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Home Schooling does NOT work.

SpinbrettSpinbrett Posts: 251
edited May 2008 in A Moving Train
Ya, your kid may grow up and win spelling bee's. But he will be a social misfit and probably become a unabomber. Or maybe send anthrax through the mail following some pattern in the phone book. If you don't believe me, check this home schooled kid out. He just won the spelling bee but has no idea how to communicate with another human other than his mom.
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  • paige_peachpaige_peach Posts: 35
    Spinbrett wrote:
    Ya, your kid may grow up and win spelling bee's. But he will be a social misfit and probably become a unabomber. Or maybe send anthrax through the mail following some pattern in the phone book. If you don't believe me, check this home schooled kid out. He just won the spelling bee but has no idea how to communicate with another human other than his mom.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=z4hLS01uscY&feature=related

    Wow. One home school example gone wrong. This must mean we should mandate that all students should be forced to go to public schools. Did you know that home school children will still be associated with a school district and play on a sporting team or in a music group? I think more unabomers come from the children who are ridiculed and teased by their classmates and cannot find compassion or a way to make it stop besides doing something dramatic to cry for help?
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Spinbrett wrote:
    Ya, your kid may grow up and win spelling bee's. But he will be a social misfit and probably become a unabomber. Or maybe send anthrax through the mail following some pattern in the phone book. If you don't believe me, check this home schooled kid out. He just won the spelling bee but has no idea how to communicate with another human other than his mom.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=z4hLS01uscY&feature=related

    That explains your posts, then.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    That explains your posts, then.

    damn it you beat me to it!! :mad: ;)


    well brett recognizing your problems is the first step in correcting them
  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    yeah, i am going to have to disagree with you on this... My wifes cousins were home schooled and they are fine, not social misfits. Its all in how they are brought up. Her cousins played sports, where in art clubs and things like that with the schools. The only part of school that they did differently was that they had mom(and sometimes dad) teach them.
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    cutback wrote:
    damn it you beat me to it!! :mad: ;)


    well brett recognizing your problems is the first step in correcting them

    Some jokes are just begging to be made, aren't they? :p
    I just wish Spinny's mom hadn't introduced him to us. ;)
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  • SpinbrettSpinbrett Posts: 251
    I mean, don't you want to interact with other kids? It cant be fun playing kickball with your mom everyday. How do you play heads up seven up with only 2 people?
  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Then again, you don't have to worry about playing russian roulette.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    heard two school related stories today. how relevant!

    public school sucks
    http://www.yahoo.com/s/877548

    homeschooling sucks
    http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/houston_corpse_abuse/13727/


    we're doomed! our children will kill us all.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,059
    I was home schooled through 4th grade. I think that is about right. You gotta cut the cord at some point and let the kids out into the world. Also, the parents won't be able to teach more than the basics.

    The point of homeschooling is to make sure the kids get a solid foundation when they are young, and their minds aren't being shaped by a bad teacher or a bad classroom situation.

    Home schooling through junior high/high school....bad idea!
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    I was home schooled through 4th grade. I think that is about right. You gotta cut the cord at some point and let the kids out into the world. Also, the parents won't be able to teach more than the basics.

    The point of homeschooling is to make sure the kids get a solid foundation when they are young, and their minds aren't being shaped by a bad teacher or a bad classroom situation.

    Home schooling through junior high/high school....bad idea!


    well i have full confidence that i am capable academically to homeschool my children. the only reason i dont and never will is cause i have zero patience and am a little nuts.
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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. -Albert Einstein
  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Spinbrett wrote:
    Ya, your kid may grow up and win spelling bee's. But he will be a social misfit and probably become a unabomber. Or maybe send anthrax through the mail following some pattern in the phone book. If you don't believe me, check this home schooled kid out. He just won the spelling bee but has no idea how to communicate with another human other than his mom.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=z4hLS01uscY&feature=related
    Reverend wright supports homeschool now? Wtf is going on Spinbrett?

    This should be nominated for dumbest fucking thread of the day.
  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    Sure it does if you want your kids to grow up retarded!! hehehehehehe :p










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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    in_hiding79 wrote:
    Sure it does if you want your kids to grow up retarded!! hehehehehehe :p




    J/K

    you know pam, tagging that comment with j/k is like starting a sentence with: im not racist but...
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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    public schools serve their purpose, training working class robots, they have their purpose
  • SpinbrettSpinbrett Posts: 251
    Ya, your kid can solve any algebra problem and spell the entire dictionary but when it comes time to interview for a job, well, it soon appears that he/she was home schooled.
  • SpinbrettSpinbrett Posts: 251
    Here is an indepth look at home schooling and its problems, one of which is, do you take your mom to prom?
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=V4jPmBOweOE&feature=related
  • searchlightsoulsearchlightsoul Posts: 583
    MrSmith wrote:
    homeschooling sucks
    http://www.wkrg.com/news/article/houston_corpse_abuse/13727/

    Way to gain respect from your mates at school though......
  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    Spinbrett wrote:
    Ya, your kid can solve any algebra problem and spell the entire dictionary but when it comes time to interview for a job, well, it soon appears that he/she was home schooled.

    there are multiple ways to homeschool. Some people don't socialize their kids and the kids are awkward...some get them involved in sports, in the arts etc... I've met just as many whacked out public/private schoolers as I have homeschoolers. According to your philosophy we shouldn't have public schools either b/c they'll grow up to shoot people in school when they feel like they are being picked on...talk about mal-adjustment...sheesh.
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  • Eliot RosewaterEliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Spinbrett wrote:
    Ya, your kid can solve any algebra problem and spell the entire dictionary but when it comes time to interview for a job, well, it soon appears that he/she was home schooled.
    Home schooling DOES NOT = locking your kid in the basement all day. There are PLENTY of kids that go to public/private schools and have the social intelligence of someone who posts daily threads about Rev Wright.

    I'm gonna go ahead and nominate this again for dumbest fucking thread of the day.
  • SpinbrettSpinbrett Posts: 251
    eliot, so you agree with rev wright huh? aids was made by white man to kill black people? lol
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,059
    catefrances wrote:
    well i have full confidence that i am capable academically to homeschool my children. the only reason i dont and never will is cause i have zero patience and am a little nuts.

    Hey, if you are capable to teach physics, calculus, chemistry, biology, history and teach them well and still have time for a life.....all the more power to you.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,059
    Spinbrett wrote:
    Ya, your kid can solve any algebra problem and spell the entire dictionary but when it comes time to interview for a job, well, it soon appears that he/she was home schooled.

    So, apparently, not being homeschooled makes you act like a jackass and make stupid posts on the internet. Hmmn.... Unless you are a self-loather.

    Well, I'm going out to buy a house possibly, that I won't foreclose on because by the time I was in my last year of homeschooling (4th grade) I understood I knew the value of saving money. You know, not like these public school folks who grew up not being able to read a loan agreement and understand a simple amortization table.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    Spinbrett wrote:
    Ya, your kid may grow up and win spelling bee's. But he will be a social misfit and probably become a unabomber. Or maybe send anthrax through the mail following some pattern in the phone book. If you don't believe me, check this home schooled kid out. He just won the spelling bee but has no idea how to communicate with another human other than his mom.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=z4hLS01uscY&feature=related

    That boy is somewhat Autistic. That's all.

    THey call someone like him a "high-functioning" person with Autism. I'd say his parents have done pretty well with him. He is trying to keep his eyes up while he talks and he is using his intelligence to try to understand what she's asking him. Despite the fact that he doesn't have the expected enthusiasm or emotional response, he's not being inappropriate.

    If you've seen a lot of these kids, you can recognize them.

    This thread makes you seem ignorant.
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  • in_hiding79in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    catefrances wrote:
    you know pam, tagging that comment with j/k is like starting a sentence with: im not racist but...



    You're right, I'm not kidding!!! :)
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • sourdoughsourdough Posts: 579
    Home schooling has it's pro's and cons. My ex wife was homeschooled and turned out great but it does mean that parents will have to go that extra mile to ensure there are opporunities for socialization (ie clubs, sports etc). As a high school teacher I can tell you that there are many socially inept people who make it through public school.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Hey, if you are capable to teach physics, calculus, chemistry, biology, history and teach them well and still have time for a life.....all the more power to you.

    ah yes calculus. im so glad i was taught that in school. i have infinite uses for it, dont you? :rolleyes:
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,059
    catefrances wrote:
    ah yes calculus. im so glad i was taught that in school. i have infinite uses for it, dont you? :rolleyes:

    Hey, in college calculus helped me realize that a math degree would be the most boring thing I could ever pursue, so it did have ONE use.
  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    I always thought that being your kids homeschool teacher (with no formal training) is kind of like being your kids doctor with no formal training. Sure if your kid gets sick or hurt you might be able to do the basic stuff to make him better and if there is something serious you might get lucky and do the right thing, but for most serious cases why wouldn't you want a professional doctor or teacher doing what they were trained to do?
  • chopitdownchopitdown Posts: 2,222
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    I always thought that being your kids homeschool teacher (with no formal training) is kind of like being your kids doctor with no formal training. Sure if your kid gets sick or hurt you might be able to do the basic stuff to make him better and if there is something serious you might get lucky and do the right thing, but for most serious cases why wouldn't you want a professional doctor or teacher doing what they were trained to do?

    a lot of professional teachers can't get the job done either.

    Homeschoolers have curriculum and lesson plans that they follow...sometimes they also have videos...it's not like the parents are sitting there trying to figure out what to teach for the day. It's like a lot of things; there are parents who do it the right way and parents who do it the wrong way. The kids still have to take tests and show progress (that's via state guidlines). In some states the local school board evaluates the progress to make sure it is comparable to a public school education.

    edit:
    one other interesting fact...the head of south carolinas board of education home schools her 4 children.
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