Sorry to start a new one so soon after Lampers' excellent questions below,
but I would appreciate some input please. My ex has texted me today saying that she wants to home-school our daughter because the schools in our area are so fucking horrible. She'd be outnumbered heavily by non-English speakers and the number of pupils with behavioural problems are much higher than average.

My gut reaction is to support this venture. The local kids are fucking repulsive where we live. There is of course the concern that my child might be a bit isolated but
a) being isolated from a bunch of knife-wielding Bangladeshis is not such a bad thing anyway and
b) she'd still do after school clubs etc.

What do you think?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:26, 163 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Depends entirely on whether you think she'd do a good job of it, surely?

(berk, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:29, Reply)

I believe she would.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:33, Reply)

give it a crack then
out of interest, what does your ex do for money if she doesn't work and stuff?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:38, Reply)

Taunton man found with crack in his bum

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:41, Reply)

She’s technically disabled (partially-sighted)
and gets good benefits as well as money from me for our daughter.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Scrouging bitch, send 'er down mines, you can't see in the dark down there anyway

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:44, Reply)

*now realises why she slept with you*

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:44, Reply)

She reads through your re-assembled phone bills alright.
I hope you've net bred with a benefit fraudster.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:44, Reply)

We can get money for having shit eyesight?
*cancels opticians' appointment*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:48, Reply)

Then by all means let her try it
your child isn't yet old enough for school (or so I believe), so why not put her on the waiting list of the best school you can find, and start home-schooling her in the meantime? You can't start too young, and it should allow you both to get a good idea of how you'd all fare with the situation. If it looks like she's going to make a terrible balls of it, doesn't have the patience, or your daughter would benefit from going in to mainstream education at least you have a back-up plan by having put her name down for a school.
(berk, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:46, Reply)

^ this idea's got legs
Let Mentalex have a trial run for a few weeks, and write your own standardised exams for the weekends you've got with her.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:50, Reply)

Mentalex sounds like a Transformer

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:56, Reply)

This isn't the place for sensible advice.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:04, Reply)

Schooling with 100s of Bangladeshy psychos
Or schooling with one female psycho?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Corrected for truth:
Schooling with 100s of POSSIBLE Bangladeshi psychos or schooling with one DEFINITE female psycho?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Good point, anyway Bangladeshies are scared of water so she could just carry a water pistol with her

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Bangladeshies are the 'aliens' in Signs
AICMFP
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:33, Reply)

Hahahahahahha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Is that just a joke suggesting bangladeshis are scruffy?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:35, Reply)

no it's a crack at the expense of the thousands of Bangladeshies who die or lose their homes in the annual monsoon
EDIT: this is the worst joke explanantion I've ever had to write
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:37, Reply)

Oh.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:38, Reply)

MENTAL, USE THE WORD MENTAL
otherwise it screws up my vanity searches.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Haha!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:33, Reply)

Is you ex qualified in any way to teach?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:30, Reply)

No.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Your daughter will end up like this.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:35, Reply)

As long as she getting enough social interaction with kids her age
(which by the sound of it she will be) that sounds pretty damn sensible. The amount of bad influences that you'll cut out from attending the local comp is staggering.
( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:31, Reply)

Yeah, she might end up like me.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:33, Reply)

*shudders*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:34, Reply)

That settles it
It would be against Jesus not to home school her.
( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:35, Reply)

~_~
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:37, Reply)

The game isn't even against Jesus after all
It's against Downing.
( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:42, Reply)

You just said that to cajole me

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:43, Reply)

It was an honest mistake

( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:49, Reply)

Take an imposition

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:51, Reply)

It would be the equivilant of vomiting into the gaping anus of Christ

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:39, Reply)

Yeah, make her one of those kids that gets into oxford at 13 and then has a breakdown,
she'll be on the news and shit.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:31, Reply)

home-schooled by your relentless harriden of an ex
or by a tutor?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:32, Reply)

By my ex.
If we had the money for private tutors we'd send her to a private school.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:34, Reply)

There's things like homeschool help groups around as well,
so one day you teach your kid and someone elses and the next they do the same.

Beware of nonces though.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:38, Reply)

when you consider how sodding terrible teachers are at
controlling classes and how inefficient the practice of one person trying to teach 20-30 is, I get the feeling that most people could do a better job one on one.
( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:39, Reply)

There's never been any suggestion that she's a bad mother to the kid,
just that she hates monts, which lets face it is pretty understandable.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:35, Reply)

I was just clarifying the situation
but you do make a good point. Anyone left with a constant reminder that they've had that ugly, smelly, moody old bastard up their chuff is bound to be a bit narky.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:36, Reply)

*barges in*
children are fucking shit blah blah psyho ex is neither charming or witty blah blah

In other news I think I may have an epic cry that I have to redo 100 ebay listings as the fucking guy who did them has violated pretty much every rule going *bangs head on desk*
Also anyone good at making ebay business seller page type things? I'll pay you in cake
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:38, Reply)

Do you do ebay for lazy people?
I bought a scarf yesterday by mistake on ebay
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:40, Reply)

Ask my sister b3th
Seriously, she's an awesome eBay seller.
( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:40, Reply)

I could do it if you don't mind waiting 'till next month.
In fact, I'd quite like to do it, I've not done it before (but does have the skills to do it), and it'll be another tie to my bow.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:43, Reply)

What the hell? All the asian kids where I grew up were the Bods and are doing very well in life now.
School is way more than what just the teachers tell you. I think it's a mad idea to home-school her, and if you're really that worried about primary school stabbings then move house. I really hope it's not because it is convinient to do it at home on account being able to lay in, in the morning. How can a single mum afford to live and spend 9-3:30 working? Having one teacher is dangerous; it's only one point of view. Is she even qualifide to teach?

This is a mental idea.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Monty does not want his daughter near forrins.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:43, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z5blu-EFII&feature=player_detailpage#t=101s
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:48, Reply)

I went to a state comprehensive where the kids were all objectionable and whatnot, and I turned out just...oh, hang on a minute...

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:44, Reply)

Less facetious response:
There may be a third option: what are the chances of getting her into a school in a neighbouring borough? I ended up going to a secondary school in a different borough as the ones in my parents' local area were a bit shit, so I'm sure it's a possibility. I just don't know how good the chances are in that end of London.

Edit: Would the after-school activities not be restricted by her not actually being enrolled at a particular school?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:46, Reply)

It's a shit idea
home schooled kids are spastics and retards and will grow up to touch themselves inappropriately in public.

Plus your ex clearly isn't capable of educating a child properly.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:45, Reply)

She's better than brown people.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:46, Reply)

Well, yeah but even with the inherent racism of Monty's original post aside
it's a bad idea.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:48, Reply)

I guess the ones that sale a bit of wiz are alright.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:49, Reply)

Well, they unite in their love of substances.
They're not like all those other brown people he doesn't know.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:50, Reply)

But they all carry around machettis on account of religous grounds, innit? All those primary-school-on-primary-school-children killing each other, it's warfare in the playground.
She'll probably come home bilingal one day, bi-lingle? faakin' joke, she'll know more languages than hienz has veriaties, and then when where will she be? Probably working in the UN as a high level translator and ambasador or some such nonsance.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:56, Reply)

Are you saying that Amberl's extreme ring-wing rhetoric
is in-between her breasts?
Oh and btw, there's only one north London club in Europe! Ahahahahahahaha.
( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:48, Reply)

And how many scottish clubs are there?

Genuine question, I have no idea how many scottish clubs remain in europe.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:52, Reply)

None.
Well technically the Hun cunts are playing a European match tonight but I don't like to think of those weegie twats as Scottish.
( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:58, Reply)

Most of them aren't
Although Diouf seems to be doing his best to integrate himself with the locals and their customs
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:04, Reply)

You're a Spurs fan?
Where are you from again?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:52, Reply)

No I support St Johnstone and Scotland
Al just gets all sexy when I wind him up about his pitiful football team.
( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:59, Reply)

Good man
I approve of every conceivable aspect of this post
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:02, Reply)

Agreed
If she's blind enough to sleep with Monty and be on benefits then I doubt she's fit to teach a child.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:48, Reply)

I bet she's got plenty of 'lecky' on her' card' though.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:49, Reply)

I also think this will put your daughter at an unfair advantage
As she'll win everything on sports day.

Parents night would be interesting though.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:51, Reply)

Haha!

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:56, Reply)

If the thought of your daughter going to a school for which you have nought but disdain abhors you then home-schooling makes sense
At least you know your ex well enough to get an idea of what the little'un will have to deal with in her education. Some extracurricular hobbies for the sake of socail interaction are a must though.

Plus, all kids end up hating their teachers at some point, and who will she turn to when that happens?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:51, Reply)

The knife wielding Bangladeshis in her street?

( djtrialprice, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:53, Reply)

Monty will be there to protect her from such reprobates
with his samurai sword of justice and impenetrable shield of casual racism
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:56, Reply)

And his ex's benefit book

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 13:59, Reply)

If he can lift it, it will make a formidable weapon

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:03, Reply)

Me!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:37, Reply)

You are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
To what level do you wish your little princess to be educated? At least give the system a chance, she may fit in and be happy (quite important). It is unlikely that her mum will be able to educate her beyond the level of retard, and you can be damn sure that if you try to step in with some of your family's massive overeducation, that will cause a storm.

If school does not fulfil her educational need, then think about home schooling. If nothing else, your daughter will come out of school, ready to run a plantation.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:02, Reply)

this is the best post I have read today

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:03, Reply)

Anyone who can read will be able to teach a kid to the age of 7 or 8.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:09, Reply)

I stand corrected by the resident rapist
Yeah, anybody who can read, can teach.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:11, Reply)

And if the mental ex can read
Then she arguably shouldn't be on benefits due to 'partial sightedness'.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:14, Reply)

She can teach her to read Monty's texts on his phone

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:25, Reply)

it is a totally bollocks statement
it is not at all easy to teach a child how to read. i should know, i try to do it every friday with one who is already capable of reading up to a 5 year old level!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:17, Reply)

I'm amazed that a "qualified solicitor" can only read up to a 5 year old level

(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:24, Reply)

you should see some of the people i have on the other side
you wouldn't be surprised at all, never mind amazed.

but you can borrow my cashmere coat if you like, it must get bloody draughty up there on your high horse sometimes.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:31, Reply)

Also, Bartleby is clearly using what we like to call sarcasm.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:24, Reply)

Thanks Al, I didn't want to point that out.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:27, Reply)

it wasn't your statement i was saying was bollocks though - i was agreeing with you and your sarcasm
it is not easy to teach a child to read, mostly because most of the little fuckers don't want to learn!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:30, Reply)

My 10 year old nephew is just starting to get ahead of me maths wise : (

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:12, Reply)

i'm biased because i loved school
but i do think it teaches children a huge amount about socialising and making friends. i am still very close to many of my best friends from primary and junior school, and she won't have the opportunity to forge those sort of relationships. also kids are very cruel about anything different, and when she goes to secondary school, they might pick on her as a consequence of homeschooling...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:04, Reply)

might will

But that said, as soon as her friends meet her dad she'll be a social outcast anyway.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:18, Reply)

If the schools are as dire as you say then home school but she needs to be around kids her own age as much as possible.
You don't want her turning into one of those pretentious kids that have an opinion on everything and speak to you like they're a fellow adult.
( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:09, Reply)

That was me.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:10, Reply)

Oh dear! Chompy.

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:12, Reply)

And me
I was worryingly precocious.
(berk, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:22, Reply)

My mum told me the other day as we were chatting that I was at junior school for three weeks before I spoke to anyone.

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:24, Reply)

And that's why your teaching career was so short.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:26, Reply)

You're on form today Jeff.

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:29, Reply)

The kid next door is home-schooled
And he creeps me the fuck out. I have no evidence that this is as a result of home-schooling, but it looks that way.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:10, Reply)

Do you live next door to the Adams family?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:12, Reply)

I'm not sure.
I just took this picture of their front garden: i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy155/belladonnaanodyne/2011-03-10142039.jpg

He just clearly has no idea how to be a kid, it's really odd.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:17, Reply)

He clearly has no idea how to lay a patio either.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:18, Reply)

They have a collection of bones in the garden.
That is not normal.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:19, Reply)

How old is he?

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:21, Reply)

I reckon he's about 10 or 11
Hard to judge though because, as I say - he does not act like a proper child.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:24, Reply)

I don't think it's that strange really.

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:25, Reply)

It's not just the bones.
It's the way he speaks to people too. I always feel really sad after I've spoken to him too, he seems quite lonely.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:26, Reply)

He probably is
and he parents are obviously fucking hippy weirdos if they home school him. How would you like to live with a couple of hippy weirdos.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:28, Reply)

Only one hippie weirdo
Single mother, innit?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:31, Reply)

That's even sadder.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:32, Reply)

I was obsessed with dinosaurs and kept trying to find bones in the rockery.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:22, Reply)

Case closed.
The kid's a freak.
( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:23, Reply)

I don't think it's that bad,
as long as he's not killing the animals.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:27, Reply)

I was joking. See above.

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:27, Reply)

I know it's the quality of the phone-photo
but those genuinely look like the dismembered bones of their hapless ex-nanny that he's been playing with.

EDIT - Oh. They are bones...well that's just fucking weird.
(berk, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:21, Reply)

Hmm. I cut up dead animals and drew diagrams, and had a collection of fossils
But it was due to scientific interest. I was not quite at the playing with bones stage. Though I did like my dismemberable anatomy model, too.

I'M NORMAL HONEST
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:26, Reply)

*Pats on head*
There there.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:28, Reply)

If he's not playing Jurassic Park, or alternativly a dog with OCD, then that is really strange.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:27, Reply)

She a girl so doesn't really "need" schooling anyway
Just get her to marry someone rich, job done.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:25, Reply)

You not burnt to death yet?

( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:26, Reply)

As I said, fireproof beekeeping suit!
With inbuilt respatory suystem
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:27, Reply)

It's cool, I have some marshmallows left and I was wondering what to do with them.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:27, Reply)

Can I have one?
Did you make them yourself at home or buy them from the shops with your House Keeping money?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:29, Reply)

The marshmallows are a lie.
I don't even eat marshmallows, but I wanted something to toast.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:32, Reply)

What do you put in a toaster?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:33, Reply)

Well, bread
But toast made on shed-fires never tastes quite right.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:35, Reply)

oooh, you saw through my trick!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:43, Reply)

It's almost as if I have a brain!

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:51, Reply)

ALMOST!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 15:01, Reply)

Yeah that worked brilliantly for her mum

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:27, Reply)

Well she married an impoverished old git - not the best idea

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:29, Reply)

Were they actually married?
I'm asking, I actually don't know. Very difficult to imagine Monty suited and booted at the top of a church isle, smiling gleefully as the Mentalex makes her mong-eyed way towards him, tripping over pews on her way and likely asking him for money halfway through the vows
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:34, Reply)

this
I wonder how early you can sign her up for My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:27, Reply)

The son of our dance teachers was home-schooled
He's 14 and a very polite, reasonably intelligent, socially capable and throughly pleasant young man. He's also the World Under-16 Ballroom Champion two years running. Hence me banging on about extracurricular activities earlier.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:26, Reply)

on about + the boy for
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:28, Reply)

Sorry, I thought you were supposed to be coming with reasons why home schooling would be a good idea?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:29, Reply)

Mock it all you like mate
He's got a career for life in a pasttime he absolutely loves and has even less reson to pretend to pay attention in R.E. and Chemistry than most of us.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:32, Reply)

I really enjoyed Chemistry.
I got a first class degree in it.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:36, Reply)

In which case you can answer me long-pondered question
What do you do for a living? I've always wondered what a chemistry graduate does with their degree, unless they become a chemist. I'm actually not mocking you, a first-class degree is a hell of an achievement and you should be rightly proud.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:39, Reply)

When you say "a chemist"
are you doing that really retard thing of confusing a pharmacist (i.e. one who studied pharmacy) with a chemist (i.e. someone who does things involving chemistry)?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:40, Reply)

I know the difference
I was simplifying. I have very little understanding of all things chemistry-related and actually want to know what sort of career options present themselves.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:44, Reply)

Well in general anything which requires a degree and a general demonstration of some intelligence
so being a solicitor, being a banker, any sort of management consultant.

Specifically, you can look at many aspects of chemical engineering, which would lead to lots of opportunities in the oil industry, or any kind of research post like berk or Crowsephine.

Or you could be like me and bum around the world for 18 months, then go back to university to do a masters in Environmental Engineering.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:47, Reply)

Yours is the bestest

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:50, Reply)

Definitely go for it.
I know a few parents who have home schooled, and their kids seem brighter, more interesting and generally more grounded.
The schools round here are fucking terrible.
Edit, if you try any support group, DO NOT go for anything with even the slightest religious affiliation. They are psycho God botherers, who believe in beating kids stupid.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:26, Reply)

Aside me and Roota, doesn't anyone else find this disturbing?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:29, Reply)

No more or less than I find the rest of Monty's comical existence

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:29, Reply)

I find it very disturbing that Monty's main reason for wanting this
is because he doesn't like asians.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:29, Reply)

But as Labs says
no more disturbing than everything else that Monty says.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:30, Reply)

Not it's fucking not, Cleggsy.
My objection is that they cannot speak fucking English and neither can their parents. The Ofsted reports for about 10 local schools I have read all say (this is a copy and paste):

‘Children's skills on entry are well below those typically expected for their age. They are particularly weak in the key areas related to language, using numbers, and social and emotional understanding. Pupils' attainment is below average when they move into Year 1.'

THAT is what I find disturbing.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 15:05, Reply)

i was thinking that it was ironic to ask a shower of childless virgins
for their opinion on schooling a child
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:32, Reply)

Maybe they should ask a priest for his opinion?

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:34, Reply)

I was home taught by my Dad for a term
I found it utterly soul destroying, mainly because I didn't have anything else to do.

However, as Monty says she'll still be doing after school activities, I don't think it's too bad. However, I still think she should go to school for the first year, then make her own mind up.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:34, Reply)

I think he's on about Monty's reasons
rather than the fact the kid might end up home-schooled by an apparent benefit-fiddling psycho.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:39, Reply)

Ahh, fair enough
I don't agree with his reasons tbh, but it's not my business to state, if you get what I mean?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:41, Reply)

If they were anything like the fucking Somali kids that I had to get the bus with in Manchester then home schooling is the way.
I swear I nearly battered a few of them. Even the chavvy white kids used to let me get on the bus first.

Somali women are bloody beautiful though, just to even out the racist rant a bit.
( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:48, Reply)

You've changed

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 15:13, Reply)

Nah! I think their rudeness was pack mentality more than a race characteristic.
It was just bloody annoying.
( girlinthehole, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 15:22, Reply)

Why doesn't the mentalist move to another area with less forrins?
BTW Is she as racist as you?
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 14:33, Reply)

shut up you black bastard
/ac
(Nobody Likes Mortal Wombat, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 16:43, Reply)

I think it's a good idea
a couple of my siblings were home-schooled (my mother used to be a teacher) and educationally they have turned out fine.

I have to point out the two evident troubles though. The longer she is home-schooled the harder it is to reintegrate with the school community especially if as an only child she hasn't necessarily learnt some of the social skills she would through forced interaction with siblings. However the older she gets the more she'll need specialised teaching which it's hard to provide.

You also don't want a situation where if the mental ex kicks off and causes trouble and won't let you have a part in her education, she ends up being taught one point of view and not necessarily encouraged to seek more.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 15:10, Reply)

Thank you all for your input. One last thing:
I have a massive problem with the idea that in a class of 30, only 5 other children will even understand the language that the teacher is speaking without a translator, or hear it spoken at home.

I have an even bigger problem with the thought of my child being deemed some kind of slut for not covering her hair etc. Traditional Islamic women who meekly obey their husbands are not the role models I want for my little girl.

I have a still bigger problem with the fact that the educational standards of my local schools are shit – way below average and not good places to nurture a bright child. The local kids on my area (of ALL races) are fucking feral. Someone gets stabbed most weeks and at least one kid dies a year in shooting or stabbing incidents. This scares me.

I couldn’t give two shits if this makes me un-PC or a racist. If my child will be hampered in her learning by the other children at her school and the backward attitudes of their culture towards girls then I consider it my duty to look at alternatives – so judge away, lefties. I don’t give a toss.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 16:16, Reply)

On a bright note she would be able to keep you up to date in the world of hip-hop...
...and be an alternate source of MDs.
Issit?
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 16:23, Reply)

I could get bare weed blud. Ya get me?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 16:24, Reply)

Rolemodellolz

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 16:32, Reply)