Grets Sirob Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Oh great, this is just great. Socialization?!? Is that the best you can come up with? Tell me what's so social about being in a room, with thirty other kids the same age as you? Is that preparing you for life? Let me tell you something, I have a great social life. I may not have 50+ friends, but I don't care, I don't need fifty friends, I only need the good ones I've got. My friends and I are in a very close circle, and my other friends are great too. I have about nine or ten friends, all of them very close, and different ages, only two of those friends are the same age as me. One of them is fifteen or sixteen, all the rest are below my age, by at least a year. Not to mention all the adults in my life, which I know very well. Not to mention all of the other people I know as accquantances(people that aren't really friends, but you know them and say hi to them all the same). This ends my rant about the socialization crap, now for the other stuff... Intelligence. You can too learn more then your parents, you're not limited by their intelligence. For instance, I'm taking a critical thinking skills course, my mother(who teaches me) couldn't quite understand one of the problems. I on the other hand, understood it perfectly. This was just this afternoon. I also have a large vocabulary, have a college age reading level, high school algebra, and great social skills. I have been home schooled from first grade. And from what I can remember, I did not have a fun time then, I had one friend, everyone teased me, by the end of the year I had met only two more people, and didn't really know them. And this was a private school, I couldn't imagine a public school, that would be horrifying.... Another thing, I'm in grade eight. Just thought you might want to know that.... So don't bash us home schooler's till you get into our own shoes, and another thing. Drop this stereotype! They don't apply to anyone, except for about one in one hundred... It's not a bad thing, I personally wouldn't want to go to public school, from what I've heard you don't actually learn anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWhiteRaider Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 It's not a bad thing, I personally wouldn't want to go to public school, from what I've heard you don't actually learn anything... Some schools you only have to show up that is it. Some other ones are better, but not by much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elijah Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 I have learned ALOT in home schooling... and so far every one of the home schoolers here have a very functional social live, now... I'm sick of that argument and it would be better on us all if we dropped it for the simple reason that it is not valid. but if it's only your parents teaching you, then sadly, they can never learn you as much as a good teacher can Your trying to tell me that while having a 1 on 1 teacher I wont learn as much as a kid with 10+ teachers that focus on 50+ kids a day? Does this sound logical to you? A teacher is trained to teach, a parent is training in becoming a good mother or father. A teacher does not have to be trained, that is false. The law says the only requirement to become a teacher is to be "able to teach" Part of a parent’s job is to teach their children the ways of life. The Public school was created for children who otherwise would not have an opportunity to learn, I have that opportunity and there for do not need the public school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercatfat Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Home school is wonderful if you like to hide from the realities of life like evolution, true World History, biology, etc. As well, public schools offer many types of hands-on learning, in science in particular, that a home school could not hope to offer with their budget and status (chemicals they can't get without a license, etc). Then again, if you're a geek and have no intrest in your preferred sex, like to pretend there is no evil in the world, don't like to party or fufill your sexual needs (and yes, they do exist) ever, home school is wonderful since it shelters you from all that. I, on the other hand, love watching real life happen and learning from it. Now, I'm tao-agnostic, so many of your views don't fit me. Much of what you said sounds very typically christian from what I've seen in my very christian church and household, so I'll let you be on your opinions. If you went to public school, however, you'd be seeing life for what it really is, life. Not something you pray about when you get a wrist cramp or stub your toe, just an endless ebb and flow of life. Evil is defined as that which is not Good, but if evil does not exist, what do we have to judge good on? You can't have one without the other, period, so there's no sense sheltering yourself from it. To avoid bullying, don't act and dress so geeky. Period. I'm a total geek, but you'd never know it from my good looks, humor and intrests in music. Flame on, you know I'm right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 I'm... not sure what you're saying you're right about. About not using neat chemicals at home? Yeah, ok. Didn't get to do that much. Nuts. About not learning the realities of life and, in fact, hiding from them? Eh? You're basing this all on the assumption that the sole reason home schooling exists is so that parents can tell their children what they believe to be true and false, right and wrong, and in their opinion, how everything in history really, "went down". As much as you apparently want to believe it, home schooling is not like what is depicted in the movie Waterboy. I know "Mama" did not invent electricity and I do not believe that fooshball is the devil. You also apparently believe that home schoolers go sit in a closet when they aren't having school, thus stopping them from getting out, talking to people, making friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, etc. This, in fact, is not true. I know, I know, it's a shocker but we socialize, we just don't rely on socialization from a group of peers that we are forced to be with 8 hours a day. Seriously though, if somebody is home schooled or if somebody went to public school or if somebody went to private school, etc.. Why the hell should any of us possibly care or put them down because of it? Lets just all live our own lives and stop being so worried about other people living theirs differently from our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWhiteRaider Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 realities of life like evolution First Evolution has not been proven. Darwin him self would tell you it is a theory. And who say we are geeky? Heck I bet if you had a public school kid standing next to a Home schooler you couldn't tell them apart. We listen to music. We watch TV. We wear new outfits. And what is bad about learning? You need it to get through life. And you talk about true histroy. If you mean that the earth is billions of years old. That is still a theory too. Oh AND I HAVE BEEN TO PUBLIC SCHOOL!!! SO DON'T BRING THAT UP AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know what life is like I don't stay in my house all day long. Strange someone who bashes Geeks and yet talks about what life realy is. And you know what? Just maby some of us don't want to screw up our lives by getting some girl pregnant. You need to be smart today to make alot of money. The in-crowd types tend to be rejects later in life unless they do something about it. Flame on, you know I'm right. I know you are wrong on some of those. Evil is defined as that which is not Good, but if evil does not exist, what do we have to judge good on? You can't have one without the other, period, so there's no sense sheltering yourself from it. Tell me do you call what the terorist did on 9/11 evil? Do you call what the sniper has done good? Do you call what Hitler did Evil?To them the takeing of lives was ok. that a home school could not hope to offer with their budget and status (chemicals they can't get without a license, etc). So does that mean we can't learn. Or that we always school at home? Most of the heavy Chemistry is done in collage. I will go to a collage when I finish High school. you went to public school, however, you'd be seeing life for what it really is, life. How do you know? Have you been Home schooled? Who is going to know more someone who has seen both sides or someone who has only seen one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Originally posted by TheWhiteRaider How do you know? Have you been Home schooled? Who is going to know more someone who has seen both sides or someone who has only seen one? Bingo Bango. All these baseless accusations and faulty assumptions are giving me a headache. I'm going to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWhiteRaider Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Originally posted by Boba Rhett Bingo Bango. All these baseless accusations and faulty assumptions are giving me a headache. I'm going to bed. I am about to do the same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elijah Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Originally posted by mercatfat Home school is wonderful if you like to hide from the realities of life like evolution, true World History, biology, etc. As well, public schools offer many types of hands-on learning, in science in particular, that a home school could not hope to offer with their budget and status (chemicals they can't get without a license, etc). How about you throw your assumptions into subject you know something about? You know what happens when you assume Then again, if you're a geek and have no intrest in your preferred sex, like to pretend there is no evil in the world, don't like to party or fufill your sexual needs (and yes, they do exist) ever, home school is wonderful since it shelters you from all that. I, on the other hand, love watching real life happen and learning from it. Sense when did Home schoolers have no sexual desires? Not something you pray about when you get a wrist cramp or stub your toe, just an endless ebb and flow of life. Evil is defined as that which is not Good, but if evil does not exist, what do we have to judge good on? You can't have one without the other, period, so there's no sense sheltering yourself from it. who said I was sheltered from it? You think when I walk down town I don’t see evil/good? I live in the ghetto, I see death and evil all the time... I’m far from "sheltered" If you went to public school, however, you'd be seeing life for what it really is, life. You know nothing about life, you think that waking up and walking to a classroom filled with kids your age for 8 hours is LIFE? Have you ever had a job? Worked and made money? Talked to people and respected them for more than just their age? To avoid bullying, don't act and dress so geeky... Period. but you'd never know it from my good looks, humor and intrests in music. ummm... What the heck? Once again, CUT IT WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS! I'm not geeky in any way, nor do I dress geeky, I listen to all verities of music and I have a great sense of humor I'm a total geek Oh? and you go to public school? but i thought geeks came from homeschooling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grets Sirob Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Well said, all of you homeschoolers! Strike up another one for the homeschools! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agen Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Well i don't personally see anything wrong with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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