tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372650262327812921.post5304098180663676456..comments2008-05-16T10:22:32.875+01:00Gillnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372650262327812921.post-37582808280026605542008-05-16T10:22:00.000+01:002008-05-16T10:22:00.000+01:00"If you're near a city or major town you can be socialising in home ed groups just about all day every day if you want to."<BR/><BR/>You certainly can, and we pretty much do!Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07432518528835330361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372650262327812921.post-33336655520485772872008-05-16T06:02:00.000+01:002008-05-16T06:02:00.000+01:00Yes I agree, that's the big problem with schools Jenna: the all-or-nothing deal. Even flexi-schooling usually requires that you teach your child according to National Curriculum in the home part of the deal. <BR/><BR/>If they ditched the NC - and all formal, compulsory learning and just ran schools as drop-in, voucher funded learning centres for all children to use as and when they wanted... well. Dream on, huh? <BR/><BR/>Good luck with your situation, though I've got to say re: socialising, that I know some home ed children who socialise much more than school children do. (Bear in mind school children are often prevented from chatting in class!) It depends where you live really. If you're near a city or major town you can be socialising in home ed groups just about all day every day if you want to.Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707661738889563273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5372650262327812921.post-67788927305658027462008-05-15T11:58:00.000+01:002008-05-15T11:58:00.000+01:00Urgh this strikes a chord. We just found out our daughter didn't get into the state school we wanted... in fact we didn't get ANY of our three choices! <BR/><BR/>I considered home-schooling (I alread am with her to a degree) but the type of personality my daugher has means she really does need the extra socialization a school can give.<BR/><BR/>My ideal would be some kind of part-time schooling... you know home-school for part of the week and attend a school for the rest. I'd love to see the introduction of that form of "optional attendance", as whilst am a big advocate of home-schooling I don't believe it's right for everyone. Some kind of flexible ttendance would be great and could be truly tailored o each child.<BR/><BR/>As it is, in our case, we have found a private school that we love and trust and seems ideally suited to our daughter. Private school mans money of course and the up-shot is that I will need to return to work sooner than I hoped. I'm hoping that I can work some nights maybe until my second child is at school though.Jemmahttp://tequilamonky.vox.com/noreply@blogger.com