Comments on: Why would you do both? http://www.thejumps.co.uk/2008/04/02/why-would-you-do-both/ Live life like us, because its better, frankly Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:06:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ruth http://www.thejumps.co.uk/2008/04/02/why-would-you-do-both/#comment-8754 Ruth Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:57:34 +0000 http://www.thejumps.co.uk/2008/04/02/why-would-you-do-both/#comment-8754 You make some very valid points. I think the truth is that I'm really struggling to get out of the habit of thinking of education as something you do TO children. I mean, I understand why it's not, and I believe in why it's not (for myself, I'm constantly learning, researching, and generally pursuing knowledge for the fun of it), but the idea of applying education to my children, with or without their consent and/or cooperation is pretty much ingrained (as well as doomed to failure...). I also think there's a difference between education the way you approach it, and the stress-laden, SAT-revision-workbooks approach of some parents. Your way sounds much more fun... You make some very valid points. I think the truth is that I’m really struggling to get out of the habit of thinking of education as something you do TO children. I mean, I understand why it’s not, and I believe in why it’s not (for myself, I’m constantly learning, researching, and generally pursuing knowledge for the fun of it), but the idea of applying education to my children, with or without their consent and/or cooperation is pretty much ingrained (as well as doomed to failure…).

I also think there’s a difference between education the way you approach it, and the stress-laden, SAT-revision-workbooks approach of some parents. Your way sounds much more fun…

]]> By: Sarah http://www.thejumps.co.uk/2008/04/02/why-would-you-do-both/#comment-8749 Sarah Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:38:55 +0000 http://www.thejumps.co.uk/2008/04/02/why-would-you-do-both/#comment-8749 There is, of course, an answer or two to this. You might do both if your children wanted to go to school for other reasons than the academic education. You might do both if it just came naturally to you to do both anyway (is that what your relative meant?) - not that you'd have extra 'lessons', just that you'd have a constant life ethic of learning being fun, and therefore doing it all the time in day to day activities. Does that make any sense? I probably see things slightly differently too, having HEd and now having all three children in school - school isn't good enough for lots of things but I don't consider the extra stuff we do at home to be papering cracks, it's just life, which means enjoying learning. To me it's not necessarily an 'either - or' situation any more; more a 'both - and'. I take the more the merrier approach - as long as the children are happy at both school and home I don't care where they get the education! If they weren't happy I would change something - but the academics are incidental in the process, it's far more about our whole family's life than about any individual's academic learning. I guess that's a personal thing? There is, of course, an answer or two to this.

You might do both if your children wanted to go to school for other reasons than the academic education.

You might do both if it just came naturally to you to do both anyway (is that what your relative meant?) - not that you’d have extra ‘lessons’, just that you’d have a constant life ethic of learning being fun, and therefore doing it all the time in day to day activities. Does that make any sense?

I probably see things slightly differently too, having HEd and now having all three children in school - school isn’t good enough for lots of things but I don’t consider the extra stuff we do at home to be papering cracks, it’s just life, which means enjoying learning.

To me it’s not necessarily an ‘either - or’ situation any more; more a ‘both - and’. I take the more the merrier approach - as long as the children are happy at both school and home I don’t care where they get the education! If they weren’t happy I would change something - but the academics are incidental in the process, it’s far more about our whole family’s life than about any individual’s academic learning. I guess that’s a personal thing?

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