What a great job you are doing! Too bad she has to miss out on the socialization benefits of public school - lowest common denominator education, crime, bullying, and such.
(The home schooled granddaughter in my tag had verbal skills well-beyond most adults when she was 12 and excels at Latin.)
“Too bad she has to miss out on the socialization benefits of public school - lowest common denominator education, crime, bullying, and such.”
Thanks. Your comment made me laugh. The socialization issue is one I am hit with all the time, especially from public school teachers. Socializing with whom, I ask? As you say bullying, as I had to cope with, lowest common denominator education as she had to (we are in an area with a lot of migrant labor, and while un PC, it lowers things drastically. The middle school she should be attending is a 55 out of 100 by the state’s admission.)? Certainly socialization is not more important than education; oddly, teachers reluctantly agree. Teachers are horribly shocked when I say that socialization will allow her to know more people in the unemployment line. They are further horrified that we support her playing golf and water polo for three reasons; one many girls’ scholarships go unanswered in these areas; two she meets a better class of people than out on the basketball court, softball and soccer field; and three, she wants to play them. Realistically, the people she will associate with in the future playing golf and polo are more likely to be the people that own businesses and hire. It sounds harsh but is analogous to hanging with your friends at the bar or associating with grad students in the library. The quality of life for one is vastly superior to the other.