Any other homeschoolers?

timely
Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:46:05 +0000

Most home schooled students indeed end up naive, depraved, and socially incompetent. <<




Hollowcloud,
I’m a homeschool mom and you sound just like my kids! Now that isn’t true, and you know it. If you sit down and make a list right now of all the homeschooled kids you know, then put a check mark beside the names of those who are socially incompetent, I think you’ll find that it’s a small percentage.

If you take a representative group of public schooled kids, you’ll likely find a similar percentage of socially incompetent kids. You have seen Napoleon Dynamite, haven’t you?!

Also, it’s important to realize that people aren’t all the same. Some people are “Lord of the Rings” geeks and like to dress up to go to LOTR movies. Some are into rodeo and wear tight Wranglers. Some are bookworms and shy. Some are in Civil Air Patrol and wear short haircuts, though short hair is not in style.

Yes, I know some naive, depraved, and socially incompetent homeschoolers. Generally, the depraved ones are not naive and socially incompetent, but that’s a whole 'nother message. I know public and private schooled kids who are that way too, though. Be careful about slinging around stereotypes like that, or you’ll find yourself as victim of them when people think that you must be some kind of weirdo too, just because you were educated at home.