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Offline Spork

Re: Public schooling an excommunicable offense?
« Reply #25 on: August 17, 2021, 06:36:44 PM »
Is it OK for a Catholic to teach in a public school?
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Offline Nadir

Re: Public schooling an excommunicable offense?
« Reply #26 on: August 17, 2021, 06:54:45 PM »
Great post Carissima. You have to think outside the box!

When we homeschooled we belonged to a HSing group and there was no other Catholics among the group. It was years before we met any Cathlic HSers. There was greatly variety in methods and philosopies - one of those being unschooling. Unschooling is not uneducated. The most impressive thing about HSed children is that they are relaxed and spontaneous in social situations.  I met up recently with one mother who unschooled and she told me her "child" was now a classical concert violinist in Germany.

As for ourselves, we belonged to an organisation which gave hospitality to foreign travellers (tourists) and we would have on average one visit a month from one or a couple and sometimes a small group for 2 or 3 nights. Once we had a Japanese guy who stayed a month and taught our children drawing and Japanese. We had Germans, Americans, British, Italians, Spanish, Danish, Japanese, French, Israelis, Aussies, etc etc. It was a great way for our children to experience the world. There are as many ways to educate your children as there are families.

We did not unschool ourselves. Every day started out with my husband and the Gospels. I did most of the other teaching, but because we lived in a place we had to pump our own water and produce our own power, our children learned many practical things which are essential to a good life.

Our children would not dream of sending their own children to school! 
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Offline Miser Peccator

Re: Public schooling an excommunicable offense?
« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2021, 09:03:48 PM »
I'm offering prayers for you and your wife, DL.

Such a difficult situation you are in.

Has your wife met many homeschoolers?  My husband was opposed until he met some of the excellent children.

Also, keep in mind that schools will soon enough mandate the shot and frequent "testing".

Not only that, but there are notices around the country that the school can and will send the child to a quarantine camp (medical kidnapping) if someone in the home has tested positive.

It's common to think that school at home must take many hours a day since that is what the "real schools" do.  However, the "real schools" waste hours and hours of time on stupid and meaningless activities.

I once saw advertisements for an elite preschool in New York which fed into the "right schools" which is soooo important if you want your kid to go to Ivy League.  It cost tens of thousands a year.  They boasted small student to teacher ratio, big comfy chairs for reading books, cooking activities, etc.  

Hmmmm.... sounds kind of like home to me. ;)

Preschool and Kindergarten should take no longer than an hour a day for phonics/reading and math if that.

Read aloud time each day and listening to books on tape is golden.

Historically children would receive tutors into their home for learning until they went to university at age 16.

Assignments are given and reviewed when the tutor returns.  It's not time consuming at all.

In trad parishes there are young homeschooled teens and young adults or parents even you can hire for a few hours a week to visit your home and tutor your children.

There are many, many tutors available for zoom learning online.

There are many computer programs and games as well.

Many, many ways to skin to this cat!
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Offline JOANORCM

Re: Public schooling an excommunicable offense?
« Reply #28 on: August 17, 2021, 09:05:17 PM »
Quote from: DigitalLogos on August 17, 2021, 05:16:57 PM
Yeah, I've seen some good Catholic Curriculum that I've wanted to look into. My big hurdle, if/when I homeschool, is motivating myself to follow through with it. I tend to be pretty worn down since I'm not home until close to midnight during the week. And, I don't want to make her out to be a scapegoat, but, I know my wife will not follow through with it much at all.
Yet on the other hand, the biggest motivator is, obviously, that they aren't indoctrinated into Leftism and the preservation of their innocence (again, which is incredibly difficult given I am the only practicing Catholic in my own family, as well as among relatives).

The one positive I will note is that both of my kids are very eager about the Faith (they're 3 and 4). They often get me to do their "prays" in the mornings so I'm not procrastinating. So thanks be to God for that.

I again want to thank everyone who has offered advice and clarification on this so far. I'm coming to find that my situation is becoming more and more difficult as time moves on, given the state of everything at work, home, and in the wider culture.
We used olvs.org
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Offline Miser Peccator

Re: Public schooling an excommunicable offense?
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2021, 09:41:05 PM »
Oh, just one more thing to consider...

Has your wife ever met weird kids who go to school?

Yep.  There are weird kids everywhere. :P
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