Let's outline where we are in the Homeschool vs Public School conversation:
1. Morality
Private School and Public School are both very susceptible to deviant behavior. Public school ranks worse because it socializes you with criminals and low performers. At least Private school socializes you with high performing misfits. Home school ranks first in this area. Please disagree if you don't accept this assumption as undisputed.
2. Socialization
We have discussed several examples of American characters privately tutored (home schooled) that have demonstrated very high levels of social aptitude. We have also acknowledged that even though home schoolers are overwhelmingly weird it doesn't have anything to do with the home school method. I assume we agree that weird home schoolers make weird people. If they went to public school they would be just as weird. We also probably agree that socially dynamic public schoolers would make socially dynamic home schoolers. I will assume that you agree with this point. If this is the case there shouldn't be ANY concern about socialization left in regards to home schooling. Just as a reminder...Elites have never public schooled. They have never NEEDED to socialize with the criminal class. They have NEVER been criticized for being anti social or poorly adapted socially. I will assume that you agree that it isn't that important to socialize with riff raff since the elites have never seen the need to and never have been criticized for bad social skills because of their lack of socialization with that class.
3. Quality Education
We agree that most people are unqualified to teach their own children full time. However, those who are better prepared than public educators ought to feel concern about sending their children off to an inferior option when better options are available at home. Nobody disagrees that home school dominates public schoolers and private schoolers with standardized testing. In some cases they are so superior academically that it is shameful. What is especially revealing is that these results are happening despite the weirdo parents that make up the majority of home schoolers. Let me say that again. Home schoolers are out performing public schoolers. The embarrassing part is that most home school parents are mutants and they still manage to educate kids better than public school. That should be an embarrassing fact that ought to make every public school official cringe.
4. Leisure
Home school when properly administered can be engaging and inspiring. Kids shouldn't be compelled to suffer rote memorization and perfect quietness while they wait for students of inferior intellect to grasp concepts. Instead their natural curiosities should be encouraged and fed. Sometimes a kid will want to play soccer. I think that is fine. Sometimes he will want to learn. Great. I have found that when you give your kid options on the activities they are able to do they tend to balance their life well. My six year old spent an hour today reading to my four year old. They went to the library and did an hour of math. They love it and they do it uncompelled. I loved having tons of leisure time. My problem was that I was still bored even with all my leisure time. I didn't know that boredom resulted in intellectual laziness. People who are extremely curious don't get bored. Curiosity can be taught. I don't believe that it is taught in public school and that is a huge concern. Public schoolers become very uncreative when it comes to leisure because they have no idea of their options and have never been inspired with the excitement of curiosity.
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Let's outline where we are in the Homeschool vs Public School conversation:
1. Morality
Private School and Public School are both very susceptible to deviant behavior. Public school ranks worse because it socializes you with criminals and low performers. At least Private school socializes you with high performing misfits. Home school ranks first in this area. Please disagree if you don't accept this assumption as undisputed.
2. Socialization
We have discussed several examples of American characters privately tutored (home schooled) that have demonstrated very high levels of social aptitude. We have also acknowledged that even though home schoolers are overwhelmingly weird it doesn't have anything to do with the home school method. I assume we agree that weird home schoolers make weird people. If they went to public school they would be just as weird. We also probably agree that socially dynamic public schoolers would make socially dynamic home schoolers. I will assume that you agree with this point. If this is the case there shouldn't be ANY concern about socialization left in regards to home schooling. Just as a reminder...Elites have never public schooled. They have never NEEDED to socialize with the criminal class. They have NEVER been criticized for being anti social or poorly adapted socially. I will assume that you agree that it isn't that important to socialize with riff raff since the elites have never seen the need to and never have been criticized for bad social skills because of their lack of socialization with that class.
3. Quality Education
We agree that most people are unqualified to teach their own children full time. However, those who are better prepared than public educators ought to feel concern about sending their children off to an inferior option when better options are available at home. Nobody disagrees that home school dominates public schoolers and private schoolers with standardized testing. In some cases they are so superior academically that it is shameful. What is especially revealing is that these results are happening despite the weirdo parents that make up the majority of home schoolers. Let me say that again. Home schoolers are out performing public schoolers. The embarrassing part is that most home school parents are mutants and they still manage to educate kids better than public school. That should be an embarrassing fact that ought to make every public school official cringe.
4. Leisure
Home school when properly administered can be engaging and inspiring. Kids shouldn't be compelled to suffer rote memorization and perfect quietness while they wait for students of inferior intellect to grasp concepts. Instead their natural curiosities should be encouraged and fed. Sometimes a kid will want to play soccer. I think that is fine. Sometimes he will want to learn. Great. I have found that when you give your kid options on the activities they are able to do they tend to balance their life well. My six year old spent an hour today reading to my four year old. They went to the library and did an hour of math. They love it and they do it uncompelled. I loved having tons of leisure time. My problem was that I was still bored even with all my leisure time. I didn't know that boredom resulted in intellectual laziness. People who are extremely curious don't get bored. Curiosity can be taught. I don't believe that it is taught in public school and that is a huge concern. Public schoolers become very uncreative when it comes to leisure because they have no idea of their options and have never been inspired with the excitement of curiosity.