Comments on: Teaching at Home: Pinnacle of Wasted Time

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:42:43 +0000

In reply to Cassie.

Yes – balance is the main key. If you really want to get picky about “wasting time”, is it really going to matter in ten years if you cleaned your house once a week or once a month? Maybe not, but it is important.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:50:29 +0000

I saw this post shared by a friend in an Australian homeschooling networking group in Facebook 😀 Love it. And I totally agree. I dont want my kids to focus on education for the sake of grades or facts, but to think for themselves, serve the world, and become the best version of themselves. Thanks for sharing your experience.

By: Tulip

Tulip — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:50:33 +0000

In reply to Cassie. Yes, it is not that calculus it bad to know, I am just saying that there were so many other, real-world, subjects that I should have learned first. Thank you so much for your comment.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:35:04 +0000

I appreciate where you are coming from but must wonder if learning and the discipline you put into your study hours was “wasted.” Even if you may not have applied calculus concepts to real life, I believe that the time spent and knowledge gained are of value. But I’m a believer in balancing our study time and our real life time – learning to be good workers and entrepreneurs AND good students.

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:03:14 +0000

Excellent article! A great reminder to keep our focus and goals while home schooling. I had classes called “life skills” and always wondered why I had to take them. Now I get it! It’s really unfortunate that I took gym, health, Trig and a few of those advanced classes that I’ve never used. I never took Calculus. I have a great degree. But more than that, my life wouldn’t be one stitch different if I’d taken it.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:25:17 +0000

Don’t remind me how I think calculus is a big waste of time. However, in order to get into college to get a degree to get a good job, calculus is important 🙂

By: Samantha

Samantha — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:17:36 +0000

I know in high school, balance is the key. Working and getting bad grades isn’t a good idea. It’s balance. In my opinion, the only valuable subjects in high school are literature, spelling, and history. Literature and spelling, for obvious reasons. And history, because we need to learn from history.
Like Amy said, advanced courses also stretch your brain. I’m currently a freshman in high school, and I’m going to take either one or two AP literature courses next year. But then again, I want a degree in English or something like that.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:51:07 +0000

Interesting perspective! I think you are very right that education should be tied to real life. The benefit of homeschooling is that we can identify natural giftedness in our children and teach them in a customized manner. On the other side of the coin, I think that a lot of those advanced classes are still good because they make us good thinkers, so maybe it’s a balance of stretching our brains and also being realistic =)