I believe in home-education (Education System)

Member Name: diamond345

Product:	Education System
Date:	18/01/09 (71 review reads)
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Advantages: children can learn at their own pace in a safe and happy environment

Disadvantages: none

I think our education system is ok - not good not too bad - just so long as your child is "mr. or miss average", i.e. average ability. I dont think most schools cater for very intelligent children, or children who are behind, and I certainly dont think that there is enough being done for children who are bullied, or who are different in any way at all.
My son has Asperger's Syndrome, a "mild" form of autism ( although there is nothing mild about the devastating effect it can have on their life), dyslexia, dyspraxia and ocd. None of this was noticed at school, in fact I used to go into the school at least twice every week, trying to highlight the problems he was having with his reading, but they just saw me as an overly concerned mother fretting over nothing. I had meeting after meeting with the headmaster, about his reading difficulties, who informed me; "if there is a problem then I know about it, if I dont know about it, then there is no problem!" What a pompous way of thinking!
Eventually, after more than three years, by chance I found a leaflet about dyslexia, and took my son to be tested for it by a dyslexia tutor.From there, we learnt about Aspergers, and eventally had a diagnosis, so at least the school took me seriously at last, and he was put onto School Action Plus, which supposedly gives them extra hours tuition, and meant they had a plan they had to stick to - called an IEP- Individual Education Plan. Personally, I think it just gives the teachers a load of extra forms to tick the boxes, it doesn't actually help. At this time, we took my son out of school every monday and tuesday afternoons, for private dyslexia tuition, at the cost of £20 per lesson. Now THAT did help!
Then, my son had to go up to secondary school. It frightened the life out of him because he couldn't keep up with any of the work, and because he takes things literally, often the teachers thought he was being rude and sent him out of the classroom. He started to have panic attacks, and I started to look for an alternative to school. Luckily, I found one - home education. We go to meetings where the kids get together and do bowling, swimming, badminton, or go for walks, and go on outings. And me and my son visit different places to learn about new things. His reading has improved 100% because we've concentrated on improving his reading before moving onto more complicated things. But, above all, he's happy, and safe, and not stressed out with panic attacks. And he learns so much more, because of that.
My only regret is not home-educating sooner...

Summary: its a solution to some children's misery at school