State then home-ed student, UK
My stories
My School Story
From the beginning I felt consistently under stimulated at school, I was injuriously bullied (verbally by teachers, also), and misdirected. I developed health conditions related to the stress of bullying and felt depressed by the monotony of school, resulting in hospital stays and medical procedures. School was entirely detrimental, exhausting the learning materials provided, I would sit and read library books for over 2/3s of most lessons.
At 13 my parents decided to action this; I was home-educated for 5 hours a week by a private tutor, gained 9 A* GCSE’s, moving on to 4 self directed fast track STEM A Levels with an online university, and then uni, 2 years younger than my school peers. I saw my friends after their school hours, at clubs and on weekends. I had so much free time to develop my interests; painting, languages, climbing mountains, martial arts, poetry.
It was a blessing to have the time to be a child without the fear of being bullied for being one.
Without the freedom to home educate, which the schools bill decimates, I would, at best, have been depressed and failed my exams from stress.
School was not the best for me. School is not the best for many.
At 13 my parents decided to action this; I was home-educated for 5 hours a week by a private tutor, gained 9 A* GCSE’s, moving on to 4 self directed fast track STEM A Levels with an online university, and then uni, 2 years younger than my school peers. I saw my friends after their school hours, at clubs and on weekends. I had so much free time to develop my interests; painting, languages, climbing mountains, martial arts, poetry.
It was a blessing to have the time to be a child without the fear of being bullied for being one.
Without the freedom to home educate, which the schools bill decimates, I would, at best, have been depressed and failed my exams from stress.
School was not the best for me. School is not the best for many.
What happened next...
At 13 my parents decided to action this; I was home-educated for 5 hours a week by a private tutor, gained 9 A* GCSE’s, moving on to 4 self directed fast track STEM A Levels with an online university, and then uni, 2 years younger than my school peers. I saw my friends after their school hours, at clubs and on weekends. I had so much free time to develop my interests; painting, languages, climbing mountains, martial arts, poetry.
It was a blessing to have the time to be a child without the fear of being bullied for being one.
Without the freedom to home educate, which the schools bill decimates, I would, at best, have been depressed and failed my exams from stress.
School was not the best for me. School is not the best for many.
It was a blessing to have the time to be a child without the fear of being bullied for being one.
Without the freedom to home educate, which the schools bill decimates, I would, at best, have been depressed and failed my exams from stress.
School was not the best for me. School is not the best for many.
How I think schools could be better.
Drastically reduce the scope of education and place it upon parents - supporting them to do so, more practical application and outside time.