Post by @stani • Hey
Having a baby soon makes me thing a lot about education. Whats the sentiment on Lens on home schooling? Anyone tried it? Or been home schooled?
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- in my opinion
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Individualized learning speed, flexibility, reduced stress and more time spent with parents
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There is little social interaction, little specialist care, no routine
- I think home schooling is missing the social component. Saw it during covid how many people weren't able to speak to each other again. Definitely something to keep in mind.
- I don't really have anything to add of value on the question of Homeschooling...
But! I do want to wish you a big Congratulations on your soon to arrive baby!
Wishing you and your family a safe, healthy, and joyous day of birth! ✨🍼🌿🌈
- I was not directly home schooled but went to a self organized school that was founded by some very hippie left wing parents including mine and my mother was a teacher there. I did my first 4 years of school there and it was super great. There was no learning pressure and almost total freedom. When I switched to state school with 11 I could not properly write and had no idea about math but it took me only around 2 months to catch up what the others had learned in the last 4 years and I finished as one of the best of my class. So I think for the actual learning of specific stuff you don’t need traditional school as kids are so fast to learn I wouldn’t have wanted to miss the contact with the other kids and the teachers, tough.
- I would recommend a hybrid approach, like 3 days of homeschooling, and then the other 2 days in a more traditional school environment (play dates, day camps, classes, etc). This way you can fast-track the knowledge, while supplementing the social aspects. This gives your child the most well rounded outlook possible, it's also a break in the monotony for the child and gives the parent-teacher a much needed break. My 2 youngest of the family were homeschooled for 2 years, and they said they missed the socializing that school provided, while their mother would have liked more free time in between days. These are just some of the things I'd change if I could do it again. Father of 4 (2 teens & 2 young adults)
- Not an expert, but I think the main thing kids learn at school is social interactions, group dynamics, and some other less tangible but highly important skills - which get lost with home schooling (also tbh I would be bored at home).
- I think the best solution is a bit of both. Humans are highly socialable animals and home schooling a child would rob them of alot of social development skills. On the other hand, schools aren't a great place to teach kids cuz there's so few teachers and pupil size is too large. Imo, you should just send your kid to school for all their social needs, but do a small bit at home just so they definitely keep on top of things and get good grades. As long as their grades are good then they're fine, really. Everything else they learn from their parents, family, friends, and their own intuition anyway.
- I’ve got 4 kids all with very different learning styles and needs. I’d say homeschooling could be done really well if you/your partner are a great teacher and willing to commit the time and energy to it.
I’m not a great teacher and so have chosen to outsource it to the education system. 😆
- Haven’t been home schooled but having kids and previously traveled a lot I decided to stay in one location for the kids(having a base) , especially not have them missed out on social interaction in school which I find almost as equally important as school/learning itself.
- First off congrats! My son is 10months and my wife and I are constantly having this conversation. I think we’re landing on home schooling. I personally don’t enjoy how schools teach and what they are teaching where I live. Socializing is something that came up in our talks too. But I have a few friends that home schooled their kids and they were just part of a bunch of activities/sports that allowed them to be social. Many of their kids are actually much more out spoken then most and socialize very well. I’m personally just not a huge fan of the educational system haha. But hopefully things will change in the near future with technology advancing the way it is.
- As the father of a dyslexic middle schooler, I can affirm at least in my location (Colorado, USA) public schools struggle to accommodate to everyone. I am not sure I could have done a better job home schooling but the only reason my son is making it at all is because we are privileged and were able to afford additional tutoring for him and I personally invest a ton of time in his schoolwork.
- We're expecting as well, and the education question has come up often. I'm torn on the homeschool aspect of ed but do see the benefits and the drawbacks. Social interaction of varying degrees is important no matter the child. If the ed and social aspects are successfully mixed then the underlying public, private, or home doesn't matter imo. Exposure to a variety of ideas and people is what I hope for our child.
You being in tech/web3/etc I am curious on your thoughts about sharing your childs image on the web before they are old enough to know their images are "out there." We've made a decision on what we will do regarding the matter and I'm curious to hear different perspectives.
We are all a little embarrassed about our childhood photo albums, so should we consider it when it comes to the world wide photo album? I've done some reading on differing opinions, but one thing I feel may come to pass is a generation that rebuffs the fact their lives were shared w/o "consent."
- I was homeschooled until about 8th grade, and I still lack some basic social skills decades later. I don't recommend it.
If you want to ensure your kids have a high quality education, get them a tutor, send them to an expensive private school, or just make sure they have a stable environment at home.
- I went to a public school, and as much as everyone always says, “you turned out ok” (you’re not going to say that to someone who did not), a lot of people didn’t and now struggling in life in terms of career, money etc.
From seeing the advantages of what a top-tier private school can give a child, smaller classes, higher tier of education, fewer distractions, stricter policies, and more funding. It’s my take that if you can afford to send your child to private school, you should; this will give them a 10x advantage over their peers later in life.
Incredible people will always come out of public schools, and many people fail who go to private school, but the head start private school can give a child when they are at the age learning is so critical is enormous.
Just my take!
- home schooling + private tutors for certain things like languages
- As a child therapist I see a lot of success with families that do a blend of home schooling, travelling and then attending regular school. The developmental piece socially I would say is the most important value add of regular school
- Meaby i should launch home schooling in @lensacademy.lens 😂
- I like the general idea, but the lack of socialization is a big problem for me. That's big part of school
- I know a lot of people who are blending homeschooling with learning programs (forest school, 1-2 days a week at an alternative style school, online learning -probably some cool metaverse learning, travelling and exploring as a way of learning etc.) really it come down to what kind of life you want with your family. Learning is shifting so much and its exciting that there’s options that aren’t just sitting in a classroom 5 days a week.
- I don't have yet, but Im thinking for when it happens in home schooling + sports clubs + other interests clubs
- I gave up normal schooling for my babies two years ago and I have never looked back. Homeschooling is gaining weight on this side of the globe and I am excited about it. Nothing is more toxic than our schooling system and lens adding onto the ridiculously expensive international school's resources online and the scarce Africanized standards of it would be mind-blowing for someone like me.
- I gave up normal schooling for my babies two years ago and I have never looked back. Homeschooling is gaining weight on this side of the globe and I am excited about it. Nothing is more toxic than our schooling system and lens adding onto the ridiculously expensive international school's resources online and the scarce Africanized standards of it would be mind-blowing for someone like me.
- In terms of content and efficiency home schooling is awesome the best example is lots of amazing content on youtube. But it has few done sides which is very important 1 is socializing that can't really happens through internet properly... And second is discipline and drawing boundaries which is specially hard for younger students
- I am not a fan of homeschool education isn't limited to learning but also association with people female and male so been at home isn't the best educational system
- I think the best solution is a bit of both. Humans are highly socialable animals and home schooling a child would rob them of alot of social development skills. On the other hand, schools aren't a great place to teach kids cuz there's so few teachers and pupil size is too large. Imo, you should just send your kid to school for all their social needs, but do a small bit at home just so they definitely keep on top of things and get good grades. As long as their grades are good then they're fine, really. Everything else they learn from their parents, family, friends, and their own intuition anyway.
- Homeschooled students have the opportunity to learn at their own pace and explore subjects in greater depth.
- homeschooling before the point of having realistic enough social interactions in the ‘metaverse‘ will produce humans with social and mental problems. a big part of being human is being a social being, not just a brain. for all the children that are awkward already homeschooling could be the shit ;)
- Definitely plan to do when it’s my time it but with 8-10 we’ll aligned parents and finding 1 amazing teacher to do it with the kids. 1 on 1 is terrible for development in my opinion/ research haha. Pods worked great w my baby sister during Covid.
- lensschool
- I believe that children should be in a large group of different children on a daily basis, because this will help them a lot in personal interactions in the future. Because open and active people are much better perceived and have it easier in life. My children go to a public school so that they have contact with different people and have different experiences. I think this is very educational. I have friends whose children go to either Catholic schools, private schools, or Montessori, for example, and unfortunately you can see that it reflects on their psyche and behavior, treating other people as inferior, etc. I want my children to treat every person the same way, without looking at how much they have in their wallet. And what kind of education they get depends mainly on them. If they are ambitious and want to learn then they will get to something in life, if not then I will not save them with my funds. They have a choice and I've been telling them this since they were young.
- i would say why not
a recommend book about education: Education and the Significance of Life - J. KRISHNAMURTI
this guy really has some insights about what true education is, and of course its not about repeating after other people again and again, or learning to follow orders, submission to others, try to digest books to books and puke all it out on exams, thats not education
- Make your child feels loved, give him the proper education in his early years, then leave him explore the world by himself. We do not belong to anyone, we are born to be free, and that is the best strategy you can achieve in my opinion.
- children needs friends ans school is a nice place to meet friends , it is also part of education
- I think can take a try if kids feel OK, that will be no problem
- Did you call her/him Lens?😬
- A stay with baby on his first life is a must.
- A stay with baby on his first life is a must.
- its totally fine imo, still he needs to hang out with kids at the same age right
i think you will find a way to balance this out
- be his friend, in my personal experiences, a child has more clarity and integrity than any adults because they have not yet accumulated what is so-called knowledge, memory, experiences etc which is the past, though he can see the world with innocent eyes, without any comments, opinions, prejudices, judgements, ..., this allows a child to see what it is, the purest truth
i think you might consider focus on this aspect, see him as a mirror of yourself, then you might know what is best for him, after all you are his father, decisions are yours
- congratulation
- great baby
- They’ll be smart but awkward
- Home schooling is good
- My son will be born in May. So confuse
- Home schooling needs to be depending on different kids, when they get to the schooling time we can check both of the ways and check which is kids prefer way
- why
- That’s a good thought there
- I imagine your kid would need to be in a group sport to account for its social development. Rather have it raised normally to fully develop.
- wooooow grate
- I think lentube should have a dedicated portion for educational videos