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9 hours ago, Monomial said:
BTW, for everyone who said don't try to homeschool or that there is little value in it, I appreciate your input, but I have already made up my mind this is what I am going to do. I am quite competent to teach them (my wife will do the Thai and Thai culture classes), and while I am not a professional teacher, I certainly have more credentials than 99% of anyone in Thailand. My daughter in particular is fascinated by science, to the point where we were discussing quantum mechanics and electron orbitals last night. This is a 9 year old. This is not an issue of the children being too ignorant, but the school and teachers being apathetic. If I am paying someone else, I expect them to do the teaching. Schools aren't supposed to be glorified baby sitters. If I am expected to do the teaching, I will, but see no reason to waste my children's time or pay a neglectful teacher/school in that case.
Homeschooling is a much better option for me.
Per my comment above why bother to register them if they aren't going to go back into the Thai system? Just get them international accreditation through external exams or put them into an international school for the final years.
Good luck.
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"best investment = go back to your home country = FREE EDUCATION, HEALTCARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, CHILD ALLOWANCE"
It's not quite as clear cut and simple as that.
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I started my half Thai son in the Thai Catholic system, moved to a private EP school and then finally to an international school. We were very dissatisfied with all of them and eventually out of desperation I decided to homeschool. Didn't register him with the Thai authorities and am following the same curriculum as the international schools with a view to putting him back into international school for IGSCE after he's done KS3.
To my surprise homeschooling has been easier than I thought. It's been a year already and he is making much better progress than he was at school (which wouldn't be hard as he wasn't learning anything there). I respectfully disagree with other posters who advise against it. There are loads of resources online and you can't beat one on one instruction. You've just got to do better than what he can get at the schools and to me that's not difficult as the bar has been set so low.
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How to start homeschooling in midterm?
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Per my comment above why bother to register them if they aren't going to go back into the Thai system? Just get them international accreditation through external exams or put them into an international school for the final years.
Good luck.