Home-schooling

Pet_Sounds · 01-05-2017, 08:02 PM

What are MB's thoughts on home-schooling? Is it awesome? Should it be outlawed? How much should the government be involved? Fire away.

Machine · 01-05-2017, 08:12 PM

It can be good depending on how it's done I think. Although this is coming from someone from the public school realm so I imagine it is drastically different.

The Batlord · 01-05-2017, 08:14 PM

Home school kids are weirdos.

Xurtio · 01-27-2017, 06:55 AM

My wife and I considered home schooling our children, but we were aware of the social stigma:

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Home school kids are weirdos.

Which does happen to be the case, a lot. In my experience, though, home schooled kids have belonged to religious military families and it's been an opportunity for their parents to raise them in an isolated environment to construct their historical, moral, and political narratives for them.

Whereas.... I think homeschooling can be done in a way that includes integration with society and free-thinking, and being educated in mathematics, physics, and neuroscience (and my wife being educated in biology) I think we could provide a good curriculum.

BUT.. it's a lot of ****ing work and we wouldn't be able to do it while holding jobs and it's nice to get a break from being a full time parent. So public school it is! Yay free child care!

Pet_Sounds · 01-05-2017, 08:21 PM

So I

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The Batlord · 01-05-2017, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

So I

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You can't delete posts now. Don't ask me why the owners changed it but they did.

LoathsomePete · 01-05-2017, 08:26 PM

I'm cool with it on the condition that the parents pay a bully to come round once a week and ply their trade.

Mr. Charlie · 01-24-2017, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

I'm cool with it on the condition that the parents pay a bully to come round once a week and ply their trade.

Haha

Paul Smeenus · 01-05-2017, 08:34 PM

Almost all (prob. 90%) home schooled kids are brainwashed evangelicals ala Jesus Camp. I couldn't be more opposed.

Pet_Sounds · 01-05-2017, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

Almost all (prob. 90%) home schooled kids are brainwashed evangelicals ala Jesus Camp. I couldn't be more opposed.

Paul, you've obviously never taken the time to get to know the home-schooling community. I'd say at least half of the home-schoolers I know aren't religious. Most of them are simply fed up with the shoddy state of public education.

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I think it's a great alternative to the public system.	4	18.18%
I think it can be a good alternative to the public system under the right circumstances.	10	45.45%
I don't think it's a good alternative to the public system, but I don't think it should be illegal.	7	31.82%
I think it should be illegal.	1	4.55%
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01-05-2017, 08:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
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01-05-2017, 08:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	So I EDIT: Hit Quick Reply button too early and can't figure out how to delete. Screw this, it's been too long.