One of the great advantages of home education is that we can escape the constant testing that now goes on in schools. And, if you’re not convinced that constant testing is a problem, I’ll explore the trouble with measurements in another post. However, it is also true that we need to ensure that our children have options for the future and so the question of qualifications eventually arises. So what are the options and what are the advantages and disadvantages of UK and US qualifications in particular?
Great article, Roy. So much wisdom in there. Thank you for your quote from Stratford Caldecott RIP.
I’d also say to parents that by the time it becomes important to begin to think about university entrance or further courses, our children often surprise us in how well they can figure out a way forward
for themselves. They do much of the thinking themselves. Home education certainly doesn’t ‘box them in’ - quite the contrary.
I also highly recommend the CLT. It is pleasant and wholesome to study for, even though it is also possible to just to get it under your belt in a single Saturday morning with just a day or so to look at its layout beforehand, which was the strategy of my older children (and helped two of them get into the US Thomas Aquinas College which they love… and is giving them a quality of education which is the object of envy for my husband and me who came through the Harvard / Oxbridge mill. )
A Question of Qualifications
This is so helpful, thank you for taking time to write and share this Roy!
What a wonderful post - one which will be of such help to parents who are pulled in different directions. Thank you!
Great article, Roy. So much wisdom in there. Thank you for your quote from Stratford Caldecott RIP.
I’d also say to parents that by the time it becomes important to begin to think about university entrance or further courses, our children often surprise us in how well they can figure out a way forward
for themselves. They do much of the thinking themselves. Home education certainly doesn’t ‘box them in’ - quite the contrary.
I also highly recommend the CLT. It is pleasant and wholesome to study for, even though it is also possible to just to get it under your belt in a single Saturday morning with just a day or so to look at its layout beforehand, which was the strategy of my older children (and helped two of them get into the US Thomas Aquinas College which they love… and is giving them a quality of education which is the object of envy for my husband and me who came through the Harvard / Oxbridge mill. )
A great article Roy- I've felt this way for years....and of course you can do your APs with https://dumboxlearning.co.uk/ :)