[jthomas1600]

I hope there's not a similar thread to this that's a few months old where this should have gone. Anyway I just thought advocates of home schooling would find this pretty cool. Popular Science magazine identified 8 students who they believe to be the cream of the crop in the arena of innovation and invention. Three of eight are home schooled, which I find very cool. Also note that only one state had two representatives...that would be TEXAS!!!!!!!

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[Yoda_me07]

3 of 8 are homeschooled..

so 5 are public-schooled..

[jthomas1600]

Originally Posted by Yoda_me07

3 of 8 are homeschooled..

so 5 are public-schooled..

This is a really old thread. But since I started it I'll respond. Only about 3% of kids are home schooled, so 3 out of 8 as anyone can see is an over representation of home schooled kids. Home schoolers rock.

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by jthomas1600

This is a really old thread. But since I started it I'll respond. Only about 3% of kids are home schooled, so 3 out of 8 as anyone can see is an over representation of home schooled kids. Home schoolers rock.

Exactly.

For example, if we take a sampling of 100 kids, and 8 of them were in this study by PopSci, that would mean that 97% of them were public schooled, and only 3% were homeschooled. All 3% are in this category, in this entirely unstatistical and heretical analysis. My point is, there is obviously a huge over-representation here.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Yoda_me07

3 of 8 are homeschooled..

so 5 are public-schooled..

No that means that 5 are either public or private schooled. I seriously doubt all 5 are public schooled.

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Sean

No that means that 5 are either public or private schooled. I seriously doubt all 5 are public schooled.

Were you public or private schooled, Sean? I can't remember for some reason.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by jthomas1600

This is a really old thread. But since I started it I'll respond. Only about 3% of kids are home schooled, so 3 out of 8 as anyone can see is an over representation of home schooled kids. Home schoolers rock.

Originally Posted by Andrew

Exactly.

For example, if we take a sampling of 100 kids, and 8 of them were in this study by PopSci, that would mean that 97% of them were public schooled, and only 3% were homeschooled. All 3% are in this category, in this entirely unstatistical and heretical analysis. My point is, there is obviously a huge over-representation here.

You're of course correct that there is a huge over-presentation, and Yoda's point was kind of lost.

HOWEVER, it's also not entirely fair or accurate to simply point to home schooling and say that's what made the difference. Virtually all students with heavy parent involvement and with the financial means for a parent to stay home out perform students without parent involvement and less financial means.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Andrew

Were you public or private schooled, Sean? I can't remember for some reason.

Public. But my college major was in education, primarily for private Christian schools. I student taught at a Christian school and subed at one.

[jthomas1600]

Sean, you are so right about parental involvement. I remember years ago I kept hearing ads for Hooked on Phonics. They said if you followed the program and you did not see significant improvement they would refund your money. Following the program meant the parent would spend at least an hour a week going over the material with the child. So the money back guaranty always made me smile because I figured any child's grades would probably improve with an extra hour of parental involvement weather they were using a program or not.

Also concerning this article I referenced in the original post and weather it validated home schooling. I only made this post because I thought it was cool, not because I thought it proved some thing. In fact this only shows a few students excelling in a fairly narrow field. I think what home schooling offers that probably helped these kids is flexibility. The article was about science and technology. One thing that's cool about home schooling is if your child hits upon a science project that they are really into, you can set everything else aside for a few days and they can take the project as far as they want. If you have a child that's really interested in engineering and there's a robotics show 500 miles away on a Thursday night you can take a road trip and go with out having to worry about unexcused absences. I could go on, but I think you get my point. I think public schools could learn a little by studying other methods of education.

[scared2mosh]

Home schoolers do rock don't they?

Originally Posted by jthomas1600

Sean, you are so right about parental involvement. I remember years ago I kept hearing ads for Hooked on Phonics. They said if you followed the program and you did not see significant improvement they would refund your money. Following the program meant the parent would spend at least an hour a week going over the material with the child. So the money back guaranty always made me smile because I figured any child's grades would probably improve with an extra hour of parental involvement weather they were using a program or not.

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Wow... flashback...

Mr "gh" IS a funny little sound isn't it?

[Dasher]

I was home schooled from grade 2 to grade 10... I'm now in grade 11, and in public school... Homeschooling definitely helped, because I was able to ask questions very well, so I got a good foundation on the basics, so I didn't get lost somewhere in the vast wilderness of Algebra lol

[jthomas1600]

Dasher. Check your UCs I left you one with a helpful CGR hint.

[slap_j]

I think I smell an inbound clopse.