Home-Schooling: Their safety vs mine (1707 hits)
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Submitted by Circe <fickle.muse.at.gmail.com> (View user info) at 2007-04-17 01:19:41 EDT
In the wake of tragedy, discussion as to the safety and efficacy of home-schooling one's children has again raised its ugly, malformed head. As a loving, nurturing, and responsible parent, I want to open the floor to a serious dissection of the pros and cons that surround such a decision, and offer my own (incredibly valuable) thoughts on the subject.
I am the proud mother of three beautiful children that I know of. (That's not to say any others aren't beautiful, simply that I'm not entirely proud of giving birth in a third world country and losing them a week later in a game of dice. "Thirty-four the hard way" is, apparently, not a statistical probability with two dice. We live and learn.) I send my children to a public school, and I'm secure in my decision to have done so. Yes, I'd be sad if they were shot. No, they're not protected very well by one teacher to twenty students. Yes, it's a risk. But schooling them at home presents its own dangers and pitfalls, and that's something I'd like to cover here.
Parental Liability
Unless you have a hefty and expensive insurance policy, Home Schooling is a legal risk you may not want to take. If your child slips and falls on the playground and breaks an arm, the school will probably take them to the hospital, arrange to have them seen to, and let you know where you can pick your drugged and plastered darling up after they've been sufficiently coached as to the circumstances of their accident - "Now, Jimmy, remember, you were torturing a puppy and you fell. The teacher's assistant was nowhere near you and certainly didn't drop a file folder on your head, ok? Good boy. Here's some more morphine."
But in your own home, you are directly responsible. Simple everyday accidents can lead to persistent, invasive questions like "Why was he on the roof to start with?" and "Don't you supervise "Electricity Time?"" and criticisms such as "Cutting playdoh doesn't require the use of an axe, lady."
The bottom line is this: A public school has more lawyers on retainer than you do.
Educational Merit
Did you know that teachers need to learn how to teach? And yet, any parent can send away for books and lesson plans and attempt to teach their children anything they like. Now I don't know about you, but I have better things to do with my time than explain the concept of continental drift to a nine year old. I could be napping, smoking, entertaining 'visitors', or drinking. I don't know why continents are drifters, and why they don't settle down with a stable job. I don't know why the sun orbits the earth. I don't know why adding -2 to 2 equals nothing. You need extensive training to answer the questions their inquisitive little minds throw up on an hourly basis. Teachers also take classes in how not to touch children in their no-no places. Frankly, I can't afford to take these courses.
My children are far better off being taught by the twenty-something hippy who talks to them about the warm fuzzy feeling you get inside when you help the retarded kid to find the bathroom.
Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
There are two equally important sides to this: the parents, and the children.
It's school holidays here right now, and do you know where I am? I'm in my closet, typing on a laptop, chain smoking and occasionally sobbing - silently, so they don't hear me and come asking for food and drink. I'm hiding from my children and I've been doing it for a week so far. I use a bucket as a toilet, people, how much more desperate can it get? If I go out, they'll hear me. They'll find me. They'll demand sustenance and attention and possibly a hug. And this is only a two-week break! Can you imagine the unremitting horror of having them every single day? I can't afford that many V&V's (Valium and Vodka - served with a slice of lime, it's the refreshing pick-me-up for toddlers of all ages.)
This brings me to the children's wellbeing. Picture, if you will, day after day after day, playing "Where's Mummy hiding now?" and "The dog has something! It could be food!" Quite apart from the mere educational deficiencies inherent in such an arrangement (because there's only so much math one can teach from the far side of a locked and barred door), the physical deprivation alone could potentially kill them - leading to still more annoying questions from the "authorities" (none of whom have children, obviously.)
Public Schooling - The responsible parent's choice.
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Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-01-09 11:16:34 EST (#)
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I was homeschooled most of my life and Im a completely normal person with a great social life, a wife, and a decent job. Its all in the raising, my parents didnt smother me, which is a mistake that I think alot of homeschooling parents make, instead they left me to my own mind, much like a college kid (it was great prep. for college by the way) and here I am, more normal than the drug addicted socially inept dregs that the public school pumps out these days. So go screw.
Submitted by Alter (user info) at 2007-09-26 22:12:50 EDT (#)
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No, Comment.
Submitted by d_prime (user info) at 2007-04-19 02:41:17 EDT (#)
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It's odd that parents are so careful about what they apply to their child's body: their food, their medicine, etc. yet are often so indifferent to what happens to their mind as to send them to a public school without a second thought.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-04-19 02:39:20 EDT (#)
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I thought I rated this. We've got our kid in private school, which means, as far as I'm concerned, that I have to work extra hours and can't drink as much as I'd like.
:(
Submitted by Bohme (user info) at 2007-04-19 02:12:15 EDT (#)
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I was home schooled briefly, can't say I'm the most adjusted kid though. I did happen to get ahead and ended up doing nothing for about four months after I went back to public school.
Submitted by Abbey (user info) at 2007-04-18 14:30:20 EDT (#)
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Excellent post...fun to read.
I'm a teacher of 21 years, 16 of which were in public schools, the last 5 in private. As a parent of 4 (only one left...I see the light at the end of the tunnel), I probably would have killed them if I home schooled.
In all honesty, I've seen one or two families over the years that did a tremendous job home schooling their children. The rest sucked. But...there are also a lot of crappy 'formally trained' teachers.
We have a huge debate going on right now in Nevada. One of our senators wants to require teachers to carry guns for defense of students and terrorists. This guy is out of his fucking head. The day you require me to carry a gun to be a teacher is the day I leave the profession. I'd rather check bags at Albertsons. Actually, that sounds pretty good right now. Bad things happen everywhere...not just schools.
On the issue of teacher training...it's a bunch of crap. You either have it or you don't. Nobody can TEACH you how to relate with kids. My college years of education courses were the biggest bullshit classes I've ever taken. You become a teacher because you know your content area and you love to see people learn, no matter what age they are. I am also a 'mentor' teacher. I get to monitor these lovlies who are 20 and think they want to become a teacher. It used to pain me to tell some kid who has spent two years in college moving this direction that they DON'T HAVE IT. I don't fret that anymore. Hopefully I'm saving them and their potential students a lifetime of shitty learning.
So, on that note, I'm logging off to teach my 12 year olds the metric system. Why do I enjoy this? Because at the end of the unit they look at me and say, "Why the fuck are we still using the US Customary system?" Okay...okay, I'm a math nerd.
Abbey
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2007-04-18 09:23:23 EDT (#)
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I suggest you look into a creepy documentary called "Jesus Camp". In it they state that over 90% of homeschooled kids in the US are from evangelical christian homes, and are mainly homeschooled so that they can be sure that the influences they are recieving are the "right" (i.e. CRAZY fucked up, don't make a lick of sense) ones.
Good post BTW
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2007-04-18 00:53:44 EDT (#)
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The title of this post takes on a whole new meaning given the Virginia Tech thing.
Submitted by PerkMan (user info) at 2007-04-17 22:04:25 EDT (#)
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Home schooled kids are freaking weird.
Submitted by Awko (user info) at 2007-04-17 21:47:04 EDT (#)
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When the fuck did we start using HTML tags here?
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-04-17 18:33:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-04-17 07:19:32 EDT (#)
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Cute, Sac-rash.
Deadline isn't up yet. I'm working on something that resonates with genius and a previously untapped light of the blatantly god-touched.
It's called "Get your hand off my promised land".
It's about my Dad.
=D
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I'm in love with you. You totally give me gay. Not sure I ever mentioned that. Hey, don't you DARE back away slowly..
I'm going to read this in earnest as soon as I come back from buying sushi and liquor.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-04-17 18:28:07 EDT (#)
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Nice. If more like this shows up, you might have a fan.
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-04-17 18:26:31 EDT (#)
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By the way, any parent who punts on their duties to educate their children by rationalizing that the public schools will do their job for them shouldn't be breeding.
By the time the school system gets around to introducing any particular concept or technique to a kid, it should be at *least* the second time they've seen it.
School is designed to get kids used to a structured environment, teach them they're not the center of the universe and they need to sink or swim on talent, and start training them up in the necessary skills of skating by with minimum effort that they'll need in the workforce. God help anyone who's actually relying on it for an education.
Submitted by Rawrg (user info) at 2007-04-17 18:18:56 EDT (#)
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Not all, but most home schooled children in this country are the products of religious extremists that can't imagine a secular education system. This is especially prominent in the Midwest, and the few college-bound home-schooled students I've met have a hard time relating to peers and are generally confused by social matters of any kind. I pity them, because their parents have essentially hamstrung them for a good portion of their lives all for their own satisfaction that their child is imbued with their own personal beliefs on the existential.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-04-17 17:56:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by jade_digitalmedia (user info) at 2007-04-17 16:30:03 EDT (#)
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the only homeskooled kids i knew weren't exactly the sharpest crayons in the box. one time all three of the sisters got lice and their mother thought it was god's way of punishing them for socializing with pagens on the public playground.
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HAhahahahahahahahaaaaaa... that's wonderful. Silly Christain Zealots. Gee, I hope the girls grew up to be crack whores!!!
Home Schooling is the worst possible idea for a child. I think it borders on abuse, and should considered a criminal act. The United States affords parents far too many liberties with their offspring, one of the many problems with the youth today. Whether it be the Religious Fundementalist who refuses to allow his child proper health care or at the other end of the spectrum, where a coked-out welfare mom can get to retain custody of her four month old; either way it's wrong. The vast majority of politicians refuse to simply except the fact that most of the people procreating in this country have no business doing so and the security and well-being of the child is secondary because they're not of voting age.
Sorry, got off topic there. Home Schooling = Bad.
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2007-04-17 17:48:01 EDT (#)
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i suppose its difficult for you to realise how utterly boring this subject is
Submitted by Nugk (user info) at 2007-04-17 16:50:26 EDT (#)
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Good Stuff.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-04-17 16:44:19 EDT (#)
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move along....
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-04-17 16:34:09 EDT (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-04-17 16:19:15 EDT (#)
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Thankfully my womb has remained empty so I got to avoid this issue altogether
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ditto..
Submitted by jade_digitalmedia (user info) at 2007-04-17 16:30:03 EDT (#)
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the only homeskooled kids i knew weren't exactly the sharpest crayons in the box. one time all three of the sisters got lice and their mother thought it was god's way of punishing them for socializing with pagens on the public playground.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-04-17 16:19:15 EDT (#)
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Thankfully my womb has remained empty so I got to avoid this issue altogether.
Yay for barreness
w00t!
hahahaha another great Circe post.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2007-04-17 15:59:38 EDT (#)
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Score.
Submitted by bigdicrick (user info) at 2007-04-17 15:33:33 EDT (#)
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I laughed out loud..... then we all went and ate ice cream...
Submitted by Newty (user info) at 2007-04-17 14:51:01 EDT (#)
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Good God, if I was home schooled I think I would've battered my mum to death already.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2007-04-17 14:29:40 EDT (#)
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You just plain rock.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-04-17 14:02:34 EDT (#)
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Well put.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-04-17 13:56:08 EDT (#)
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"montucky" sounds like the result of a one nighter between Montana and Kentucky.
What a winning combination
Submitted by Montucky (user info) at 2007-04-17 13:30:19 EDT (#)
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Sounds like you believe you have lot better things to do than raise your kids
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-04-17 13:17:39 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Falafel (user info) at 2007-04-17 13:06:46 EDT (#)
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The only kind of kids more sheltered than home-schooled kids are youth group kids. They grow up awkward loners who don't know how to interact properly with their peers and regardless of what some people think, making sure they're properly socialized is not simply a matter of letting them outside to play with the other kids after school hours.
Let's face it, grade school and high school kids are fucking retarded. They have virtually no concept of the world outside their social circle, forming strong rivalries with other groups of students because they go to a different school or even worse, just because they're in different cliques. They stick to their own and rarely make friends with outsiders, includng the home-schooled group.
Home schooling is not a healthy environment for children to develop real social skills and it takes more than a few textbooks to qualify you to be able to teach your children anything more than basic life skills. Pick up or read the online version of an academic calendar for any university that offers a BEd program, US or Canada... Most of them require a very specific number of university level courses from Math, Sciences, English, History and a concentration in Child Psychology/Child Youth and Development. Just because they fell out of you doesn't necessarily mean you know what's good or damaging to their development.
</end rant>
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-04-17 13:06:28 EDT (#)
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The two kids I talked about a while back who were breastfed until they were in their pre-teens and teens, respectively, were home schooled for a good portion of their childhood.
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOUR CHILDREN OR YOUR MILKFLAPS, MOMMIES. MAKE YOURS PUBLIC/PRIVATE SCHOOLS TODAY!
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2007-04-17 12:34:55 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2007-04-17 12:20:23 EDT (#)
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Over our Spring break, I took a couple of days off work to get the dogs vetted and whatnot. The sheer look of horror on my precious boy child's face when he learned I would be home for TWO WHOLE DAYS of his break, pretty much validates everything you've said.
Oh and I <3 Circe
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-04-17 12:19:37 EDT (#)
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Poor lil' Shaniqua Soliloquiua Loqu'esha Monique Maria Josephia Smith
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Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2007-04-17 01:29:49 EDT (#)
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Ahh circe I hear ya.
The relative dangers of school vs. the dangers of parents.
My lovelies are in daycare right now giving Mummy time to do her homework unfortunantly I have spent more time on uber than on an aquiring a pass. However I digress, all the ladies that take care of them are sweet voiced smiling individuals who so far have taught my daughter 3 new songs what her full name is (no easy feat considering I gave her too many names) and she has friends that she gets along with. My daughter by the way gets along with no-one.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-04-17 12:17:49 EDT (#)
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well done, Circe.
I just survived my own child being home on spring break.
of course, I survived by going to work everyday, but to each thier own!
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-04-17 11:02:26 EDT (#)
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I know a family that home schools their two younger children. The girl is pretty normal socially and smarter than most. Only thing is, she can't read as well as other kids her age. This is because her mom reads to her instead of making her read by herself. Maybe it'd happen anyway, but I feel that in public school she'd be shamed when stumbling on simple words if she read aloud in class. It'd be good for her - she'd learn that mommy's not always going to be there to do it for her.
The other boy is just an oddball. Akward as hell, again smarter than average but sometimes doesn't show it. Best friend is his mother. Can't hold a conversation to save his life, only recently in his 16 years started to order his own food in restaurants. I shudder to think of what he'll be like in college. I don't think he'll ever leave his cave of a room. At least in public school he'd be forced to make friends and socialize.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-04-17 10:49:22 EDT (#)
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"Homeschooling is a stupid idea, it destroys that sense of community the children get at school and removes the opportunity to learn social skills around people of the same age."
I agree....that is if you keep your children in the house 24 hours a day and don't let them go outside and play with the other kids. School is not the only place to develop social skills.
"Home schooling leaves children with an "outcast" mental attitude and has them turning into their parents rather than being able to grow and develope their own personalities. I mean, fair enough, they might get shot at school, but they might get shot anywhere! Specially in the fuckin USA! "
The US is a dangerous place, but from what I hear of the UK, guns are not the problem, Knives are. There was an incident recently in the UK where a kid stabbed another kid in the throat AT SCHOOL. Same problem, different weapon. And I'm not so sure kids turning out to be their parents is an especially bad thing, especially if that parent is responsible enough to care about their childs well-being so much. (I might call it a little over-protective but the idea is still sound). And no matter what, a child is going to have their own personalities, i speak from experience. You CAN NOT change a kids mind once it's made up.
"You know, over here in the UK we are not allowed to own a gun, and we have very little school shootings. How come we don't need guns? Why is it you yanks think you need guns and allow them to be so freely obtainable? "
And neither are the bobbies. They carry a stick. Thats why the soccer hooligans are running rampant out there, while the Benny Hill cast is following them with sticks. Guns are not a bad thing. Like anything that can hurt people, it's all in how you use them. There are a lot more opportunities to have some bad eggs in the bunch when the population is as large as ours.
And besides, no one shoots each other over in england because you're all sissies who have slap fights and drink tea.
Stupid British Faggot.
Submitted by ahumblefool (user info) at 2007-04-17 10:40:10 EDT (#)
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Well I am a dumb ass, this was humor, too much on my plate today, sorry Circe.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-04-17 10:39:40 EDT (#)
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this isn't poetry
Submitted by ahumblefool (user info) at 2007-04-17 10:38:51 EDT (#)
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Meant to say I have read a lot of your writing. Typing fast this morning as I am due in a meeting.
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2007-04-17 10:38:18 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-04-17 07:16:40 EDT (#)
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This was an obviously failed attempt at humor, and I apologise for offending your sensibilities.
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You did not fail in your attempt.
Submitted by ahumblefool (user info) at 2007-04-17 10:37:56 EDT (#)
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I have read a lot of writing here, and so, therefore I get a feeling you are well educated. But, the points you make in here against home schooling tell me that you have not spent a whole lot of time at your child's school or taking the time to learn how your child learns.
US public schools are a joke. Teachers are throttled and can not teach, children are taught to the lowest level child in the class, and classes are still taught as though it is the 1800's but with 26 kids in a classroom.
I will write a more through rebuttal this evening.
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-04-17 10:22:49 EDT (#)
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The Sun goes around the Earth because the Midgard Serpent is chasing it. Simple really.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2007-04-17 09:47:24 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-04-17 09:40:50 EDT (#)
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Auto Circe +2
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-04-17 09:03:00 EDT (#)
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i'm sorry i'll never not think of "omg a dingo ate my baby" when i read something of yours. i plan to send mine to a cult.
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2007-04-17 08:38:02 EDT (#)
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I was schooled in an inner city school, and I turned out alright........
Sort of...
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-04-17 08:30:19 EDT (#)
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Excellent. I hope your poem isn't. :P
Submitted by FWFIV (user info) at 2007-04-17 08:15:59 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-04-17 07:54:01 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-04-17 07:19:32 EDT (#)
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Cute, Sac-rash.
Deadline isn't up yet. I'm working on something that resonates with genius and a previously untapped light of the blatantly god-touched.
It's called "Get your hand off my promised land".
It's about my Dad.
=D
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-04-17 07:17:37 EDT (#)
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Is this supposed to be some sort of prose poem?
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2007-04-17 07:16:40 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2007-04-17 19:10:46 WST (#)
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I agree, but couldn't be fucked to read the whole thing.
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That explains your response.
I don't give a fuck about home schooling vs formal education. Really, I don't. Parents can choose whatever they like, it doesn't bother me at all.
This was an obviously failed attempt at humor, and I apologise for offending your sensibilities.
Also, I'm not American. I'm Australian. We have strict gun control laws too.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2007-04-17 07:13:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2007-04-17 21:10:46 EST (#)
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I agree, but couldn't be fucked to read the whole thing.
Homeschooling is a stupid idea, it destroys that sense of community the children get at school and removes the opportunity to learn social skills around people of the same age.
Home schooling leaves children with an "outcast" mental attitude and has them turning into their parents rather than being able to grow and develope their own personalities. I mean, fair enough, they might get shot at school, but they might get shot anywhere! Specially in the fuckin USA!
You know, over here in the UK we are not allowed to own a gun, and we have very little school shootings. How come we don't need guns? Why is it you yanks think you need guns and allow them to be so freely obtainable?
Stupid yanky pigs.
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Wow.
Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2007-04-17 07:10:46 EDT (#)
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I agree, but couldn't be fucked to read the whole thing.
Homeschooling is a stupid idea, it destroys that sense of community the children get at school and removes the opportunity to learn social skills around people of the same age.
Home schooling leaves children with an "outcast" mental attitude and has them turning into their parents rather than being able to grow and develope their own personalities. I mean, fair enough, they might get shot at school, but they might get shot anywhere! Specially in the fuckin USA!
You know, over here in the UK we are not allowed to own a gun, and we have very little school shootings. How come we don't need guns? Why is it you yanks think you need guns and allow them to be so freely obtainable?
Stupid yanky pigs.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2007-04-17 06:25:14 EDT (#)
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I immediately thought the dangers of snakebite etc. You Australians take your lives in your hands when you step out your door.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2007-04-17 04:42:51 EDT (#)
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i like the word efficacy and efficacious, yet hate twenty something hippies.
well said.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-04-17 03:59:05 EDT (#)
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I found this to be unrelentingly funny. Well done.
Submitted by particle_man58 (user info) at 2007-04-17 02:53:49 EDT (#)
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My Mom is a teacher, try growing up with that.
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-04-17 02:51:18 EDT (#)
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i probly shoulda been homeschooled
my fiancee was home schooled and probly shoulda gone to public school
im figuring private school if its affordable, public if it isnt....
...until they get expelled for breaking some kids face or something that is
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-04-17 02:34:33 EDT (#)
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This worries me a little, but all in all I agree.
Submitted by Tom (user info) at 2007-04-17 02:32:15 EDT (#)
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I did independent study. It isn't for everyone. I have friends that cry emo tears because they didn't get to go to pub schools. Oh well, sucks to be them. College ahoy.
Submitted by professorfuckface (user info) at 2007-04-17 02:23:42 EDT (#)
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"I could be napping, smoking"
do everyone a favor and try both at the same time
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2007-04-17 02:21:42 EDT (#)
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Private School
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-04-17 02:17:15 EDT (#)
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i like Circe.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2007-04-17 01:40:08 EDT (#)
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See, if I were you I would have acted out the closet scenes and taken photographs or something.
This was much classier.
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2007-04-17 01:29:49 EDT (#)
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Ahh circe I hear ya.
The relative dangers of school vs. the dangers of parents.
My lovelies are in daycare right now giving Mummy time to do her homework unfortunantly I have spent more time on uber than on an aquiring a pass. However I digress, all the ladies that take care of them are sweet voiced smiling individuals who so far have taught my daughter 3 new songs what her full name is (no easy feat considering I gave her too many names) and she has friends that she gets along with. My daughter by the way gets along with no-one.
I'm rambling.Anyway. I'm all for supporting this point though.