You may be looking at me with a cross-eyed "duh", or you might disagree 100%.
I understand both perspectives--after all, we home school. We're completely insane on one hand--taking all this on ourselves, dealing with the time stress, the headache of curriculum, and the constant battle for balance. In a given day I'm a psychologist, teacher, physical education specialist, principal, music instructor, historian, custodian, nutrition specialist, doctor, mediator, and scientist. On the other hand, I don't get paid, and I'm not entirely sure I fill any of those roles thoroughly enough. I don't have a degree in any of those areas, or credentials for my childhood development emphasis.
Does that make me unintelligent? --Going forward without any of that? Potentially. BUT, here's the flip side:
Home School parents are amazing at research.
What is the essence of true intelligence? Acknowledging you don't have all the answers, and being willing to seek them out.
People at work call my husband a genius. He's an IT/Systems Integration Specialist in upper management. What does that mean? He does all things "geek" and "business." He doesn't have all the answers, but his true genius shines through in seeking them out. Google knows. (Or as he says, Google knows where to find anything you need.) He doesn't stop until he has an answer. Not only that, he's always looking to streamline the best process for crunching information. Does that make him brilliant? I think so. (Of course, I might be slightly biased.)
And this is why I say home school parents are smart. They spend OODLES of time researching curriculum, educational approaches, and every aspect of individual subjects. Thankfully for me, much of this spills over to writing. *using super-hero voice* I'm not afraid of research.
Are you as smart as a home schooling parent? Are you?
I understand both perspectives--after all, we home school. We're completely insane on one hand--taking all this on ourselves, dealing with the time stress, the headache of curriculum, and the constant battle for balance. In a given day I'm a psychologist, teacher, physical education specialist, principal, music instructor, historian, custodian, nutrition specialist, doctor, mediator, and scientist. On the other hand, I don't get paid, and I'm not entirely sure I fill any of those roles thoroughly enough. I don't have a degree in any of those areas, or credentials for my childhood development emphasis.Does that make me unintelligent? --Going forward without any of that? Potentially. BUT, here's the flip side:
Home School parents are amazing at research.
What is the essence of true intelligence? Acknowledging you don't have all the answers, and being willing to seek them out.
And this is why I say home school parents are smart. They spend OODLES of time researching curriculum, educational approaches, and every aspect of individual subjects. Thankfully for me, much of this spills over to writing. *using super-hero voice* I'm not afraid of research.
Are you as smart as a home schooling parent? Are you?
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