How Many Homeschoolers Are Here?

[thessalonian]

My wife does most of the homeschooling. I'm the principal. When their doing this: or this it's my job to administer the discipline in the Hunt Homeschool I also do some teaching.

[MagiDragon]

The majority of my friends were homeschooled at some point in their lives, I never was. I *do* seem to notice that those that were not homeschooled for some portion of high school seem to have a few traits that seem a bit immature, and not quite socially adept. I've talked with a few of my non-homeschooled mutual friends about this, and we're not really sure what causes the social oddities, but we agree that they kindof seem to be stuck in middle school mentalities. (Things like flirting with those they don't intend to attract, talking poorly about people behind their backs but so that they will hear it, being obsessive about things to an inordinate degree) *shrugs* I'm talking from experience on this one, so i could be wrong about the conditions in most cases, but i am close friends with at least 7 families who have homeschooled.

That said, I think that I may want my kids to be homeschooled, and i *really* like my homeschooled friends. They're incredible people, but there *are* flaws that seem related to socializing for those that never went to a seperate high school.. *shrugs*

My 2 cents.

Pax Christi

[Anastasia13]

[quote name='Katholish' date='Apr 28 2004, 09:14 AM']I was homeschooled, but am now in college.
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Same

[heavenseeker]

nope im a public schooler

[ktbeth]

I'm homeschooled; I started in 6th grade, and now I'm a senior in high school.

[sweetpea316]

I've always been a public schooler, but think that homeschooling would be cool to look into when I have kids someday.

[goldenchild17]

I was homeschooled for all years till I graduated, now I'm in college.

[Daniel9]

We have one son, a 6-year-old. He needs the socialization that he receives at school in his kindergarten class. Besides, my wife would go nuts having him around all day full of 6-year-old energy!

[kateri05]

it always worries me when parents say that they would "go crazy" or "couldn't handle" their children all day.

why have kids if you "can't handle" them?

as for socialization, HSMom, where are you? : explain about working in age groups in the work place!

[OLAM Dad]

[quote name='kateri05' date='Mar 8 2006, 12:25 PM']it always worries me when parents say that they would "go crazy" or "couldn't handle" their children all day.

why have kids if you "can't handle" them?

as for socialization, HSMom, where are you? :  explain about working in age groups in the work place!
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My wife and I homeschool our children. Sr. Lauren was homeschooled starting in kindergarten.

The socialization argument is a red herring used as an anti-homeschool tool by professional educrats and perpetuated by those who don't know better. I know this because my mother was a professional educator (she's retired) and most of her friends are professional educators. They all feel threatened by homeschoolers and always throw out socialization as their 'problem' with homeschooling.

I went to public school. In public school your socialization consists of spending all day hanging around people your own exact age or that at most are 1 or 2 years older or younger than you are. Everybody lives in the same neighborhood and everybody goes to the same school (duh). Your schedule is fixed from the day school starts in August until it ends in May. Homeschoolers have to be much more flexible to what's going on around them. They aren't insulated from the world like school kids are.

Homeschoolers spend their days with a much more varied group of people and they interact with SOCIETY all day long. Going to mass, to the store, to tutors, to music lessons, to the bank, etc. They don't even do school at home all the time. They should call it something else because homeschoolers do school where ever they happen to be.

[kateri05]

HSMom would be proud

[OLAM Dad]

[quote name='kateri05' date='Mar 8 2006, 01:48 PM']HSMom would be proud
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Thanks. I really should have a tract that I carry around with me that counters the anti-socialization argument. I should write something really good that has empirical evidence (if any exists). Unfortunately my arguments are based strictly upon observation and experience.

I've been a homeschooling father for about 14 years and this has always been the biggest issue.

[ktbeth]

There was this really funny thing that I read in the New Oxford Review about the whole homeschooling/ socialization thing. The person writing it was a homeschool dad, and he had a great response for people that said that homeschoolers didn't get enough socialization. Here is basically what he said:
Oh, we have a schedule worked out to provide our kids with the kind of socialization that they recieve in schools. On Mondays and Fridays, we corner them in the bathroom and give them a wedgie. Then on Tues. and Thurs., we steal their lunch money and beat them up. Then, on Wed., we make fun of them and taunt them.
I think this is really funny, but at the same time gets the point across. I mean, do kids really need the kind of socialization that they receive in schools these days? Does it really help them to mature and grow in the life that God wants everyone to live? I don't think so; not at most schools anyway.

[homeschoolmom]

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That's great.

[Maria]

We were homeschooled for the majority of our schooling (so far, duh)