don't know if k12 was affected by it or not...or if it's since been infested with liberals and/or other satanists...so before you sign up, you should probably look into those things.

You can just buy the curriculum/classes, but it's considered Title 1 in many states, and because of my circumstances---single father of much awesomeness in an impoverished area of the Deep South---we got it all free.

They sent us everything we needed. We started getting boxes at the end of summer break. Seriously good stuff---books, workbooks, cds, dvds, stuff for math lab and science lab, music and art supplies, a computer and printer.

It's like a real brick-and-mortar school house, except you're expected to supervise and instruct your child. The parent is often referred to as the "learning coach". There are online teachers for some classes, and virtual classrooms where there are powerpoints and/or virtual chalkboards.

There are other children in the class, and you can see the names listed in a box on the side of the screen. The teacher does her presentation. Children can raise their hands by clicking a button. Everyone has headphones and mics, so the children can all speak and be heard.

The classes are not all day long. Just a couple a day, and the rest of the time is spent doing homework or cd/dvd classes like Art and Music. Those are taught by the parent.

History and science classes early on were interesting. First grade sought to give a balanced discussion on how it all started. History was like,"Some people believe in Theory of Evolution and some people believe in Intelligent Design...for those that believe in Intelligent Design, 'In the beginning God...'" And as religion is a huge part of world history they spent a little time, just a week or two, on religious history, mostly judeo and Christianity but also some about islam, hinduism, and buddhism. But that was early on in the History classes. The Science classes taught straight up science. Darwinism was taught early on, so ToE was covered as well.

Pretty good curricula overall. I found it interesting that sometimes they questioned the "official narrative" of events. In History, the Gulf of Tonkin incident was called out as bee ess.

The children work at their own pace. They can advance to the next grade whenever they can prove they've mastered the current one, or if they need a little more time, it's all cool.

There are school-sponsored field trips to local areas. Your children get to meet other home school kids. Parents are encouraged to set up their own field trips with other families, so there were hikes, and museums, and baseball games, and other gatherings. It's very nice to get to meet and socialize with other home-schooling parents, talking about teaching and parenting methods or life in general. It's a really cool community.

Because it was considered a state school, there is standardized testing. Each spring we were required to go to a proctored gathering place with other home-schooled kids (it was the same kids and parents we had gone on field trips with, plus a few more), and they had to do the fill-in-the-circle multiple choice tests. And common sense dictates that home-schoolers always score at or near the top.

Two really cool things about it all: (1) You get to build on the learning and bonding experience you've already established with your child, instead of handing her off to a government-paid tool, and (2) you get to steer your child around the propaganda. It helps to filter out the crap that is perpetuated generation to generation. You can learn along with your child, and question what is being taught, and teach your child to question as well.

Closing rant:

Each day when your child is done with their homework, they're free to do whatever else you want to expand their minds with. Reading, or developing skills and talents, or learning a craft or multiple crafts. Allow her to explore. But not the tv.

If you haven't already, unplug from all tv programming. You can use it as a computer monitor where you control what enters your brain, but please do not use that disney, or nick jr, or pbs crap, or any other tv channel or program as a babysitter. And it's very unhealthy for you and your family as a whole. The constant bombardment of straight-up lies, horrible news (conveniently followed by anti-depressant ads), inconsequential sports team garbage, mind-numbing propaganda dressed up and packaged as "entertainment" with canned audience responses (attempting to make We the People believe we saw something funny or dramatic or life-changing), or that God-forsaken scripted-and-staged "reality tv"---think about it...how can that garbage have any positive effect on you and yours? Seriously, if you haven't already, unplug it.

You will find you and your wife will be able to think more clearly and within a month you both will fill that time with something worth much more.