Comments on: 5 Crucial Subjects Schools Don’t Cover That You Should At Home

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:42:43 +0000

A few others;

Basic fitness and nutrition

Basic self defense

Basic automobile mainitenance

And one of the most important ones: a very strong foundation in fundamental mathematics.

Also goal setting (how to achieve your goals)

By: B7

B7 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:43:25 +0000

What a great post. I would add that its not all about the Benjamins and the people.

Other good ones are:

How to sell. We are always selling something, and if it is not a product or service then we are selling ourselves.

How be healthy. Even the government is clueless.

How to use our brain. Harnessing the power of our conscious and unconscious mind.

How to manage our emotions.

How to set goals and achieve dreams.

How to communicate with others.

How to connect with ourselves. People go through their whole lives “looking for someone” when they are actually looking for themselves…

By: Polebridge

Polebridge — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:29:39 +0000

Freedom and responsibilty. Kids go off to college/university and complete freedom to do what they want, when they want, with whom they want. They decide how to allocate their time and how late to stay out. We started easing up on our three kids in high-school, so that they had that freedom in their senior year, while they were still living at home with us. It was sometimes difficult to give advice without making it sound like orders, to refrain from saying “I told you so,” and to provide unconditional support in that last year. On the other hand, i think we’re now better friends for it, now that we can be friends and not parents. They graduated from college, some with advanced degrees, some with honors and high honors. All three are married to people we like, all three have jobs. Something worked.

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By: Bleu Panda

Bleu Panda — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:02:27 +0000

Two other subjects that are useful in business and life – negotiation and public speaking…..

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:20:01 +0000

I’ll check it out. Thanks!

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Kikolani - Poetry | Photography | Blogging Tips — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:36:41 +0000

Hi Steve, I didn't write about it on my blog, but I wrote about the same thing as a comment on another blog article, What Must Our Children Know. ~ Kristi

By: PizzaForADream

PizzaForADream — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:51:28 +0000

Becca,

Gotta disagree big time with the pre-kindergarten education. I’m sure you do great work, but time with mom and dad should be this education, not more time away from home in school. The public schools have already shown in many cases how ineffective they are in today’s world and another year or two (not sure how pre-k works?) is not the answer. It’s moms and dads slowing down enough to make education a priority that are going to make a real difference.

As far as teaching based on learning styles, I couldn’t agree with you more! All 3 of our kids are extremely different and learn in different ways. I can’t imagine them being put thru an assembly line and forced to learn the same way as everyone else. Home education allows us to teach them all in their own learning style and at their own pace. Though it’s a huge responsibility, we look forward to the continuing challenge and the adult leaders they will become.

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