Posted on 06/26/2009 1:08:36 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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I had to laugh reading this, because it sounded like my childhood. I’ll be 30 next month and was homeschooled my entire life. I heard each and every one of those questions and comments. Fortunately, homeschooling isn’t as rare these days, and my kids haven’t been exposed to that ignorance, but man oh man, this brings back memories.
For someone who can dish it out, humblegunner, you’re very easily-insulted.
Why are you so supersensitive about this topic? It’s almost as if you’re a schoolteacher yourself. ;-)
That’s not a question. That’s a statement, a command more specifically.
Good thing you’re not a teacher.
Just shut up John -
Really, you don’t get these questions thrown at you? Good for you, truly. I’ve probably heard every single one of those items listed, and not necessarily from friend, but from strangers we run into on a daily basis.
Fortunately, your sons have DNA from their mother - so they won’t turn out exactly like you.
After three years of government schooling, I concluded that I couldn’t be any worse of a teacher and pulled mine out.
The most interesting comments I received was from six of the female teachers at the school. Each one pulled me aside and said it was the best thing I could do for my child. Five of them, all single moms, said that if they didn’t have to work that they would be teaching their own children at home and never expose them to government schools. The sixth teacher’s children were grown adults.
was/were
You’ll be happy to know that my English teaching skills are better than my typing. My child only missed two questions on the SAT Critical Reading section.
Unclench. Seriously.
We homeschool, I’ve heard a few of them and I thought it was hysterical. And I am in no way bitter.
I always ask if they were able to teach their children how to eat with a folk and dress themselves. If so, they homeschooled those skills.
The most difficult part for me was the inconvenience of having to schedule activities with institutionalized students. It was so annoying to have to do things with them on weekends and after 3:30 PM, not not too late on a school night.
When did you start homeschooling?
I am 26 and was homeschooled my whole life and I know I had a lot of experiences that make me appreciate this list... I think I could have written this list. I understand things have gotten better lately, we’ll see as I start the process with my own daughter.
I agree with you, all the way. The only thing I am regularly asked about is the “s” word, as we call it. Earlier this week, I was asked why I took my children out of public school three years ago, and I said it was because of the socialization they were getting there — how it was changing who they were — and how they deserve so much better.
I know a couple of homeschool families who have this kind of bitter, angry spirit about homeschooling. I don’t envy them at all. Most of us very little time defending what we do because we’re too busy teaching our children and guiding them in the right direction. If you’re doing it right, you don’t have much time to make other people understand it.
Cute? Funny? Maybe not.
But pretty accurate. We've been asked most of those questions.
At times, it's felt a little threatening.
When we moved to our current neighborhood, one of our neighbors asked how we could manage to fit a “full day of school” into a couple or three hours (truth be told, when our older guy was in first grade, his entire school day often fit into 90 minutes). Then he asked whether it was legal, and whether he should call the authorities.
Another neighbor said that we were committing “child abuse” (direct quote). An officious whore who believes it's her God-given obligation to meddle in other folks’ lives, we were concerned that she might call the county's child welfare agency.
So, although we usually treat garbage like this with a laugh and a smile, sometimes a hard edge might show through.
Because the welfare and safety of my children and my family have been threatened by people who didn't have the brains of roadkill.
sitetest
They are either are living too far above their means for only one parent to work...
Exactly!
I went to a seminar tonight and found out that my kids can skip High School and go straight on to Community College. I met a boy there that is walking out with an Associate’s Degree at 16.
What do I care what other parents think?
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