I can assure you that I've had to resist similar urges when reading some of your thoughts on the matter, so the feeling is mutual. However, in the greater interest of not having the thread closed, I've edited it to a simple, harmless rolleyes.
. . . back on topic: People work out of their worldview, either directly or indirectly. I've seen and read about both unintentional and deliberate attempts to impose agendas on others in a school system from all points of views. While this may be the case, one of the pros [that can be] argued for public school systems is that it is a melting pot of views, etc. Awareness is always key there. In regards to learning itself, that's right on the money. It takes the whole system of parents, students, and teachers for learning to take place (and I'd argue for that ordering from greatest to least as well). When one or more of those are off, it makes learning more difficult. Someone needs to give me a treat now.
Well, I was homeschooled from first to twelfth grade. I suppose my version of homeschooling was a little different, since it was THROUGH a public school. (Took tests on campus, graded by actual teachers, etc) It worked for me very well; though as I got older, I wanted to go to public school more and more. (Namely for the female interaction.) Didn't happen though, due to the fact that my Dad had control issues. Anyway, I turned out perfectly fine. Got a good job, plenty of friends, no social hangups... Maybe my circumstances were different. I don't know. Would I put my future kids into homeschooling? Most likely not, soley because I look back and wish that I could've taken part in a lot of the things my friends did in public school. But I dunno.... I'm 22 now so I'm past having the personal regrets.
That's an impressive GPA. Since GPAs only go up to 4.0, it's really impressive. And to the thread at large: Haven't any of you heard of socializing OUTSIDE of schools? It happens you know. There's a lot of activities people of all ages can socialize in. How many of you are done with school, and yet still socialize with others? The rest of this thread seems to be just trolls trolling trolls. And people that need to have learned to socialize better in the past.
Hmm. Homeschooling... Well, for the last two years of school, I was homeschooled due to massive and nearly crippling panic attacks, among other things. The setup was that I would do all of the classes at home, with my mother and father doing what was required of them, and then at the end of the week, all of my work was bundled up, taken to the office, and I'd have my results on Monday afternoon. My grades went up, way up. I felt better, there was no immediate pressure, and I got everything done, as needed, on time. I consider myself lucky, really. It helped strengthen the family bond between me and my parents, and I received a much better education than I was getting in the classroom. One thing my parents had that the teachers didn't... patience. (Yes, I know teaching is a shitty job, but the teachers at my last school were nothing but lazy and cruel bastards.) On the flipside, however, I do think it stunts social growth, I think it can lead to a superiority complex (on both sides), and it can also lead to brainwashing (intentional or not). I think it all depends on the situation (are the schools safe, are they any good at educating the students), the family, and whether or not you're capable (not just mentally, but emotionally) to handle such a daunting task. My parents pulled it off, and we've always been poor and looked upon as the black sheep people of the family. My aunt and cousin are ...let's say...privileged, and my cousin was private schooled, home schooled, public schooled, then back to home/cyber schooled. With a mother like my aunt, no wonder she ran off to the first college offering to take her. Heh.
If you don't mind me asking, what chances at socialisation do you get? Like attractive teenage girls? 'Cos that's a distraction I can live with. I miss getting into fights. They were fun.
To counter the "superiority complex", be bad at a few subjects, and don't hang around with dumb people. Or just adopt a stereotypical attitude about school, and life is easier. Keep other's standards of you low, and most complexes and disorders could be countered with the right people. Yeah, not really. Going to go into detail in a moment. Well, since I live in a homeschooled-rich area, there's a lot of chances. Homeschooling book groups Homeschooling art groups Just any kind of Homeschooling groups Church Friends' churches. Various competitions Host gaming tournaments at your house Have a mother who is obsessed with socialization Be happy with the friends you have, and more should come. Be homeschooled with your brother, and you'll have all the fights you need.
I know what that is like......i remember a few times his kicks got me in a place i wish they hadn't....ouchies.
I don't quite get it, but still. No, actually, I enjoy homeschooling. It's fun. Especially since I use a State funded program. I gots a computer for frees.
Schoolschooling is far inferior to schoolhoming, and though I have never been schoolhomed myself, nor do I work in the schoolhoming field, I feel my personal opinion on the matter should be treated as irrefutable fact.
