I'm socially inept?

[RevolutionaryActs]

Some people in GD think I am, because I was home schooled, and deprived of the necessary social development of being with my peers in a classroom environment. :eyes:



Must.. walk... away. :banghead:

[ET Awful]

1. I think you're perfectly ept.

:)

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. tee hee

Thank you. :P

You get a, :hug:

[ET Awful]

15. Why thank you and you get a

bow



:)

[RevolutionaryActs]

20. So cute!!!

I want to cuddle the kitty. :)

[ET Awful]

24. He'll let you, but only for a few seconds, then he'll squirm away and go

hide. :)

[yvr girl]

3. Schools are filled with socially inept people

You were smart to stay away from their corrupting influence.

[RevolutionaryActs]

7. That's what I'm saying.

:hi:

[JohnKleeb]

8. Did you cite me as an example?

[RevolutionaryActs]

11. HAHA! No.

I said, several times, that no one can say for sure if homeschooling is good or bad, it's a personal choice. In some cases it's good, in some it is bad and that the exact same can be said for public schooling.

[JohnKleeb]

16. Very same can be said about a lot of things

If I had a choice, I would not be homeschooled but that is my choice.

[Debi]

21. Kleeb! Where have you been?

I haven't seen you in a while. HI :hi:

[JohnKleeb]

28. Huh? I was on over the weekend

not on long last night because I was tired from work.

[Debi]

32. Well, good to see you now! n/t

[JohnKleeb]

33. Yeah I am good I guess

Little tired but very happy since I am nearly all the way caught up.

[Crankie Avalon]

4. Socially inept?

Aren't you the one who mooned her mom once? :think: :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

9. LOL!

:P

[JohnKleeb]

5. e-l-i-t-i-s-m

You're probably more social than I am, has nothing to do with how you were brought up school wise.

[RevolutionaryActs]

10. :-)

:hug:

[JohnKleeb]

13. People are elitist fucks

Thats one of the sucky things about life.

[RevolutionaryActs]

18. Yeah.

And some of them are making rash generalizations about home schoolers. Such as we're socially inept, we're "weird"(who's normal?), we are all crazy religious zealots. x(

[JohnKleeb]

25. Generalizations suck

which is why I get pissed off at people sometimes. Just stay out of GD, please for your health and sanity, I had to stay out too but I am better for it.

[progmom]

6. Jackasses

That's all I have to say.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. I'm going to giggle now.

:7

[sniffa]

14. i'LL Let you know in 2 weeks

;)

[RevolutionaryActs]

23. LOL!

I'll be the chatty, giggly one.... oh I'm kind of loud too. :P

[RandomKoolzip]

17. Hey, I was public schooled, and now something of an agoraphobic.

All that forced socialization can fuck you up.

[RevolutionaryActs]

26. Awww Zippy.

:P

[RandomKoolzip]

30. Thanks....I would have been a lot happier if I'd been homeschooled.

Sometimes forcing a sensitive child to socialize with peers can be traumatizing. Especially when that child has three legs and a thumb growing out of his forehead like I did.


Kids can be so mean!

[RevolutionaryActs]

35. But at least that 3rd leg helped you win at track, right?

[RandomKoolzip]

38. No.

It came out of my elbow.

Pity me.

[RevolutionaryActs]

41. Awwwww I am sorry.

:hug:

[kmla]

36. Wellllll. Look at the bright side. With three legs and that thumb...

You always had someplace to sit, and a convenient place to hang your coat, no matter where you were.

Watcha bitchin'about?

[RandomKoolzip]

40. I'm bitching about getting a broken finger from receiving swirlies.

I'm bitching about getting called "lefty" by the gym teachers.

And I'm just bitchin' in general.

[ChickMagic]

50. Hey, I'm with you on that

Two of my friends are homeschooling their kids. Both are atheists and dislike the religiosity of public schools these days. I worked with a guy who was quite religious. He and his wife had 6 kids, all homeschooled, and they were all very well educated and wonderful to be around. Another friend is an atheist who homeschooled his 5 kids and they are all jerks just like their dad. So, in light of this, it's pretty difficult for me to generalize.

[Debi]

19. Is that what you were doing in your room all that time?

And I thought you were training to be a monk!

[RevolutionaryActs]

27. Well... that too.

I can multi-task don't ya know? :silly:

[Debi]

31. So, that's what they teach you at home school

:applause:

[RevolutionaryActs]

34. HAHA!

I have learned much in my wanders... mostly I have learned like I like to quote the Dalai Lama. :silly:

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

[Debi]

37. Those two and cheesecake!

:woohoo:

[RevolutionaryActs]

39. Cheesecake! I knew there was something missing!

:o

[Debi]

42. Cheesecake is happiness

[RevolutionaryActs]

43. OMG! Stop.....

I have a laptop, if I drool on the keybord I won't be able to fix it. :o

[Fleshdancer]

22. That's odd. All of the socially inept people I know went to a school

and as for necessary social development...well there are many traditionally schooled people who lack that as well. :shrug:

[RevolutionaryActs]

29. I know.

It's so frustrating.

It's amazing how much they sound like freepers sometimes.

[ralps]

44. Hey Rev I went to a private school and I'm socially inept!!

I think you're really cool and fun. :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[RevolutionaryActs]

45. Aww, don't knock yourself!

You're fun and one of the sweetest people on DU. :hug:

[redqueen]

46. Those people are stupid.

:hi:

[RevolutionaryActs]

47. LOL!

:loveya:

[Abelman]

48. I see their points

Unfortunately, their points have all been shown to be wrong after meeting homeschooled kids and graduates of homeschooling.

I think a lot of people think homeschooling is this magical affair where the parents all of sudden say "We're a High School Now" and don't have any standards to follow. I've known homeschoolers who had a tougher curriculim than my public high school curriculim.

I wish public schools were all high quality enough that I could say I'd rather everyone went to them, but until we get a better education system in this country with quality teachers for all and administrators who actually start making changes in the social hierarchy (it can be done, I tell you!) then I just feel like an idiot telling someone homeschooling is not as good as public school.

Obviously though, you've been turned into a shill of the GOP. That's the other mode of thinking.

[RevolutionaryActs]

51. What you said.

I agree. People have such misconceptions of it and they let a few instances decide how they view the whole, and that to me is not very Liberal of them.

My point in the whole mess was that, no one can say for sure if it's good or bad. In some cases it's good, in some it's bad and the exact same thing can be said for public schooling. It all boils down to what works, and feels right for each family.

[Abelman]

56. Exactly

In Alaska a lot of times Homeschooling is the only option. There are a couple of curriculims available to parents, most of them very challenging for the students. So long as kids aren't kept in closets and know what's going on in the world, they will do fine socially.

I wish I could say that everyone should attend public school, because I think everyone would benefit from it. Unfortunately, the school system in the country is so f-ed up I almost think homeschooling is a better option.

Plus - most of the homeschooled kids in the town I live in get together for lessons and whatnot. That really must cramp their social development.

I can't believe the number of people who are so adamantly against it.

[InvisibleTouch]

49. Count yourself lucky.

I'd love to have been homeschooled.

I got a decent education in public schools, and most of my teachers were great, but there were "social" experiences I'd have been better off without.

You lucked out. Be happy. Who cares what anyone else thinks?

[RevolutionaryActs]

52. I know I'm lucky.

I just can't not say something. Damn my big mouth. x(


I'm very sorry you had bad experiences. :hug:

[texas1928]

53. Eh don't worry what they think.

Hey you did not have to go through alot of the BS that you have to put up with in Public Schools. Like cliques and those things like that.

[RevolutionaryActs]

54. hehehe

I'm trying not to care what they think. I'm just trying to set some of them straight in their, obviously, stupid thoughts. :evilgrin:

[texas1928]

55. I stopped going to GD

It is like arguing with a doorknob. They do not want to listen. I don't need the indigestion of arguing with them.

[RevolutionaryActs]

58. How true.....

How very, very true.

[Worst Username Ever]

57. Well, you do spend an awful lot of time on an anonymous message board.....

But then again, so do I :P

[RevolutionaryActs]

59. HAHAHA!

That's because all the kids around here are really, really f'ed up and I don't want to spend time with them. Drugs, and such. x(

[MissB]

60. Your un-ineptness aside,

how did you enjoy being homeschooled? Did your family start homeschooling you in elementary school, or was it later in your schooling? (Kinda hard to provide a contrast if it is all you ever knew, eh?)

[RevolutionaryActs]

61. I enjoyed homeschooling very much.

I was home schooled my entire life, I could have gone to public school if I had wanted to, but I didn't.
Sure there are things I missed out on by not attending a public school, like going to prom or something, but it doesn't bother me. I don't feel deprived.

Homeschooling worked for my family and I. :hi:



Edit. All I was trying to say on those other threads, is that it's not fair to condemn homeschooling and to make rash generalizations. In some cases it's a good thing, in others it is not. It's all about what works for you.