This has been bothering me for awhile and I try not to bash my MIL too often but my brother and sister in law were taken out of public school when they were in the 5th and 7th grade, they didn't even complete those years.
They enrolled in a Christian homeschooling program but my MIL only kept that up for a month or so. They are now supposed to be in the 10th and 12th grades but still only have their 4th and 6th grades completed. I just feel really bad for them because they are bright kids and really do want to learn. They asked several times to go back to school but their mom just always had an excuse or put it off. She told me that they should have kept up with it, they just quit. I wanted to tell her that it was her responsibility as a parent to make sure they get their work finished and to provide them with tutors if she wasn't going to personally teach them. I didn't though because she was mad as it was that I even asked about it.
I went to my FIL about it and he had concerns as well but for some reason that man wont stand up to his wife if his life depended on it. I asked him how they get away with them not sending in any tests. He told me that they are sent a letter that they have to sign every once in a while that's like a proof of attendance.
Shouldn't there be more to it than that? How many other children are out there being deprived of their education because their parents are just too lazy? How is it that in a state that has laws stating your child must be in school at the ages of 17 and below (I think that's correct, it might be 16) two teenage kids are just sitting around at home with elementary school educations and NOBODY knows.
What do you all think about homeschooling? Should there be more state involvment concerning attendance? Should there be someone who checks to make sure each child is on track and has completed their tests for each year? It just baffles me.
They enrolled in a Christian homeschooling program but my MIL only kept that up for a month or so. They are now supposed to be in the 10th and 12th grades but still only have their 4th and 6th grades completed. I just feel really bad for them because they are bright kids and really do want to learn. They asked several times to go back to school but their mom just always had an excuse or put it off. She told me that they should have kept up with it, they just quit. I wanted to tell her that it was her responsibility as a parent to make sure they get their work finished and to provide them with tutors if she wasn't going to personally teach them. I didn't though because she was mad as it was that I even asked about it.
I went to my FIL about it and he had concerns as well but for some reason that man wont stand up to his wife if his life depended on it. I asked him how they get away with them not sending in any tests. He told me that they are sent a letter that they have to sign every once in a while that's like a proof of attendance.
Shouldn't there be more to it than that? How many other children are out there being deprived of their education because their parents are just too lazy? How is it that in a state that has laws stating your child must be in school at the ages of 17 and below (I think that's correct, it might be 16) two teenage kids are just sitting around at home with elementary school educations and NOBODY knows.
What do you all think about homeschooling? Should there be more state involvment concerning attendance? Should there be someone who checks to make sure each child is on track and has completed their tests for each year? It just baffles me.
