Every once in awhile you read something that just makes you smile! Though this article has one of those "you've-got-to-be-kidding-me moments," (courtesy of an "enlightened" school board member), the article goes WAY uphill from that point on! Here are a few highlights. Please go read the whole article...it's GREAT!
First a thought from someone who doesn't get it...
"Those kids are nothing but problems,” he said. “They’re not socialized. We had one boy who wanted to go out for football because that’s something you really can’t do at home, and when he got to the locker room, the other kids found out he didn’t even know how to snap a towel or give a wedgie. That’s the problem with homeschooling." --a quote from a "big-city school board member"
To which the author responds...
"Yes, why can’t homeschooled children act as if they’ve been raised by wolves like socialized children? What were their parents thinking?
"I can always tell if children are being schooled at home. They call me “Mr. Mullen” instead of “dude,” or “yo,” or a couple of words that we can’t print. Homeschoolers are usually smarter and more talented than I am. Regularly schooled children may be smarter than I am, too, but since they are socialized to be uncomfortable speaking to anyone outside their age group, I will never know."
And finally...
"Parents and teachers know that what works well for one child may not work for another. How old were you before you found out what you were meant to do in life — if you ever have? Was it something you found at school or on your own?
"Maybe the best education is a combination of conventional schooling, homeschooling and unschooling — or something we haven’t thought of yet. But what isn’t working is socialization."
