http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3591/oregon-homeschooling-dont-ask-alice/ Exploring homeschooling issues, ideas, and more Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:35:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3591/oregon-homeschooling-dont-ask-alice/#comment-87511 Jennifer Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:37:59 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/?p=3591#comment-87511 I love the "socialization" argument! Do you really remember what you were like in high school, and who you socialized with? I'm willing to bet that for every straight A cheerleader/jock there are ten C-, lost and angst filled teens haunting the halls of your local public school. I can say this with utmost experience as I was in the latter category. School was not an enjoyable place to be, and peer pressure pushed me father into my shell and left me with a social awkwardness qhich took me years to overcome. Despite what anti-homeschool advocates like Aunt Alice would like you to belive, I was the rule not the exception. My homeschooled children on the other hand are fun, outgoing with a zest for life and a love of learning. It saddens me that all homeschoolers should be crammed into this tiny little box, that the vast majority of us don't fit into. I love the “socialization” argument! Do you really remember what you were like in high school, and who you socialized with? I’m willing to bet that for every straight A cheerleader/jock there are ten C-, lost and angst filled teens haunting the halls of your local public school. I can say this with utmost experience as I was in the latter category. School was not an enjoyable place to be, and peer pressure pushed me father into my shell and left me with a social awkwardness qhich took me years to overcome. Despite what anti-homeschool advocates like Aunt Alice would like you to belive, I was the rule not the exception. My homeschooled children on the other hand are fun, outgoing with a zest for life and a love of learning. It saddens me that all homeschoolers should be crammed into this tiny little box, that the vast majority of us don’t fit into.

]]> http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3591/oregon-homeschooling-dont-ask-alice/#comment-87506 Tim Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:33:33 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/?p=3591#comment-87506 So taking aunt Alice at her own words, a student-age child with a "problem" stemming from isolation can get it "solved" in the company of his or her peers. Makes you wonder, why go to the trouble of having a personality at all? Where does personality leave off and the quirks and problems begin? In the classroom of course! So taking aunt Alice at her own words, a student-age child with a “problem” stemming from isolation can get it “solved” in the company of his or her peers. Makes you wonder, why go to the trouble of having a personality at all? Where does personality leave off and the quirks and problems begin? In the classroom of course!

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