Homeless Schooling
Call me stupid if you must, all of my teachers did, but I have an important social question that I need to ask. Not having any children and not yet destitute, this doesn’t apply to me. I’m merely curious. Here’s my question: Can homeless families homeschool their children or is that logistically and semantically impossible? I’m just asking.
Categorised as: stuff and nonsense
I have no answer for such a deep, thoughtful, and profound question but I will say this:
LMBBO!!!
You, sir, have cracked me up today.
quirkyloon: I’m so sorry for having cracked you up. I hope the doctors can fix that. (But I assume no responsibility.)
I think they would instead street school their kids. That involves teaching them to fend for themselves by dumpster diving, and hustling fools on the basketball court.
C.B. Jones: Ah yes, practical skills. That’s what’s missing in the education system today.
Penelope Anne: I thought I was joking. I hope you didn’t take any offense and everything is working out for you now (and then).
Logistically…it can be done, we did it.
Semantically, there you got me, maybe we were homeless schooling then it was definitely a lesson in hard knocks.
Love your blog.
It should work out better for them in a homeless shelter where there are other kids around since the people I’ve known who were homeschooled in a private residence seem sorely lacking in social skills.
David: Would it then be proper to refer to that as “homeless shelterschooling”?
And on that theme: do hot dogs roasted over a 55 gal. drum fire qualify as a homecooked meal (again, logistically and semantically)?
Shawn: I think you’d have to call that either a homelesscooked meal or a barrelcooked meal.
Angi: Yes, but what if they gave up their home specifically so they could afford to homeschool or, rather, homelessschool their kids?
I was homeschooled for quite a while as a child (and I can vouch for the fact that if parents do their job correctly, social ineptitude is not an option).
I don’t see how someone who can’t afford a place to stay/food to eat would be able to afford the necessary curriculum to teach their children properly. It does cost money…
I’m sure it’s not against the rules. But, considering how many books and other assorted paraphernalia we collect, it might be difficult to find a storage place. You might need an extra shopping cart.
The Mother: Maybe there should be a government program: One free shopping cart (in addition to the shopping cart they got through other means) for any family homelessschooling their children.
so the homeless don’t have homework??
chat blanc: I suppose they’d have homelesswork. I’ve never been homeless, but I’m guessing that’s probably a lot tougher than homework.
Linda: I guess we need to get these people pencils, paper … and library cards. Then again, another approach might be to figure out how to get them homes … and jobs that will allow them to afford the homes, pencils and paper.
I have seen homeless people in our library. I did homeschool my grandson for many years and you do collect a lot of “stuff”. But I think it would be possible to use the library every day…and let them keep up with the books…the only thing they would need is pencil and paper.
Yes. If they live under a bridge it’s called trolling. Sign making on cardboard with a Sharpie is a requirement.
It’s nice to hear they’re teaching their kids how to write, even if it’s only requests for donations written on a piece of cardboard. Any writing skills will be a benefit to them.
… Wait a minute! I earn my living by writing. People with writing skills are competition. Teach them to read — readers are customers, but forget about the writing lessons.
Sure they can. You just have to call public education “home.”
prefers her fantasy life: They say, “a house is not a home.” What about a school?