Comments on: Homeschooling in China

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:17:39 +0000

Hi,
I have been an international school teacher in Beijing for the last 10 yrs. Come July I’m going to stop teaching in the school system and start doing private tutoring. A parent at my school asked if I would be willing to homeschool her daughter. I had never thought about homeschooling other people’s children before. I am single and have no kids of my own but have been teaching in schools for over 16 yrs and I know the time that is wasted in a school day. I’m sure you could cover what you need to cover only teaching half days to a small group. The parent has the US embassy pay school fees and would need a fapiao.
I’m quite interested in trying homeschooling with a small group of kids. Any suggestions of how to start? or if anyone wants their child home schooled by someone else? I am a qualified elementary teacher from Australia.

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:15:25 +0000

Tracey,
The only thing you need to worry about it any US laws for your state when you return. China absolutely won’t care what you do as far as teaching your own children. And American schools probably won’t either. So look at it as a time to homeschool without any supervision at all!

By: Tracey

Tracey — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:47:57 +0000

Jimmie~ we may be traveling to China and be there for some time so I knew you were the “go to” person for these questions~ I was hoping to continue our homeschooling in China while there – can you direct me to any links with updated laws in case things have changed with what I may need to do as a US Citizen on my part? I wanted to check into these things before hand so I know what I am doing~ any help on this would be greatly appreciated
Tracey´s last [type] ..Flash Cards for Practicing Shapes~

By: Valentina

Valentina — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:48:13 +0000

Hi Jimmy,

I’m actually a native Chinese who is homeschooled. I don’t go to school since I finished my elementary school and now I’m 17. I know it’s very rare for Chinese to homeschool, and many people don’t even know what homeschool is, but it’s possible that some might do it. However, in my case, there are limited resources, mostly because I take classes in English while none of my parents is native English speaker nor are they similar with English cirriculum. So I’m searching for courses in English for homeschoolers that is available in China.

By: Sean@mandarin class

Sean@mandarin class — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:41:04 +0000

After living in China for a while, I can totally imagine trying to explain the concept of “Homeschooling” to a Chinese person and getting a blank face of confusion.

I am sure that you could save a lot of money homeschooling your children while living in Shanghai. The cost of tuition at the school where my wife is a teacher is over $20,000 US a year. If the company isn’t paying your kids tuition, 2 kids would take over half your paycheck!!

By: Mark Elliott

Mark Elliott — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:22:13 +0000

Thanks for the information. I live in Beijing and always considered Homeschooling but did not know it was an option…

By: Cristal

Cristal — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:19:26 +0000

reaction is the same living in Hong Kong. We live on a small outlying island so everyone somewhat accepts what we do because we do not speak Cantonese, but still with complete confusion on their faces. Their second question is always 'so after you learn language, then they got to school?!!!!'. When I reply no, they really just have nothing to respond. .-= Cristal´s last blog ..all those things I should be doing =-.

By: Lori Ann

Lori Ann — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:28:03 +0000

Yet another lurker living in China who’s finally going to post

I’m pretty sure homeschooling is legal in China, because my province newspaper a few months ago reported on a homeschooled Chinese boy, but probably very rare: I showed my friends the article and asked if it was legal, and they all said “Yes, but almost no one does it.” This particular boy had some serious disabilities, though, so it made sense to everyone that HE was homeschooled… it may be a different matter when I have kids old enough to put in school, when I don’t!!
.-= Lori Ann´s last blog ..Innocent Culprit =-.

By: Mae

Mae — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:15:08 +0000

Thanks for this series, Jimmie. I am one of those readers who have been meaning to email you. We also live in China – in a town that sells no butter. And we happened to paint our own wrapping paper last week as well… for the same reasons you mention.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:22:46 +0000

This was a very timely post for me. My daughter goes to Chinese School on Saturdays and her Mandarin teacher is absolutely fascinated by the concept of homeschooling. She has only been in the states for 3 years and she has asked me many many questions about homeschooling. Your analogy of basket weaving perfectly described her reaction to learning that we homeschool. .-= Amy´s last blog ..Summer Time Learning =-.