re: Were you homeschooled?

I no longer reside in America, and i dont have kids.. but if i did, with the out-of-control gun violence in America- no way would i send them off to school to possibly get slaughtered … i realize the odds are that they wouldnt become victims- but even living overseas, i hear a few times a week about the shootings in America, many times at schools & churches .. that’s not a chance id be willing to take.. i used to think like everyone else that homeschoolers were a little ‘off’- but like many things life, they were just ahead of the curve and it’s taken the rest of society time to catch up .

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Were you homeschooled?

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To tell the truth, respect adults, firmly shake hands, look people in the eye, don’t act like a goddam Aggie, etc…

I was up until 8th grade, when my math skills surpassed my mom's and she had to enroll me in school. I wasn't a fan of the overall experience, but did have a leg up on school work once I got to school.

I was lucky enough to be decently socialized, but I can't say the same for every homeschooled kid. There are functions for homeschooled kids where they all get together and do stuff; many of them were a tad odd. Super friendly and well educated, but just a bit socially awkward.

No, I’ve had sex.






With a woman

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They just struggled making casual conversation and were very religious.

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Synonymous with “fricked up” in my book. Tomato tomahto I guess

Imagine getting your dungarees all out of sorts because of a stupid and obvious joke on an anonymous message board That being said, I stand by my statement. Homeschool kids being weird as frick was the rule and not the exception when I was a kid. Not sorry if your delicate sensibilities can’t handle that.

“Lighten up I am just making a joke but seriously I’m not making a joke”.

Yeah. Homeschoolers at one time were overwhelmingly strange. I once interacted with a group of homeschoolers early in my marriage before I had kids. I came home and told my wife that when we have kids we will NEVER homeschool them. But times change and concepts evolve. We live in a world where many people choose to homeschool for various reasons and it can be done very effectively.

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What we need is more secularized nihilist kids who will shoot up the religious kids for not buying into their gender bending philosophies.

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Pretty good joke there. Kind of heavy handed but I can see the nuggets of truth in it. You’re getting the hang of it, champ

We homeschooled both of our kids. Both are well adjusted and doing well in college. We started a homeschool field trip group and enjoyed many activities with other families. I would highly recommend.

I was until I had sex with my teacher.

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Some of you are stuck in a 1980’s mentality towards homeschool it you sound incredibly dumb and uninformed when you say stuff like this. We have homeschooled all 4 of our kids and two of them are now in college and are thriving. In a room full of people their age they are the most confident kids in the room. They are able to talk to adults as well. Are there still strange homeschoolers. Of course. Are there a lot of strange public school kids, absolutely. It all comes down to parents. Strange parents will have strange kids. But when normal people homeschool their kids their kids will likely be the most competent and well adjusted kids around. We take great care in making sure our kids interact with other people. Because we have more influence over them our kids are kind of a hybrid of GenXers and their generation in all the right ways. Homeschooling has been a sacrifice, especially financially but I’d do it again and wouldnt even hesitate.

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Amen

Wife and i have been homeschooling for 17 years. Our children are testing two grades above their public school peers. They have been writing in cursive and reading since k4. They are also the most outgoing children in any group. All of our homeschool meet up groups are full of children exactly like this.

I make no apology for not sending my kids to the public gladiator academy to become gay communists.