kubiac Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 In case you fine folks have a few spare minutes tonight, Reddit is discussing homeschooling and I'm sure your experienced insight would add to the conversation: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1401ko/i_personally_believe_home_schooling_is_bad_for/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 That was an interesting discussion, and with comments generally at a higher level than the usual internet free-for-all on home education. This comment stood out for me: <<Bonus: I was light years ahead academically because the public school system, for all its mythical ability to teach social skills, is far and away the worst way to teach everything else.>> As a teacher, I can easily say that if you reduced class sizes in a public school to THREE students per teacher, and if each of those students had parents who cared so much about their child's education that they'd give up their careers, those students would receive an amazing education. ------------------------ I've heard this frequently from defenders of school education, and it always puzzles me. It seems to be saying that if public schools were constitutionally different than they are, their results would match that of home education. And for those of us who never saw matters as "school at home vs. public school" but rather "tutoring vs. classroom education," it seems to cede the whole game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker25 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 DH is a huge Redditor and was reading through this last night. He told me about some of it, but I have it bookmarked to go back and read today. He was appalled at the ignorance some people showed towards homeschooling. LOL, I was like, "Yeah, I've heard it all before." ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I read through some of it. I agree it was a pretty good discussion. Of course there were a few doozies, especially those saying that highschool is almost exactly like the real world. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Reddit junkie but mostly for hobbies, not homeschool. Off to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I can't imagine anyone actually leaving high school and living in the real world for longer than five minutes and still actually believing that the high school social structure is in any way relevant to life after high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misty.warden Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I can't imagine anyone actually leaving high school and living in the real world for longer than five minutes and still actually believing that the high school social structure is in any way relevant to life after high school. Lots of people from my highschool class still live that way. In the same town, seeing the same people every day, working the same fast food jobs and going to the game shop every weekend to play Warhammer. My 10 year reunion is coming up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misty.warden Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I wonder if it's significant that the anti-homeschoolers were the ones spouting profanity while claiming that their time in ps led to better being able to deal with people in the real world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 I can't imagine anyone actually leaving high school and living in the real world for longer than five minutes and still actually believing that the high school social structure is in any way relevant to life after high school. It is pretty similar when they go to factory jobs. They get there at 7am, work until they get lunch break, have a couple of bathroom breaks, get off at 3, spend their paycheck every Friday, and start over again on Monday. Oldest son worked in one for a summer job and it inspired him to be doing other things other summers while he is getting his degree. ;) There are oodles and oodles of people with stereotypes about homeschoolers. The only way that will change is (possibly) when they meet homeschoolers who don't fit their stereotype. That doesn't always change much though. Many will just dismiss someone else as a rare exception, but any crack in the ice is a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Sounds more like an argument against it. :p That really is totally outside my experience (thank goodness), but I haven't worked in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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