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Schooling
At one time I thought about going the Home Schooling route with V_Key. As an only child and a livestock person I’ve learned to just sit back and watch how the animals (People) Socialize with other animals (People).
To my observation most Home Schooled Students tended to show a higher degree of knowledge but a lower degree of socialization. Another thing I noted was that Home School Students tended to be the Mental Clones of their parents (Teachers) and I felt that was a big Down Side. Yes! I know what you all think But I Am Not Mental Perfection. I’m just good at Pulling Wool…
I have gone through a couple Apprenticeships where I was Forced to work with many other Tradesmen all to my benefit. Each Tradesman had his own way of doing the same things so I didn’t JUST Learn ONE Way (the Right way) I Learned Many Right Ways that all worked.
A good friend of mine (a Farmer) has one way of doing things – His Way (His Fathers Way) his brothers that took outside jobs and have worked others know there are manys way to look at projects.
For these reasons and more I choose Public Schools and plus My Forum of additional Home Schooling.
If it hadn’t been for Public School I might not have found out that V_Key had Learning Difficulties. I forced the school district to spend the money they are allotted by the state to get her the help she was entitled to.
On my own I did a Web Search and found FREE help for me and her ? http://www.schwablearning.org/ and other sights Dyslexia ? http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Dyslexia&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Animals, 4-H, FFA and Ag Classes have been invaluable as a positive to V_Key’s Public School Education, Socializing and our Father-Daughter relationship.