Iacobus Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 (edited) About social life. Schools force me to work with people who I can not stand. I have to work with them and get along and produce an output. I have to do that. A social life with friends is not going to get you those skills of working with people that are years smarter than you or behind you or just plain rude. You don't have that interaction in Home Schooling. As to homeschoolers scoring better on SATs than public school kids. Lets see a better number than that. Public schools are the desporty for the kids who don't care and have no plans to go on to college. Lets compere college bound public school students to college bound home school studnets. That would be a real compereasion. And probly nhil difference. Or it would put public schools ahead by far. School is meant not to grant you an education. It is meant to get you ready for the next step of life. Either college, a job, or armed forces. A vital part of college and employablity is social skills and working with those who you have nothing in common with. Therefore school is about education AND social skills. As a public schooler I get people trained in their feild and when I exceed that person abilty to teach I am sent to a community college to learn from the PhDs. I don't get High School credit for that. In fact I don't even see High Schoolers there. I am in a full blown college course. I get real credit. And I am made to work with real college students. That is a far cry from a High School level lab thaught by profs, a glorified AP. EDIT: Spelled their wrong. Hehe. Edited June 18, 2004 by Iacobus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baby C Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 I am not home schooled. I am kinda scared to be I mean part of the reason I go to school is to see my friends. Dont you miss out on that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~*AnCoRa33*~ Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 [quote]About social life. Schools force me to work with people who I can not stand. I have to work with them and get along and produce an output. I have to do that. A social life with friends is not going to get you those skills of working with people that are years smarter than you or behind you or just plain rude. You don't have that interaction in Home Schooling.[/quote] Homeschoolers get that "social life" as well. Working with people they don't like?! For example, down here there are several classes offered by the community colleges for the homeschooled people. They have to "work with people that are years smarter than you or behind you or just plain rude." just like any other person!! There is also a "school" that some homeschoolers go to 3 days a week, it's just like a reg. school, they have homework, group projects, grades, etc........!! [quote]As to homeschoolers scoring better on SATs than public school kids. Lets see a better number than that. Public schools are the desporty for the kids who don't care and have no plans to go on to college. Lets compere college bound public school students to college bound home school studnets. That would be a real compereasion. And probly nhil difference. Or it would put public schools ahead by far.[/quote] OH PLEASE!!!!!!! Show me the numbers!! It's been shown multiple times that people who go to school at home score better on their SATs!! As an example (not an SAT test, but similer....)When I was 7 I took a test that showed where I was accademicaly compared to the rest of the nation, I scored PHS (POST high-school) and that's compared to ALL students in the nation!! [quote]School is meant not to grant you an education. It is meant to get you ready for the next step of life. Either college, a job, or armed forces. A vital part of college and employablity is social skills and working with those who you have nothing in common with. Therefore school is about education AND social skills[/quote] I agree with you on that one, you go to school to learn how to learn. But, what does that have to do with homeschooling? [quote]As a public schooler I get people trained in their feild and when I exceed that person abilty to teach I am sent to a community college to learn from the PhDs. I don't get High School credit for that. In fact I don't even see High Schoolers there. I am in a full blown college course. I get real credit. And I am made to work with real college students. That is a far cry from a High School level lab thaught by profs, a glorified AP.[/quote] HOMESCHOOLERS get the SAME thing!! My sister did that as well!! And as to not seeing other high-schoolers, LOOK AROUND, they're there!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~*AnCoRa33*~ Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Hee hee........ now the actual question to those of you that go to school at home; Are you homeSCHOOLED, or are you homeEDUCATED? hee hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovechrist Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 [quote name='~*AnCoRa33*~' date='Jun 18 2004, 02:20 PM'] Hee hee........ now the actual question to those of you that go to school at home; Are you homeSCHOOLED, or are you homeEDUCATED? hee hee [/quote] i'm confused what do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 LOL! ~*AnCoRa33*~ I do look. I have found ONE in my many classes. No body takes them because teens here don't like challegences. Yes and I went to a public school and so did all my friends and most of us got the PHS or what in 5th grade testing. But moreover, what I said about he SAT holds true. Look at state scores for the tests in public schools. They are low. Why? Look at who goes to public schools and takes those tests. They are not only college bound students. In IL, FL, CO ALL high school students are REQUIRED to take the ACT. The IL, FL, CO ACT scorces are a mix of my 31, my friend's 34, my other friends 22, and the inner city schools, and the scores of dope heads and people who just don't try or care. But in say IA it is the mix of the students who took the test. Most of the kids who in IL do bad becuase they don't care or try would take the test if they were in IA, therefore on paper IA would be a smarter state. Compere two like things. The public schools are not 100% kids who want to learn and try and care. Homeschooling isn't that either but it has a MUCH lower number. If the parents care the student tends to care. Therefore lets compere the number 42 to the number 42. College bound students from both. 1092 for 2002 for homeschoolers was the natl norm. 1260 was for 2002 the norm of students who went on to take an SAT:II (more likly to be seeking college prep crouse in HS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picchick Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Hey all I saw this and wanted to reply. I was homeschooled. Now I am in college YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~*AnCoRa33*~ Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 You are right, Iacobus, on some hings....... hee hee, I forgot that, ah, not everybody lives in my area.. eheheh, , here there are many homeschoolers who take the classes, etc... There is just a great homeschooling community here... sorry.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daugher-of-Mary Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I go to a Catholic HS (although the "Catholic" part is questionable ). The academics are super, I've got some great friends, but I really, REALLY wish Faith was a priority. Having Mass 3 times a year just doesn't cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 [quote name='daugher-of-Mary' date='Jun 18 2004, 07:11 PM'] I go to a Catholic HS (although the "Catholic" part is questionable ). The academics are super, I've got some great friends, but I really, REALLY wish Faith was a priority. Having Mass 3 times a year just doesn't cut it. [/quote] Most Catholic colleges are like that. LUC has a Proddy in charge of theogoly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daugher-of-Mary Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 [quote]Most Catholic colleges are like that. LUC has a Proddy in charge of theogoly. [/quote] Seriously?? Remind me [b]not[/b] to go there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iacobus Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I am not planning on the priesthood or anything really theogocial and they have good bio/pre med. So does SLU and SLU is a bit (LOL they don't ahve a prod in charge) better than LUC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelguy227 Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 i cant believe i ever posted this thread!!!!all it is is everyone arguing about socialization ,who cares about socialization big whoop !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtins Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 [quote name='daugher-of-Mary' date='Jun 18 2004, 07:11 PM'] Having Mass 3 times a year just doesn't cut it. [/quote] whoa! are you kidding me??? only 3 times a year??? i would say at least once a month on first friday- wow u should really bring that up with ur principal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daugher-of-Mary Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 [quote]whoa! are you kidding me??? only 3 times a year??? i would say at least once a month on first friday- wow u should really bring that up with ur principal [/quote] 3 Masses during school hours. There is one Mass weekly, but since most kids commute to get to school it is pretty impossible to get there on time. Sorry, I should have clarified. Any other Catholic highschoolers out there? What are your experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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