Posted on 12/19/2019 1:28:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
You beat me to it. Most homeschooled kids belong to networks that include other homeschooled kids and their parents. One mother teaching her one or two kids is no longer the norm. These days, homeschools are essentially small schools. The kids have guest speakers, go on field trips, etc. An excellent education and social experience.
Your problem is now proven to be a misnomer. Go and live free now that you have learned homeschooled are better socialized than most others.
My major problem with Classical Conversations is that they play fast and loose with tax laws. They want the benefits of being “for profit” while seeking to benefit from other’s tax exempt status. They also work overtime to avoid FICA by making most everyone that works for them “independent contractors”. We were involved with them for the past 6 years but pulled out this year due to some very disturbing comments from their CEO when they most recently increased their fees. I also became convinced that their methods were not working for my six children. I was not surprised when these letters started going around...our local group received one as well.
Man, you just stepped into a pile of excrement with that statement.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. - C.S. Lewis
Most homeschoolers are better "socialized" than publik screwel kids. I speak from experience, not from something I read or heard second or third-hand. They learn how to interact with everyone, not just their age-group peers.
The purpose of childhood is not to train children to be children; it is to train children to be adults----most of their life will be spent as adults, after all. We deliberately planned large blocks of time for sitting our children with Christian, moral, productive, disciplined, thoughtful adults.
metmom nailed it.
So you didnt take the time or treasure to school your kids well, and now you lecture others.
Jump off a cliff.
Amen! Any parent who cares about their kids these days will either homeschool or go to a private school that they have control with over the curriculum.
We need to take our kids back from their vile clutches.
Just guessing - you must be around my age or older. Because Catholic schools today are not what they used to be.
And, in public school for the past 20 years, boys have not been free to behave like boys. They are medicated to sit still.
However, outside of school, boys are free to be boys. They can play sports, go camping with their scout troop*, etc. Instead of school, they can attend co-ops, which are school-like but boy-friendly.
We were terrible. Had fights. Started trouble.
Anyone who believes "homeschooled" boys are perfect little angels either is living in denial or has never "homeschooled" boys.
* (Yeah, yeah, I've heard the scouts have changed now, but my kids have great memories of camping, etc.)
On a cross country flight I sat next to the Director of Admissions for a major private Catholic University. His comment was that he wished all of his applicants were homeschooled. According to him, homeschooled kids are generally better at both vertical and horizontal socialization are better prepared for collegiate life. His words, not mine.
Oh, that is just precious! You made my week.
Most homeschool organizations and cooperatives are nonprofit. IMHO, when any homeschool group charges a lot of money, that’s a red flag.
CC is one of those organizations that sounds like a ripoff, and I’m glad I avoided it. I don’t blame the letter-writers for being angry. But they should’ve written a heartfelt letter, instead of threatening legal action.
Abolish government schools. They’re not about children being “exposed to other kids”. They’re about children being indoctrinated with atheist, communist, faggotist ideology.
roflol When we homeschooled my answer to people who voiced that concern was “if we were any more socialized we wouldn’t have time for school.” Our son was active in church, volunteered in the community, was on golf and tennis teams, and took classes through a co-op.
His SAT and ACT scores were impressive and he was accepted by all the schools he applied to with generous scholarships. He graduated college, married and has a family. He is gainfully employed in a field he loves. He is also a conservative! So homeschool success! And I know a bunch of others like us.
Shortly before she passed away, my grandmother (not a particularly affectionate woman) told me she appreciated how my kids were not “afraid of old people.” She liked that whenever we saw her, my kids could have conversations with her and didn’t act uncomfortable or afraid.
When I carefully mentioned that homeschooling helps in that regard, she waved her hand and dismissed the idea. Oh well, at least I knew that despite other great grandchildren being her favorites, she recognized that my kids were good pretty cool and well socialized ;-).
There are now thousands of homeschoolers who are adults. These homeschooled adults prove that homeschooling is the superior way to rear successfully socialized workers, spouses, parents, and community volunteers. Welfare and crime is so low that it can't be measured.
Among the many reasons I homeschooled was the toxic “socialization” found in Prussian-model government and private schools. .
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