the first point is something that interests me so much! i took a child development course and it talked about a lot of the same things. the environment you grow up in during your most formative years is much more impactful than a lot of people tend to think! anyway i agree with you on pretty much everything goat π
Just to chime in on number five, I think something a lot of people overlook when they talk about how public schools have this socializing aspect to them that homeschooling doesn't is that a lot of that socializing is just spreading the worst habits from the absolutely worst kids and enforcing social conformity. The social conformity bit might help out the less socially graceful kids at becoming less annoying, but the spreading of bad habits kinda breeds this different type of extremely annoying meaner kid, and I think all that demonstrates is that in public schooling environments the more aggressive unsocial traits are allowed to flourish while the more benign awkward unsocial traits are quashed. But otherwise I agree with number five.
See, so at least in my experience with homeschool groups, it still breeds on that nasty comfortist culture, just in a different way. Through more of a weird, ultra Christian lense.
I donβt think public school wouldβve ever made me βnormalβ, even when I went, I was still a weird kid and struggled with social cues and social acceptance. But, when it comes to friendships, I think homeschooling misses that important bond, and teaching your kids the βrulesβ of friendship.
To be fair, though, I was never really bullied by my peers until I got my first job. I was just seen as weird in my homeschool groups and in school. So, when it comes to bullying, I definitely have the privilege of not being bullied in school and not experiencing that isolating experience that a lot of people did.
Your perspective is really interesting, and I like where it diverges from mine! I gotta ask though, were you ever homeschooled? If so its cool how we both were but came out with different ideas about it!
I personally was never homeschooled, but I did see a few homeschooled kids enter or re-enter the public schooling system, and they were always noticeably nicer and less cynical than their public schooling peers, which first lead me to suspect that perhaps the public schooling atmosphere wasn't without a new warranted criticism.
Oh public school is definitely worth criticism, it has major lack of funding and its not exactly a perfect environment. I just wish people would question why they want to homeschool and consider the downsides more
the first point is something that interests me so much! i took a child development course and it talked about a lot of the same things. the environment you grow up in during your most formative years is much more impactful than a lot of people tend to think! anyway i agree with you on pretty much everything goat π
Just to chime in on number five, I think something a lot of people overlook when they talk about how public schools have this socializing aspect to them that homeschooling doesn't is that a lot of that socializing is just spreading the worst habits from the absolutely worst kids and enforcing social conformity. The social conformity bit might help out the less socially graceful kids at becoming less annoying, but the spreading of bad habits kinda breeds this different type of extremely annoying meaner kid, and I think all that demonstrates is that in public schooling environments the more aggressive unsocial traits are allowed to flourish while the more benign awkward unsocial traits are quashed. But otherwise I agree with number five.
See, so at least in my experience with homeschool groups, it still breeds on that nasty comfortist culture, just in a different way. Through more of a weird, ultra Christian lense.
I donβt think public school wouldβve ever made me βnormalβ, even when I went, I was still a weird kid and struggled with social cues and social acceptance. But, when it comes to friendships, I think homeschooling misses that important bond, and teaching your kids the βrulesβ of friendship.
To be fair, though, I was never really bullied by my peers until I got my first job. I was just seen as weird in my homeschool groups and in school. So, when it comes to bullying, I definitely have the privilege of not being bullied in school and not experiencing that isolating experience that a lot of people did.
Your perspective is really interesting, and I like where it diverges from mine! I gotta ask though, were you ever homeschooled? If so its cool how we both were but came out with different ideas about it!
I personally was never homeschooled, but I did see a few homeschooled kids enter or re-enter the public schooling system, and they were always noticeably nicer and less cynical than their public schooling peers, which first lead me to suspect that perhaps the public schooling atmosphere wasn't without a new warranted criticism.
Oh public school is definitely worth criticism, it has major lack of funding and its not exactly a perfect environment. I just wish people would question why they want to homeschool and consider the downsides more