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Originally Posted by 2112
It’s a lot more work, no doubt. But it’s also more work for parents working from home and having to walk a 6 or 7 year old through their on line classes. and that’s just if it’s one young one. Older kids need less assistance
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The real problem is that I doubt the effectiveness of what's being "learned." One of my sons is really bright and motivated (especially to get done with his work, build trails behind our house, and ride his bike). He is getting all his work done, but he doesn't feel like he's learning much and is worried that he's going to be behind next year, especdially when he starts accelerated math for 7th grade.
My other son has an IEP (special education) and needs lots of support. He's working his ass off every day, and he's getting his stuff done. I'm, once again, not sure that he's really accomplishing the learning objectives though.
I mean, you can assign them work and have them doing stuff, but that doesn't mean that they're really mastering skills or obtaining the learning objectives.
Even though my biking son doesn't feel like he's learning as much, he loves being able to knock out his school work in 2-3 hours of work then have the rest of the day to ride his bike. He's likely going to push to go to some sort of online schooling in the future, which is possible as he's pretty committed to trying to go pro for cycling, and many youth pro level cyclists home school to leave more time for training.