I have always been a little suspicious of alternative methods of schooling. I know that there are some parents out there who are completely competent at teaching their kids from Kindergarten to 12th grade, but I highly doubt that’s the majority of homeschoolers. Most of the time, kids who do their schooling at home would …
Seguir leyendo ‘My 19-year-old can’t spell or write’: Unschooling mom with illiterate 12-year-old and adult kids calls herself a failure, the internet agrees
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26-year-old stepdaughter accuses her dad’s wife of being illiterate after she took a month to fill out her dad’s FMLA forms: ‘You know you’re illiterate so let me just do the paperwork’
Far more adults in the United States are functionally illiterate than you may realize. 54% of US adults have a literacy rate below a 6th-grade level, and about 43 million are functionally illiterate. Being functionally illiterate doesn’t mean you don’t know how to read at all. It means you have a literacy rate that makes …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old stepdaughter accuses her dad’s wife of being illiterate after she took a month to fill out her dad’s FMLA forms: ‘You know you’re illiterate so let me just do the paperwork’
Homeschool mom asks niece to teach illiterate 9-year-old daughter who can’t add single digit numbers: ‘I don’t think 4 hours once a week is enough at all’
One of the biggest arguments coming from the pro-homeschooling camp is that kids shouldn’t have to sit and be quiet for 7 hours a day. It is a little insane that we ask 6 and 7-year-olds to conform to a schedule that mirrors that of a full-time job. While it’s highly demanding in concept, it’s …
Seguir leyendo Homeschool mom asks niece to teach illiterate 9-year-old daughter who can’t add single digit numbers: ‘I don’t think 4 hours once a week is enough at all’
‘My 19 year old can’t spell or write’: Unschooling mom with illiterate kids calls herself a failure, the internet agrees
I have always been a little suspicious of alternative methods of schooling. I know that there are some parents out there who are completely competent at teaching their kids from Kindergarten to 12th grade, but I highly doubt that’s the majority of homeschoolers. Most of the time, kids who do their schooling at home would …
Seguir leyendo ‘My 19 year old can’t spell or write’: Unschooling mom with illiterate kids calls herself a failure, the internet agrees