Eye Opener.... Hopefully

[Tiana]

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[Tiana]

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[binny]

I guess if youre not looking for a fight maybe this would have best been posted on that thread? Just an idea.

I have done both homeschooling and public schooling, with great research and soul searching. My kids are now back in Public school because I believe it is best for their needs at this point in their lives. I have no problem with homeschooling it just no longer works for us.

My head is quite firmly *not* in the sand BTW, thanks though.

 

[Angelhalo]

 

[Pea-n-Me]

So what are you trying to say?

 

[EveDallas]

Apparently the OP is one of those holier-than-thou types who thinks that homeschooling is the only way to go and the rest of us are relegating our children to a lifetime of saying "Would you like fries with that?". Or maybe she is just trying to

 

[kathie859]

OP----so what's your point? One size fits all?

 

[Handbag Lady]

It is really, really neat when you post something in the title or at the the first few lines of a new thread as to what you are talking about.

I also won't click a link without knowing what you are talking about so I read the first few quoted lines and I have no idea what you are talking about still.

 

[binny]

Apparently the OP is one of those holier-than-thou types who thinks that homeschooling is the only way to go and the rest of us are relegating our children to a lifetime of saying "Would you like fries with that?". Or maybe she is just trying to

I'll be sure to tell my child Mensa snowflake who is taking college courses at 15 that he should just throw in the public school towel.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Whatever it is, (on third read) it sounds fairly biased.

 

[diznygirl]

No one?

Some of us public school kids aren't as stupid as you think we are.

 

[Ceila]

Well, at least my public-school-attending-kids were smart enough not to jump out of a second story window.

 

[allison443]

No one?

What do you expect people to say to this?

 

[Tinkermommy]

"Well-schooled children cannot think critically, cannot argue effectively."
Respectfully snipped.

Hmmm,here's a list of "well-schooled children"

Benjamin Franklin
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ghandi
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Socrates
Marie Curie

That's a tiny fraction of the people who have made a huge impact to the world through their ability to think critically and argue effectively.

 

[klacey1]

"Well-schooled children cannot think critically, cannot argue effectively."
Respectfully snipped.

Hmmm,here's a list of "well-schooled children"

Benjamin Franklin
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ghandi
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Socrates
Marie Curie

That's a tiny fraction of the people who have made a huge impact to the world through their ability to think critically and argue effectively.

OP, what's the point of all of this? Homeschooling works for some, not all.

 

[SaraJayne]

I'll be sure to tell my child Mensa snowflake who is taking college courses at 15 that he should just throw in the public school towel.

Oh binny. Your poor poor child. He is positively doomed.

 

[allison443]

I'll be sure to tell my child Mensa snowflake who is taking college courses at 15 that he should just throw in the public school towel.

And I will tell my high school debate champion dd that she "cannot argue effectively"!

 

[Acklander]

Public school is geared for the masses, and as special as we'd like to think our kids are - for the most part they are the masses that public school is geared towards. If your child is a truly gifted, free thinking genius; they will make their mark in this world in spite of their public (or private or home schooled) education.
If your gifted genius was "ruined" by the public school, they were probably to sensitive to be spectacular anyways - so no harm, no foul.

Just my opinion, of course.

 

[wendy46001]

Public school is geared for the masses, and as special as we'd like to think our kids are - for the most part they are the masses that public school is geared towards. If your child is a truly gifted, free thinking genius; they will make their mark in this world in spite of their public (or private or home schooled) education.
If your gifted genius was "ruined" by the public school, they were probably to sensitive to be spectacular anyways - so no harm, no foul.

Just my opinion, of course.

oh i needed that today...thank you

 

[Arielle22]

Public school is geared for the masses, and as special as we'd like to think our kids are - for the most part they are the masses that public school is geared towards. If your child is a truly gifted, free thinking genius; they will make their mark in this world in spite of their public (or private or home schooled) education.
If your gifted genius was "ruined" by the public school, they were probably to sensitive to be spectacular anyways - so no harm, no foul.

Just my opinion, of course.

I agree with Acklander. I find it an odd idea that school of any sort (public, private or homeschool) harms a child.