Mimm Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 What's the point of going to school to major in first - sixth grade education, becoming certified/licensed, getting educated and becoming a REAL teacher, if some random "housewife" can just up and do the same thing? Good question. I have no idea. ;) And what's with the quotes around housewife? Are we really something much more nefarious masquerading as innocent housewives? :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBlondes Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 And what's with the quotes around housewife? Are we really something much more nefarious masquerading as innocent housewives? :p :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMary2 Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Oh, Mary. You mean you didn't go through the 6 week homeschooling training course? What are you doing here??? Are you srsly trying to teach your kids without having gone to the 6 week homeschooling training course? I was in Mrs. Mungo's class. She got all A's. :lol: What was I thinking by not attending?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 We could use a show. The Real People of the Hive-Trained Mind. If TLC gets wind of this, they might just take you up on your idea. I would love to watch the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 If TLC gets wind of this, they might just take you up on your idea. I would love to watch the show. I'm in. Random Housewives of Classical Homeschooling has to be at least as compelling as that guy who auctions storage sheds. But which one of us will be the designated Villain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 At first glance I missed the fact that said poster is for school-at-home but against homeschooling. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm in. Random Housewives of Classical Homeschooling has to be at least as compelling as that guy who auctions storage sheds. But which one of us will be the designated Villain? One of us atheists, of course! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) . Edited January 6, 2023 by Wildcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Yeah, because everyone majoring in elementary ed is a genius. I may not have a degree in education, but I can do my fifth grader's math problems (which is more than I can say for the people who were in my math for elementary ed content [not even methods] class in college, who were taking the class for the third time because they could not do the math). And I know that Lichtenstein is a country (unlike my eighth grade social studies teacher, who argued back and forth with me about it). Random housewife. Harumph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I read many political discussion boards. I don't post, but I do like to read. I also read several major newspapers/news sites every day. What can I say? I like politics. Every now and then homeschooling comes up and I am amazed at how often the same ignorant comments come from opposite sides of the spectrum. I find it very entertaining. Sometimes I wish I could hook up the liberals and conservatives based on their identical ignorance of homeschooling. How shocked they would be to find they share common ground about something. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trlt Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Yeah, because everyone majoring in elementary ed is a genius. My cousin is a kindergarten teacher at a ps and when she was in her first year of college she thought President Bush (Senior) (President at the time) was the "President of the World". Not joking. She argued with one of my uncles for hours. I was quite a bit younger than her and just remember that I couldn't believe it. Since that time there have been numerous instances where she will say something that is totally wrong and everyone in our family just rolls our eyes at her. On a side note, she thinks I am evil because I hs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 "Housewife"? :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moxie Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 "Housewife"? :glare: Yeah, the last time I checked, it was illegal to marry a house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I guess we should have said, "they". Not if it's only one person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I guess the ability to do anything meaningful and worthwhile is directly tied to being certified by a third party. When I get a certificate, then I am born and exist. When I get a certificate then I am married. When I get a license, then I am a driver. When I get a passport, then I am a traveler. When I get a certificate, then I am educated. What a weird society we have created. Well said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Yeah, the last time I checked, it was illegal to marry a house. :D:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm in. Random Housewives of Classical Homeschooling has to be at least as compelling as that guy who auctions storage sheds. But which one of us will be the designated Villain? The trolls??;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 What is a homeschool training class? I missed that one. Don't worry about it. I skipped it. I felt that soap operas and bon bons was a better use of my time. Did you know you can count soap operas as social stories and totally count it as spec ed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 The trolls??;) By default does that make the troll hunters the heros?? please say yes...I always wanted to be a hero ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kricau Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Amen to that!!! i can't tell him that the quality of learning will be the same - that is why this "housewife" started homeschooling in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kricau Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 :lol: Yeah, the last time I checked, it was illegal to marry a house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kricau Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Well, all I have to say is my cousin is a "certified teacher" and if I had to have her teach my children we would be moving to another school district! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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