well gee, why should I have to? It's the usual prejudice that gets trotted out, and there are any number of studies out there if you are really interested. It's something that gets answered over and over on the homeschool lists, kind of like is CF better than .NET. But here's *my* personal experience.
I homeschool two kids and let's see, my daughter is 12 and her best friends are aged 8, 13 and 25. Social studies? She volunteered for the local Kerry campaign, which used her as a runner, allowing her to make friends with people from all over the country and three foreign countries as well. She goes swimming with the teen group on Tuesdays, and to the "school-age" play group on Fridays and plays chess with an archaeology professor at UNM. Not to mention Sunday school. Socialization is soooooooooooooooo not her issue. Similarly my son is 14 and works (for a paycheck) as a mentor at a local art studio, where he teaches people pottery and helps work out any squabbles that develop -- since it's open to anyone including street people, there is a very wide continuum of social skills and artistic abilities. He's also the neighborhood skateboard and X-box guru. He also has friends who are in grade school, mostly kids he shows computer stuff to, and adult friends from the art studio. So while he's the introvert as opposed to his outgoing sister, he's not exactly a sheltered unsocialized loner either. Nor have I noticed any sort of social handicap in our homeschooled list member... Dana On 6/9/05, Steven Brownlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have proof that it is wrong, or is that just your opinion? > > Dana wrote: > > ::snort:: Yeah, it the real world everyone is the same age you are. > > And you and everyone else you know dresses like Britney Spears <g> > > > > I see I *am* supposed to jump in here, but really, this has been done > > to death... I know this view is out there, but it's simply wrong. > > > > Dana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160196 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
