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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (339298)6/4/2007 12:23:38 AM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) of 1572154
 
>Whoa! That really depends on the quality of the teacher doing the homeschooling. I have met homeschooled kids who are behind their public/private school peers.

Yeah, but it'd make sense that on average, if a kid has one-on-one attention all the time from parents that have the financial ability and the dedication to make it happen, he'll do pretty well, on average.

>Secondly, spelling is the kind of subject where a kid has to want to learn it......I was a good speller and in fact, I competed in that spelling bee and represented my junior high in the city wide bee. However, I liked to spell and would practice spelling even while watching tv. Without that personal motivation, I don't think you can be a good speller.

Not true. I never studied spelling (not even for spelling tests in school). I made the regional spelling be twice -- once in sixth grade, and once in tenth. When you've got it, you've got it :)

Then again, my mom's a reading specialist and she had me reading at the age of 2.

-Z
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