HomeSchool Blog

Homeschooling versus Distance Education

[Friday 16th July]

Two terms that confuse or seem interchangeable for many people are the terms 'homeschooling' and 'distance education'. This blog post will attempt to help you understand the difference between these.

I'll start by confusing you even further - these two terms are actually misleadingingly the wrong way round - 'distance education' IS 'school' and 'homeschooling' is NOT 'school'!

What do I mean by that?

Well, 'school' is where you send your kids so that a 'teacher' will tell the students what to do and get them to learn ... that is what happens in brick-and-mortar schools. You, as parent, give your kids away to some 'expert' (called a 'teacher') who does the magic stuff called 'teaching' ... magic that is deemed (and seems) so magical and distant that normal untrained mortals can't possibly do it.

With 'distance education' the same thing happens, but your kids stay home ... the 'teachers' direct them from a 'distance' .... tell them what to learn, mark their work, and all that kind of normal 'school' stuff. It is still 'school' - but at home! (... but it is NOT 'homeschooling'. Confusing, eh?)

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Bullying in schools ... how real?

[Wednesday 4 December]

As part of entry testing for our HomeLearn program we ask high school students to write a little bit about themselves. Sometimes the unsolicted honest comments of kids can be heart-wrenching.
If you really want to know what it's like for young high school kids, please read this:

Bullying in schools is actually the number 1 reason people choose homeschooling.
At HomeLearn we try to help find a better way! 

Why HomeLearn is different to school

[Thursday 19th October]

We found this picture of how 'school' works:

Is this what you want for your child? If not, try HomeLearn ... we think differently!