Some kids will be perfectly fine doing instruction from home. Others might struggle. And still others might be fine with one class and not-so-fine with another. It's a crap shoot all around. All we can do is the best we can do. Keep "in tune" with your child. Pay attention to the subtle messages that they may be sending you. And than act swiftly to "change things up" if necessary and possible!
What year in college is your son in?
Pjmm wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 11:21 amI can tell you my college son believes virtual school is far more difficult for him than the classroom. Unfortunately he has no choice since most of his classes just went virtual. But that's only one person. Ds17 chose virtual. I do agree with Val on one thing... for any education to succeed the parent needs to be involved. Maybe not staring over the kid's shoulder but involved.Anonymous 10 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:47 am I appreciate the value of home schooling. But I honestly have no way of knowing that virtual schooling is just as good as home schooling. I would think that in some instances it might be and depending upon the parent involved, in other instances, it might not be. I thought that's what Valentina was trying to say.
mcginnisc wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:17 am
Val-
Just stop. Seriously. What the schools are offering is NOT homeschooling. So, you absolutely cannot compare them. The majority of schools have an online option- meaning the teachers are teaching via online. Full stop. It is basically the same as being in the classroom as the parents are NOT involved. It is a perfectly viable option. As far as socialization goes- there has not been any for anyone for 6 months.. everyone has lived with it and it is not all of a sudden be a detriment to their adult lives because for maybe one year, their *norm* was interrupted. That argument is asinine.
It is a ton more work for the teachers to do the virtual option. My friends are *all* doing it as our county is fully virtual with the exception of private schools. They have been working on this virtual teaching experience for months now to get ready for school to now start delayed on the 17th as today was supposed to be the first day back. They had to prepare lesson plans for virtual teaching as well as FTF.
As someone that homeschools it really bugs me when I read peoples' comments that have no experience with it at all and just make assumptions.