How long do you think this young labradoodle can sit like this? How much is he learning in this position. He is learning about his relationship with us, those requiring him to sit, and he is learning about his relationship with work. He is waiting for the stick (sitting for about 2 seconds) to be thrown into the river, so he can jump in, with all fours, plunging into the water, find (rescue?) the stick, chew it to smithereens, (I have asked him never to try and find/rescue me!) Before voluntarily swimming up stream against the currant for 5 minutes. It does him so much good. Imagine if I asked him to sit, and sit there for hours on end. What would he learn about listening, and learning, and who I am? Homeschool encouragement – homeschool has the breadth and scope for wellness, motivation and vibrant learning.
So, does school prepare children for the world? How similar really is the school versus the world? I have heard it said that school is exactly what a child needs to prepare them for life. I have also heard it said that only people in the field of education believe that. Interestingly, there is a world of opportunities available for our children, for them as professionals, and also the relationships they choose to engage in. In light of common viewpoints, here is some homeschool encouragement.
Education affects relationships
They may replicate the relationships they experience in school, or at home. It is up to us as parents to know the type of child we have, and how the school environment is affecting them. Teachers are never in a position to say to us parents – this isn’t working, or they’d be much better elsewhere, or they aren’t learning in our environment. They will never say to us our children have a circle of bullies around them that we’re out of control of, or their peers are acting out their home life at school and this is damaging for your child. Educating professionals have a duty to ‘get it right for every child’ – they have to be seen to be succeeding. It’s us as parents that are actually responsible for the wellness and effective education for our children.
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Education affects work endeavours
The work our children seek as adults will relate directly to their educational experiences – whether they have felt capable and motivated, and whether the people they grew up around adored or abhorred learning. It would depend on their experience of reading, writing and all the subjects they immersed themselves into. And it would depend on the opportunities that came of them this learning, and the connections they gained through them… or not. The work paths of our children will be determined by their work ethic, their appreciation of learning.
Did they grow up knowing that no matter how hard they worked, they would always be given more work until ‘hometime’, when they would then additionally be given homework? It would be a very difficult to maintain a healthy work ethic, and creativity, under these factory conditions. Under these conditions, children learn to zone out completely for most of the day, and feel exhausted having fulfilled none of their interests, of which they have many. Children are very curious and endlessly exploring under the right conditions. School, for some, is not an environment that fosters curiosity when the social dynamic is fractured.
Community and professional relationships
The relationships that our children have in school are completely professional. They are surrounded by professional adults, whose interest in them is totally professional, for professional purposes. They have professional relationships with their peers. Of course, these professional people are human, and they can be caring, professional relationships, but it can go both ways. It’s important to relate professionally with one another, and to be able to keep a ‘professional’ head.
But we must remember, our little monkeys are children, and are not going to learn best by only behaving professionally. In fact, with the professional guise often so restrictive, and limited topics of discussions open and acceptable, the adults around the children they protect are often with a sledgehammer to their knees. Homeschool encouragement – good friends, loving adults whose priority is the community their children grow up in, supervised play, and supported relationships are what are going to positively shape our children’s futures. It may seem restrictive, but it far far less restrictive that the rules that govern professional morality.
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