http://www.syvum.com/gre/ Check out your local teaching agencies. Many offer private tuition, but ask not what you are paying, but how much the tutor actually gets. Also look in newsagent windows.
Rates in Birmingham range from £9 to £25 an hour, depending on subject and age of child.
If taking out of school, ensure that the child still attends clubs and groups for their age group so that they do not miss out on social skills and peer development. Homeschooling..
1. Most Important: Do it for the right reason
2. Reasearch it
3. Pick the best books out, because you (should) know how the kids learn.
4. Sign up for a lot of activites (or enough that the kids can be social.)
5. Take lots of field trips.
6. Get lots of advice
7. If it's not working out, find out what you should do. Did you take the kid out because of the schooll (is it bad, are the kids being bullied, or some really stupid reason.) Did you do it just because you want to spend more time wit hthe kids? Sheltering them for a bad reason (and sometimes good.) Was your kid not getting good grades, and still isn't getting good grades? Etc...
8. If there was no reason (or a dum reason that you took them out) Put them back in
There are many more steps, but those are the most vital.
If you aren't social in your life, It can be just the way the kid is, but It is mainly the relatives fault, because when you are homeschooled, you should have more opurtoinities to go places and there are more things to join, I start school at 6:30-11:00 and learn 9 subjects.
It's the parents fault because they don't take the time to realize the kid needs friends and shouldn't be shelterd from social interactions.
Homeschoolers have absoulty the same things Highschoolers have, Proms, and all that junk. I think there are actually almost no downsides to homeschooling.
The only thing is if you go out of public/private school, you MAY loose your friends and you may not.
Homeschooling won't work for everyone, but everyone should re-search it. Espesially the people who say it's wrong (and never tried it), because I am sure they know nothing about it.
And I love being homeschooled, I have a lot more free time..And I actually enjoy studying, because my mother picked out the best books, she knows what I like, so it can actually be fun.
Homeschoolers don't live in a plastic bubble (hopefully) so we can cope with the "Harsh realties of Life" At least some can make something of it if they take homeschooling seriously.
Once again! Many of the homeschooled teachers are unqualified! And still they get better grades (ok, not all, but most do.)
People who say it's all wrong have never re-searched it. Re-search it before you accuse it.
Hopefully that gives you a lot of answers. Not all parents have the time and devotion to do it, but I'ts something I would consider for my children, taken that I am homeschooled, and have a social life.
A good peice of advice:
DO NOT TAKE ADVICE FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY IT'S NOT WORTH IT IF THEY'VE NEVER TRIED IT! IF THEY HAVEN'T HOW COULD YOU GET GOOD ADVICE FROM THEM?
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13 hours ago
Oh..yes...and I was in school till half through 6th grade
13 hours ago
Of course..there will be kids who have been stuck in a plastic bubble.
13 hours ago
I strongly would consider homeschooling, at leas to myself...but I don't think homeschooling my kids when ther're in college isn't a very good idea.
Many of the sucseful student (that I know) Are very social, all the people who say your nuts because you want a home tutor for you child are nuts.
I don't know how much it costs to have a tutor, but be sure that your doing it for the right thing.
If you have the time, homeschooling your kid would be better then a tutor, it costs money, your child will also probably be more comfortable with you. hi i have to say i was inhomeschoole for the last 4 years of school i started in 6th grade and dropped out in 10th and got my GED
anyways it sucked now looking back i wish i would have ben on school to hang out do things prom dances people in general
anyways if there is something wrong with your child or a freason they shouldnt be in school well here in ohio we have a thing called VCS Ohio located in columbus ohio, they gave me a free computer paid for free high speed internet and have accredited teachers, everything is free.
we also have a program called ECOT it was free
check with your local school districts and find out if they offer a program like this it would be much better than having some lady come into your home and teach your child. I am a tutor. I charge $35.00 an hour. It sounds a lot, by the time you factor in travel time and car expenses I don't make that much. I just love the work.
If you have someone who will tutor your child on a daily basis,
say for three to four hours a day, I think you could expect to negotiate for around $15.00 - $25.00 an hour.
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