Teach only one subject at home?

[Theresa]

I have a question that maybe somehow who homeschools can answer.......

My daughter is having major problems with one of her teachers (she is in tenth grade). I have tried to communicate with the teacher, but things have gotten worse. If the school refuses to move her to another class, is there a way that I can teach just that one subject at home? Or does she have to do it all either at home or at school?

Thanks for any advice.
:hug

[BlessedinHim]

I really dont know.

I have my doubts tho about it. It might cause her diploma to come into question or cause her not to qualify for her diploma.

I doubt that they would do anything to work with you on this, but you might try asking them if you got her into an accredited course of the same subject if they would accept that for that credit. If it isnt accredited, I am sure they wont buy that, and the course will cost you.

But, LIke I said, I really dont know.

[Theresa]

Thank you! I had the same thoughts about it that you do.

I spoke with her counselor today and he is willing to transfer her to another class. He wants us to be satisfied with where she is placed - it appears that she has the top GPA of her grade and they (the counselors, anyway) don't want that messed up - it's feathers in everyone's caps, I'm sure. I'm not sure about the possible teacher (don't know much about him), but there is a decent possibility of getting her into a class taught by a great teacher for the second semester (one opening - I would have told him to just go ahead but want to tell my daughter first). We'll talk about options and make a decision tonight.

[HSmomto4]

In Florida yes, you can do that but I'm not sure for your state.

[antsinmypants]

I really don't know since it will have to do with the laws of your state, and also how the school perceives that.

Perhaps you can find out what the materials and homework/seatwork are and help her at home on your own time... thereby giving structure so she can succeed (Like tutoring).

I am honestly thinking of "homeschooling" to an extent (what I can do legally here in Germany since it is illegal to homeschool) - by teaching English and what our beliefs are to our children.

They have 1/2 day school until a certain point (closer to high school), so I will have access and be able to teach them American history, money, language and religion at home. What I can't touch really is the structure and having actual 'materials' here... other than "I am American and since our children are dual citizen I felt it best to teach them both of their heritages" - that I can get by with, because that is truly seen as the parent's responsibility.. to teach structure (obedience), family tradition and faith.

Find out what her strong points and 'break points' are in the subject and I am sure you can find a way to suppliment so she can pick it up readily... and it not really matter about her class room or home time.

[BlessedinHim]

Even tho they are attending the public school in Germany, if you are caught with homeschool materials you can get in trouble?

wow

It is hard to imagine that the German people would allow their government into that again, I mean, Hitler and what he did to the kids when he was ruling Germany. I guess we all forget where we have been in the past as a country. It is a sad thing. America is forgetting her past, and is falling into the very things the people ran from when they came here in the first place. It is about stage time for the AC!

[antsinmypants]

it was a law enstated with Hitler and never repealed. Check around on the HSLDA website about Germany and Homeschooling and you will find a wealth of information as well as news stories about those who have homeschooled and what happened.

[Theresa]

Considering the parent-child "massage" pamphlets that the German government is putting out, I'm not surprised that they require total control of the children re: education.

Do what you can regarding your children - you can actually teach a lot without any "homeschool" materials - use other resources as you find them. The internet is a rich one. Good luck and God bless.

Oh, and my daughter will be staying in the class, with her counselor monitoring the situation. It is close to mid-terms, and starting over in a new class and catching up there would be stressful in itself, so she decided to "bite the bullet" and try to stick it out. On a light note, I printed a picture of this teacher's face and made a grid over it - she can color in a square every day and see her progress toward the end of her sentence. :heh

[BlessedinHim]

it was a law enstated with Hitler and never repealed. Check around on the HSLDA website about Germany and Homeschooling and you will find a wealth of information as well as news stories about those who have homeschooled and what happened.

I am so shocked!! I am almost speechless. I dont know, I would have thought they would repealed every law he instated considering the ends they expected to culminate for the Jews and anyone that got in their way at the time.

My interest is sparked in this due to the fact that my husband and I have some black and white movies talking about ww2, hitler, hiro hito, mussalini, the nuremberg trials, hitler's woman, eva braun, the orders hitler gave upon the time he lost the war, being burned to no recognition, the piles of jews, which makes me weep. The fact that it took milllions of Jews to perish and the bombing of pearl harbor before we, the US, actually decided to do something about the atrocities at hand. What a horrible time.

Hitler is a mere shadow of the things to come. Makes me to shudder, and glad my hope is in a risen Saviour.