Allow me to brag a minute. Many of the kids in our new high-Hummer-per-capita neighborhood are doing the goth thing. I asked my homeschooled son (15) about this and he rolled his eyes and said: "I don't have to paint my fingernails black to be cynical about the government." I told him he was a smart kid.
Dana On 10/23/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Gruss wrote: > > And now, an anecdote: I've never met a homeschooled kid (highschool > > age) that wasn't WAY ahead of his peers intellectually and usually > > socially. > > AND - many public school kids I meet are deficient socially if we > judge social excellence by the ability to carry on a conversation no > matter who the audience. > > Frequently I'll meet a home schooled kid who will ask intelligent > questions and talk with me as an adult. Then they'll turn and horse > around with friends with the usual scatological type humor. > > Public school kids avoid you like the plague, rarely look you in the > eye, don't say much more than "yeah", and generally act as if being > around an adult is a punishment rather than an opportunity. > > Of course, that's anecdotal. Although a good study might be to go to the > mall. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177823 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
