I have a question...

[conuly]

Occasionally, with a wide and varied range of people, the subject of homeschooling comes up. And somebody inevitably pops up to say they're against homeschooling because "they want their children to learn to socialize". And yet, if they sent their kid to school, and the kid spent time with his/her friends in class, the teacher invariably says "you're not here to socialize, you're here to learn". Which is true. If you want to socialize, aside from HUGE homeschooling groups, there's other places like the playground and structured "after school" activities. But some people just keep missing the point, I think.

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[strangelette.livejournal.com]

*points to catsluvdmb's comment* That right there is what drives my major anti-homeschooling attitude. I wasn't happy at school (socially), I was pretty fucked up during high school, but I was in school the whole way. I had a good friend who was home schooled until somewhere in junior high, and hated school (socially) way more than I did; it always amazed me the little "Heather... we can't DO that" things that had to be explained or rationalized to her.

*shrugs* My opinions are based off of interactions with home schooled kids not being home schooled myself but there are pretty critical things that a kid learns just by being in that environment all the time without parents.

I should also say that I'm much more supportive of homeschooling later, Jr High/High school, because at that point it's moved beyond basic social skills into how to survive in a fucking nuthouse :)

[conuly]

it always amazed me the little "Heather... we can't DO that" things that had to be explained or rationalized to her.

Like what?

there are pretty critical things that a kid learns just by being in that environment all the time without parents.

I don't think so. People grew up for thousands of years without schooling, they still do so today, I don't think things suddenly changed.