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Topic: Homeschoolers Rights
littleredhen Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 6837	Sun 03/09/08 09:25 AM
it's always been my experience that most homeschooled kids were a little odd smart, yes. odd, usually. slightly brainwashed by parents, most likely Well some may be a little "odd" but then "normal" may not be so good either. There is plenty of attemptted "brainwashing" going on in public schools as well. My daughter was taught to look for the other side of the issue, not seek facts from different sources & not blindly accept. Even though she went to public school, I supplemented her education with plenty of reading material & limiting trashy TV. She is 25 has 2 degrees & edits for a major paper now. She certainly wasn't "normal"< I am glad of that!

littleredhen Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 6837	Sun 03/09/08 09:27 AM
it's always been my experience that most homeschooled kids were a little odd smart, yes. odd, usually. slightly brainwashed by parents, most likely Well some may be a little "odd" but then "normal" may not be so good either. There is plenty of attemptted "brainwashing" going on in public schools as well. My daughter was taught to look for the other side of the issue, not seek facts from different sources & not blindly accept. Even though she went to public school, I supplemented her education with plenty of reading material & limiting trashy TV. She is 25 has 2 degrees & edits for a major paper now. She certainly wasn't "normal"< I am glad of that! Typo should read "to seek facts from different sources" not "NOT seek..."

toastedoranges Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 11042	Sun 03/09/08 09:34 AM
Typo should read "to seek facts from different sources" not "NOT seek..."

symbelmyne Joined Mon 01/14/08 Posts: 5356	Sun 03/09/08 10:08 AM
just one more way to regulate and squeeze money out of people....

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Sun 03/09/08 10:38 AM
well are there creditable schools on the net and if they can pass the public school tests then there should be no issue the only thing i have noticed with home schooling being bad is the slower developing social skills

cutelildevilsmom Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 8862	Sun 03/09/08 08:18 PM
i could never home school my son as i have the attention span of a gnat but i applaud those who do.

UplandHunter Joined Thu 02/07/08 Posts: 8066	Sun 03/09/08 08:23 PM
I know a homeschooler family...Daughter is now in a private Univ. on scholarship...Two sons well on there way to academic scholarships...Mom was just a farm girl from Kansas but now runs three business Husband died of pancreatic cancer and still Home schools her kids...

gardenforge Joined Tue 01/16/07 Posts: 1322	Sun 03/09/08 09:09 PM
My granddaughter is home schooled, she is 6, she has had 4 open heart surgeries and has an artifical valve in her heart. She don't need to be around a bunch of kids in a classroom who are sick half the time.

littleredhen Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 6837	Sun 03/09/08 09:13 PM
My granddaughter is home schooled, she is 6, she has had 4 open heart surgeries and has an artifical valve in her heart. She don't need to be around a bunch of kids in a classroom who are sick half the time. That's so true. Bless her & her "teacher"

cradleofilth25 Joined Wed 10/24/07 Posts: 2	Mon 03/10/08 11:26 PM
like i said before i was homeschooled for five years and i played basketball and went to homeschool science where about 25 of us did science it was fun and i met alot of people that i still talk to today and i graduated in 2000. i've heard all this talk about how homeschool kids are being brainwashed but the homeschoolers i knew where the most diverse group i've ever met when i got a job i met a lot of public school students and man no diversity there it was like they were robots or something all spouted the same thing on every issues no matter what it was......talk about being brainwashed

toastedoranges Joined Thu 01/03/08 Posts: 11042	Mon 03/10/08 11:29 PM
like i said before i was homeschooled for five years and i played basketball and went to homeschool science where about 25 of us did science it was fun and i met alot of people that i still talk to today and i graduated in 2000. i've heard all this talk about how homeschool kids are being brainwashed but the homeschoolers i knew where the most diverse group i've ever met when i got a job i met a lot of public school students and man no diversity there it was like they were robots or something all spouted the same thing on every issues no matter what it was......talk about being brainwashed that is all, good day

daffodildays Joined Fri 03/07/08 Posts: 28	Sun 03/16/08 09:55 PM
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