Here is a Tweet I read this morning and commented as I have in hundreds of similar tweets since I joined Twitter.
Michael Strong @flowidealism
If your child is bright, alert, energetic and so forth, and you gradually see the light leaving their eyes, they are starting fewer projects, they are less excited about school, they do not do all the cool things, when they start to be, I don't know, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, pull them out.
Pull them out of traditional schooling and into homeschooling, or join a virtual K-12 school like ours, but don't let the light in their eyes fade.
I commented as follows:
Do you have any idea why this happens?
Would you like to discuss this?
As is usually the case I do not expect a response.
Here are a few comments on the post above:
Credibility Crisis @CredCrisis
My theory is this begins long before normal school even starts. I think daycare, preschool, and disconnected parents start the process early.
My thoughts:
This guy has got it right but I don’t think he know the real reason. As I have mentioned several times, this problem starts even earlier in most homes that get their kids to view TV series such Baby TV and listen to YouTube videos that teach the wrong sounds of letters. LINK LINK
if you wait till this sort of depression sets in before taking action on behalf of your child, you need to take a hard look at yourself in the mirror as a parent.
Michael Strong @flowidealism
Agreed, but sadly few do. Most parents accept the system, then pay for therapists and psychiatrists and pills in a futile attempt to bandage over the harms done to their children by schools.
My thoughts:
AND here, I have been posting free lessons on my blog for years and posting it on social media and no one cares to read.
Why pay therapists and psychiatrists when I have the answers unless of course the kids have some acuity problems.
As someone said, when something is free of charge no one is interested.
Elisa | building Learnadoodle @learnadoodle
I agree wholeheartedly. We faced this twice: a change in school helped the first time. Homeschooling was the definitive solution.
Linda Higbea @LHigbea
There is so much freedom in homeschooling. Parents learn right along with the child. It builds a close relationship with your children.
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