wow - there are some people that are really touchy about people being homeschooled 
anyhew, it works wonders in some families, and in others, it shouldn't be done. def. not one of those things you can make a blanket statement with.
and for those of you who really think its messed up, just think of it this way: you start home-schooling a child the day they're born. you just keep doing it instead of having someone else do it
i've seen some home-schoolers that are perceived as strange, because they acted different. there was this one in my freshman year of college that people would constantly make fun of, because he stayed up late at night doing homework, got up at 4:30 in the mornings, went out for a 5 mile jog, and would get back in time to get ready for classes. He was the kind of guy that would literally drop anything he was doing to do something stupid for someone else - like he'd be in the middle of a project and would stop doing it because someone would ask him to get them a napkin, when they were 2 feet away from it. the sad thing was, they thought he was the one who needed help, because he acted differently *sigh*.
sorry. after being around him for about 3 months, i realized how stupid it was for us (i had issues with him at first too) to criticize him for the way he acted, when he was the one who had such a heart to help others, and was willing to sacrifice for others. and himself. never seen anyone who would go for a jog alone in downtown flint at 4:00-4:30 in the morning for several miles
anyhew, sorry if i rambled, but i guess my point was, we may look at people different, and think they're strange because of the way they act, but maybe we're the ones that are strange?
<on topic> if you can handle homeschooling, cool. its a great way to actually know your kids growing up, and a good opportunity for them to get a custom education. if you aren't the kind of person who can handle that (and there are a lot of us out there like that - its not easy homeschooling), then don't do it. works for some, but not all...
anyhew, it works wonders in some families, and in others, it shouldn't be done. def. not one of those things you can make a blanket statement with.
and for those of you who really think its messed up, just think of it this way: you start home-schooling a child the day they're born. you just keep doing it instead of having someone else do it
i've seen some home-schoolers that are perceived as strange, because they acted different. there was this one in my freshman year of college that people would constantly make fun of, because he stayed up late at night doing homework, got up at 4:30 in the mornings, went out for a 5 mile jog, and would get back in time to get ready for classes. He was the kind of guy that would literally drop anything he was doing to do something stupid for someone else - like he'd be in the middle of a project and would stop doing it because someone would ask him to get them a napkin, when they were 2 feet away from it. the sad thing was, they thought he was the one who needed help, because he acted differently *sigh*.
sorry. after being around him for about 3 months, i realized how stupid it was for us (i had issues with him at first too) to criticize him for the way he acted, when he was the one who had such a heart to help others, and was willing to sacrifice for others. and himself. never seen anyone who would go for a jog alone in downtown flint at 4:00-4:30 in the morning for several miles
anyhew, sorry if i rambled, but i guess my point was, we may look at people different, and think they're strange because of the way they act, but maybe we're the ones that are strange?
<on topic> if you can handle homeschooling, cool. its a great way to actually know your kids growing up, and a good opportunity for them to get a custom education. if you aren't the kind of person who can handle that (and there are a lot of us out there like that - its not easy homeschooling), then don't do it. works for some, but not all...
