East vs West early learning education.

[Nikita]

It's just so stressful. I've had to put it in the hands of the lawyer now. My ex-husband rang my daughter and insisted she go back there. He's refusing to allow her to enrol at the new school. He is travelling 4 hours tomorrow to ensure this happens, so I have to take action to prevent her being forced back there. His attitude might seem strange to you all, but he is a control freak who insisted I let my children have access at his house, when he was tearing down walls of fibro cement sheeting knowing they were asbestos (and telling me that it wasnt). I had to take legal action there to force him to remove it, and refused access until then. He had deliberately been ripping a bit here and there for years, so there were fibres everywhere. Really strange. (And we could all develop asbestos related diseases thanks to his rotten behaviour).
And I have to have an exit interview with the principal before they'll allow her to go, or release reports, schoolwork, confiscated items etc. I refused. No more interviews with the principal..she just gets more hostile each time. She can deal with us through a lawyer, particularly now I have to battle the ex when I try to keep the peace with him. I have a small baby, who has had health issues...I dont need any more stress.

[Tanikit]

Nikita - sorry you are having such a hard time with the school system and also with your ex. I really hope you can get it sorted out in the best interests of your daughter - being 12 is pretty difficult even in the best circumstances so it would be really great if she could be in a happy school.

I believe that children's education is supposed to prepare them for life after school (or homeschooling) I am not sure that either the east or west is preparing children to cope in the real world - firstly we group them according to age which is never done in the adult world, then we allow bullying which while it happens in the work place, it is discouraged because it results in lower production (in schools we seem to care little about production) We also restrict their education to learning a curriculum rather than what is important for life - it is very hard in the middle of a curriculum to focus on real events that are happening and possibly affecting them - for example did anyone's children study what a recession is and why their parents aren't taking them on holiday in the recent recession? While some may have touched on it I have my doubts many schools did.

I would like to homeschool my daughter. At the moment she is booked into a christian school for 2011, but if I can afford to stop work I would like her to stay home and possibly join a school for sports or music classes because socialisation is important too. What I would like to know is how many children actually enjoy school? School doesn't seem to have changed much since I was there and yet the world has changed a lot which means she will get even more behind by going to school than we did when we were there.

[Nikita]

One thing I think is an important subject to learn, but isnt taught in schools, is how to become wealthy, through property investment and suchlike. To give kids tools to run their own businesses, rather than spend their lives working for others and receiving a weekly wage. Things like setting up an ebay shop or online business.
They also dont learn about how to have a successful marriage and raise a family properly. We do these things with only what we have been shown from our own family situations. I want to utilize books out there to help my children choose wisely and to not take any sort of abuse. I shall use myself as an example of silly mistakes.
They need to know tools for use in REAL LIFE.

[DadDude]

As for homeschooling, it's quite accepted here in some circles. Socialization is the issue everyone says, but I'd rather them socialise a lot less and have a lot less stress. How is socialising benefitting her?? It's hurting her.

Nikita, that is just what many homeschoolers say.  The socialization issue is very firmly on their side.  Kids who are homeschooled are, in general, more polite, less alienated from their parents and adults generally, more comfortable with themselves, less apt to follow the crowd (or to want to), and in general better able to fit in with the adult world that education is ostensibly preparing them for.  Look up some discussions of this online, you'll see.

[Nikita]

I know! I know some homeschooled kids, and adults.
And guess what. I just had an appointment at my daughters new school. She cant be enrolled there until I can get a court order waiving the previous court order and overturning my ex-husbands wishes. So at the moment she is "between schools". Her father is expected here today to drag her back to school (I told him he wasnt welcome after our phone conversation last night), and she wants to tell him if he doesnt allow her to go to the new school, she never wants anything more to do with him. Forcing her back there is child abuse/neglect as far as I'm concerned. It's in a lawyers hands now. I have no choice in that now.
It's a sad situation all around. But one upshot...by default, I get my first homeschooling gig!

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