Ask Slashdot: Teaching Chemistry To Home-Schooled Kids?

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 7, 2012 @08:20AM from the coz-what-he-thought-was-h2o dept.

First time accepted submitter mikewilsonuk writes "I have a 10-year-old grandson who has shown an interest in chemistry. He is home educated and doesn't read as well as schooled kids of his age. He hasn't had much science education and no chemistry at all. None of his parents or grandparents have chemistry education beyond the school minimum and none feel confident about teaching it. My own memories of chemistry teaching in school are of disappointment, a shocking waste of everyone's time and extreme boredom. I think there must be a better way. Can anyone suggest an approach that won't ruin a child's interest?"

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If only... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-07 08:28 · Score: 0, Troll

There were a place that children could go, and be taught by experts (or at least knowledgable people) about topics their parents we not experts in...
Maybe we could call it... SCHOOL.
And if only this place was free, and there was no barrier to entry...
Oh yes, we have that.
This is what school is for. Send the child to school.