They do trend weird. In fact, I'd say homeschoolers range from a little
weird to effin cray-cray.
There are some whose kids have weird health conditions the school can't
accommodate. Like an extreme allergy or an unusual disability. These
are usually fairly sane.
The religious homeschoolers are often trying to protect their children
from the perils of the sinful world around them, and those are some of
the less crazy ones. However, some of the religious ones are
flat-earthers and young earth creationists who don't want their children
brainwashed with secular sciences and/or have a persecution complex.
The school teaches facts like evolution and the earth being round, so
therefore it's persecution.
There are also people with weird lifestyles that the school system won't
accommodate. These could be vegans, nudists, or almost any other kind
of weirdo you can imagine. I'm not judging, I'm just sayin that they
are, by definition, weird. They're generally relatively safe and
normal. I don't worry about them doing or saying anything too insane,
and I get along just fine with the vegans in particular. You just have
to make sure to make something they can eat when they come over.
There are some who have, shall we say, "less mainstream" notions about
how school should work. "Radical un-schooling" for example. If you
read about unschooling I think it's a method that really could work well
for the right type of curious and self-motivated kid & parent. It also
may result in a kid who's 12 and can't friggin read because his
"un-schooling" curriculum is video games and TV.....I exaggerate, but
only a little.
And finally, just to put the fear of God into you, there was one home
school family in the co-op who I suspect are child abusers. You see,
school is full of mandated reporters, but if you're at home then there's
nobody to see the evidence (and I won't elaborate on this).
So if you join a co-op or otherwise link up with other homeschool
families just be sure to practice your poker face, because you'll hear
some weird shit.
-Adam
On 4/7/2021 1:14 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
Home schooled kids trend weird.
Are they home schooled because they're (and their parents) are weird?
-or-
Are they weird because they were home schooled?
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*From: *"Steve Jones" <[email protected]>
*To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]>
*Sent: *Wednesday, April 7, 2021 10:29:16 AM
*Subject: *[AFMUG] OT: online k12 homeschool options
I have an incoming Junior and an incoming 8th grader Id prefer not to
send back to Illinois brick and mortar for at least the upcoming year
with all the covid games and politicking going on. The schools we deal
with have obvious union pressure to have ensured the remote curriculum
failed, dont want to play that game again the coming year.
Have any of you personally dealt with or had customers relay any good
solutions? Im looking for instructor led homeschool as educating
without beatings isnt something im really capable of.
there is a BYU curriculum I looked at but that gets some hefty pricing
and i couldn't ascertain whether its acceptable in Illinois
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