FJ Homeschooling

[Minerva]

Defence Against the Dark Arts. Called it.

[kolga]

Psychology (undergraduate and graduate level), with an emphasis on clinical and social.

Scientific inquiry and statistical analysis in the social sciences.

Critical thinking skills.

English and reading.

Beer-making.

Music on certain instruments, and basic music theory.

Basic canning.

Beginning and intermediate cooking.

Basic camping skills.

How to survive a zombie apocalypse.

[NeonJungle]

Defence Against the Dark Arts. Called it.

This made me laugh out loud.

I couldn't. Doesn't matter what my mad skillz are, I don't think I'd be up for it. And am not in a position to opine either, since we don't have children.

[2xx1xy1JD]

family law

feminism

Canadian history/politics/social science

logical reasoning (both formal proofs and analysis of arguments) and critical thinking

English

geography

French

essay writing

miscellaneous obscure knowledge and Jeopardy questions (because I'm a nerd)

No, I don't homeschool, but I teach this stuff anyway to my kids since we actually talk, and I help with homework in their English and French-language subjects.

[NeonJungle]

miscellaneous obscure knowledge and Jeopardy questions (because I'm a nerd)

This is so O/T but have to tell it. My mother is a HUGE Jeopardy fan. She'd tape shows all week, and we'd get together on a Friday or Saturday to watch them. On this day, we were watching a first-run when family from out-of-town arrived for the holidays, and some settled in right away rather than unloading.

My cousin knew the answers. My mom said, "I never knew...well, I did, really, that you are so smart, G!" to which my cousin replied, "I'm really not. You know this comes on at different times of the day, right? I saw this episode before we left to drive to your house."

Which cracked me up and made me think he was smarter than all of us.

Edited to flesh out a point and remove a duplicate sentence. Apparently, the thought of Jeopardy makes me type to quickly.

[manekineko]

I could cover everything about infectious diseases, baking cookies and dancing the waltz ;)

[formergothardite]

Defence Against the Dark Arts. Called it.

Are you sure? Those teachers don't tend to last more than a year.....

[jaynie]

Hmm, I could do cognitive psychology and neuroscience to a mid-undergrad level, creative and professional writing, fashion history, research methods, Trivia To Impress Drunk Nerds With At Parties, and probably special topics in media/literature, due to my tendency to obsess about one particular story for months at a time. I think everything else I know anything about has already been offered at the University of FJ.

Are you sure? Those teachers don't tend to last more than a year.....

But it'll be okay now that Voldemort is gone, right?

I am shocked, by the way, that no one has volunteered to teach the children of FJ the Gay Agenda. I mean, sure, we're already indoctrinating them into Marxism and evil liberal feminism, but I still feel that we are failing in this regard. :lol:

[formergothardite]

How did we forget the Gay Agenda classes?!

[fundiefun]

My homeschool curriculum would be so far off the fundie radar

Child development

Sex Education (contraceptives, abortion,etc)

English-Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Sylvia Plath to name a few

Social Studies

African American history

famous feminists (take that fundies)

I would be lost when it comes to mathematics past your basics due to dyscalculia and I would do my kids a huge disservice trying to take that on if I can't even do it myself or would have to send them to a co-cop or hire an outside professional.

[yeahthatsme74]

Let's see, I could contribute Math, Reading, English/Grammar/Spelling, and Biology, all through high school level. Then basic piano, clarinet, and voice, along with household budgeting, and basic Accounting. :)

[Boltingmadonna]

Trying to think what I might contribute that isn't already covered, I came up with tae kwon do and science fiction. But I think I'd really just like to move in with y'all so I can have access to your SOTDRT. The one thing we seem to be lacking is firearms and explosives. (Or is that under Defense Against the Dark Arts?) With a little of that plus martial arts and JFC's curriculum, you would see some damn scary little girls around that dining room table! ; )

[bellpepper]

I've got French, theater, nutrition, and choir covered.

[JesusFightClub]

I can do firearms, although Raine was the expert. Categories, identification and the correct firing position I can do to a very limited degree.

Explosives, not a chance. I can do how to make Molotovs, but that is not very difficult. Semtex, I'm alright with in a very basic way. I could go on but er, maybe shouldn't. :lol:

I am a deeply sad bastard. There are no words. (And this is all research, btw).

[snarktastic]

I don't get the desire to homeschool. I have a post graduate degree and consider myself marginally intelligent, but I'm not arrogant enough to presume that I have the education and professional know-how to instruct my children on everything they need to know in life. My expertise is in law, seven years training as a lawyer doesn't make me qualified to teach math, science, history or pretty much anything other than law.

Now, I realize that I live in a place that has a decent public education system, so I may be somewhat naive; however, I find the exaggerated self-importance of many homeschoolers disturbing. Even if I was forced to homeschool due to school violence, a child's chronic illness or some other catastrophic reason, I would seek out help for many subjects, other than the very basics. My life has taught me not to presume I have all the answers and that there is always someone out there with more talent and more intelligence from whom I could learn.

Liked this a lot. This is why I know I couldn't properly educate anyone past primary school level, and I have a ton more education than your average fundie.

ATM for example my son (secondary school age) is learning French from an actual French woman; Spanish from someone who can speak the language fluently ie not me; maths from someone who can actually do maths ie not me; and so on and so on.

Left to me and DH he'd have an awesome knowledge of European history, English literature, rock music and football but there would be some honking great gaps in his understanding of the world.

[wildflower]

My actual degree is in chemistry but I could also teach:

German

Japanese language and poetic forms

History of the Third Reich

American comics

A history of manga/anime (I'm sure Kelly would really love the section on shoujo/shounen ai)

kpop and the hallyu wave

English

Linguistics

I'm sure this is exactly what Kelly was envisioning. :lol:

[Mice]

I can do firearms, although Raine was the expert. Categories, identification and the correct firing position I can do to a very limited degree.

Explosives, not a chance. I can do how to make Molotovs, but that is not very difficult. Semtex, I'm alright with in a very basic way. I could go on but er, maybe shouldn't. :lol:

I am a deeply sad bastard. There are no words. (And this is all research, btw).

No shame in having to get some outside expertise in a home school environment. I think we should have the explosives courses taught by the Mythbusters.

[Shirley MacLaine]

I have my little specialist subjects but I could never teach them. Like, what do you mean you don't understand? I CAN'T MAKE IT ANY SIMPLER

GOD I NEED A CIGARETTE

[Minerva]

I bet Bill Nye and Neil Degrasse TYson would do us a seminar if our school was big enough.

[RachelB]

Defence Against the Dark Arts. Called it.

Okay. But I would like to teach Herbology, then, or maybe Potions.

Much of my actual coursework has been covered many times over. But I could do classes on emotional management, literature and creative writing, literary theory, gender studies and queer theory, tragicomedy, typography, and speedball. I might be able to do intro physics, if no one else is covering it.

And if the SODRT Choir needs an assistant director while bellpepper takes a coffee break, I could help students work on entrances, diction, and phrasing. Just don't ask me to play piano.

[GiggleOfGirls]

I can play piano! And teach piano - I've been teaching piano for more than a decade :)

[FairyPrincessK]

OOh. Just realized that if I hearken back to my younger days (before I moved to a cold place) I could give a class in non-modest dressing and impractical shoes. I'm a skirts mostly woman these days, but not because of modest (you should see some of my skirts) I just don't like wearing pants. However, I can really rock a mini-skirt and tights and my boots and tights look was once described as "bitter divorcee" I'm not divorced, but I can definitely do bitter. Perhaps it could be called "non-modesty and not keeping sweet"?

[kaetrin]

(snip)

Aisling - Ovid's where I got most of my info about sex. (Him and Juvenal) The boys' grammar school and the girls' grammar school used to trade copies of erotic Latin and Greek poetry in the Loeb editions, which have an English translation beside the Latin or Greek.

Did your Loebs translate the whole thing? I can't remember what edition it was, but I've run across old school editions of Catullus that left some poems untranslated, because according to the enlightened editors, they were inappropriate for students especially now that more and more of the "fairer sex" are beginning to read Latin.

I've taught a little bit of Catullus in an intermediate readings class, but I admit that I stuck to the safer ones. I don't want to be the one to corrupt the youth. :-) Even then, my students got pretty confused. "Wait a minute! What's going on here? Is she having sex with the sparrow?"

[HereticHick]

I will catalog all the Judy Blume books, teach basic HTML & Sharepoint, geography, Italian conversation, basic clothes mending & laundry (mandatory for the boys), basic plumbing repair (mandatory for the girls), and how to pack for a 2 week trip to Europe, including several conference dinners & receptions, with just 1 carryon bag & a big purse (that includes the auxillary skill of washing out things in hotel sinks).

[Guest Anonymous]

I will catalog all the Judy Blume books, teach basic HTML & Sharepoint, geography, Italian conversation, basic clothes mending & laundry (mandatory for the boys), basic plumbing repair (mandatory for the girls), and how to pack for a 2 week trip to Europe, including several conference dinners & receptions, with just 1 carryon bag & a big purse (that includes the auxillary skill of washing out things in hotel sinks).

Can you teach me this one? :)