
Scottish Business Owner
New Member
Further to Alisons press release I thought it would be a good idea to get some discussion going on the merits of home education etc. We have people of all ages on here and from all over the country so i'd like to think we get some good discussion and I hope Alison doesn't mind if I try and get something started.
I've been out of education around 8-10 years. Incredibly the internet wasn't even a tool we used to any great extent at school. I was very academic achieving almost the best possible grades at both standard and highers but I still feel that education puts you into an employee mindset and there was no element of entrepreneurship in anything that I done.
One area I feel really strongly amount is the lack of financial management in education. I've seen to many people get caught in credit traps pretty much becuase they dont really understand how things like credit cards and mortgages work. Financial management and responsibility should be a fundamental part of education.
I would love to hear other people's views on what they thought education gave them or similarly how it failed them in anyway. Would home education be something you would consider for your own children?
I've been out of education around 8-10 years. Incredibly the internet wasn't even a tool we used to any great extent at school. I was very academic achieving almost the best possible grades at both standard and highers but I still feel that education puts you into an employee mindset and there was no element of entrepreneurship in anything that I done.
One area I feel really strongly amount is the lack of financial management in education. I've seen to many people get caught in credit traps pretty much becuase they dont really understand how things like credit cards and mortgages work. Financial management and responsibility should be a fundamental part of education.
I would love to hear other people's views on what they thought education gave them or similarly how it failed them in anyway. Would home education be something you would consider for your own children?