Theres a co-op in the town I work, they're outstanding, apostolic Christian's, but not the creepy ones. Those kids speak multiple languages, are educated to collegiate levels by middle school, are pretty well rounded, definitely not vegans. By today's standards, they may skirt some mandated reporting, I assume many of the homes dont spare the rod. I'd give my left arm for the kids to be in that, but neither my wife or I have the skills required of one of the parents, plus we are heathens. Most of these kids get their diploma equivalent and start businesses, mostly successful,many even stay with the church.
I think I'd feel safer around a flat earther than a vegan though On Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 12:31 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Steve Jones" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > <af@af.afmug.com> > *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 > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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