I'm sharing this article for those who absolutely can not home school. I'm sharing it mostly for those of you who could. Schools are about to start and I'm praying that ALL children will be safe!
For me I was safer at school than I was at home. For me home schooling would have been TERRIBLE! I needed the outside influences of teachers who saw me as a person with talents and abilities worth developing. If your children are better off in school than at home, then please read this article.
If you HAVE been pondering home schooling your children, I am writing to say that you absolutely CAN do it. The number one reason parents have given me, over the past 3 decades, for not home schooling their children is that they think that they are too dumb to teach their own children.
SERIOUSLY? Do you know how hard it is to learn the English language well? Didn't YOU do that, precious Mom and Dad? Speech, potty skills, manners and much much more you are teaching your children without even realizing it. What would happen if you realized what a great teacher you are?
So, even if you're right--even if your down right stupid--you're still your child's best teacher. WHY? Because your child naturally wants to please you more than they want to please anyone else. With all of the amazing resources that are available to home schooling parents now, you can have the time of your life sharing learning with your children. Oh the things you will learn!!!
The most important thing that I brought to my 22 years of home schooling was my desire to learn. I was so abused during my growing up years, I learned very little. When I started teaching my children, a huger rose in me to learn all that I had missed out on when I was a child in public school.
Yes, you CAN home school. If I could home school with chronic poor health and very few resources, ANYBODY can home school who truly wants to!! The thought of school violence would make me truly want to if I hadn't already wanted to.
PLEASE, readers, pray about home schooling your children!!! It's one of the best decisions I have ever made!!!
Dawn
PS I don't know how to play either the banjo or the guitar so how did they learn? From books because they wanted to.
Preventing School Violence
What is School Violence?
School violence describes violent acts that disrupt learning and have a negative effect on students, schools, and the broader community.
Examples of violent behavior include:
- Bullying
- Fighting (e.g., punching, slapping, kicking)
- Weapon use
- Cyberbullying
- Gang violence
Places school violence occurs:
- On school property
- On the way to or from school
- During a school-sponsored event
- On the way to or from a school-sponsored event
How big is the problem?
According to CDC’s nationwide Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS):
- Nearly 9% of high school students had been in a physical fight on school property one or more times during the 12 months before the survey.
- About 6% of students had been threatened or injured with a weapon (for example, a gun, knife, or club) on school property one or more times during the 12 months before the survey.
- About 7% of students had not gone to school at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey because they felt they would be unsafe at school or on their way to or from school.
How can we prevent violence in schools?
All students have the right to learn in a safe school environment. The good news is school violence can be prevented. No one factor in isolation causes school violence. Preventing school violence requires addressing factors at all levels of the social ecology—the individual, relational, community, and societal levels. Research shows that prevention efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, community members, and even students can reduce violence and improve the school environment.
CDC’s technical package, A Comprehensive Technical Package for the Prevention of Youth Violence and Associated Risk Behaviors, helps communities and states prioritize prevention strategies based on the best available evidence. Also available in Spanish.
The strategies and approaches in the technical package are intended to shape individual behaviors as well as the relationship, family, school, community, and societal factors that influence risk and protective factors for violence. They are meant to work together and to be used in combination in a multi-level, multi-sector effort to prevent violence.
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