[redmenace]

Yah, I had to learn at private school of all places not to trust people or women for that matter. But yeah home school leaves socially alienated and vulnerable. The worst part is actually trying to integrate back into a school, public or private; worst 4 years of my life.

As for learning. Both my parents have college educations. There are books and curriculoms availiable for home school, I believe, both from a religous and secular POV.

[Unknown Target]

Why does it seem that 99% of HLP is male, and 40% of that is anti-female?

[Corsair]

Because that 40% doesn't get laid.

[Unknown Target]

You know, I'm gonna go with you o nthis one

[redmenace]

Some of us have also made a conscience choice not to either.

[Liberator]

What is anti-female?  I'm not anti-female, they're anti-me, just like most everything and everybody else.

[Unknown Target]

Or maybe you're just bigoted against women?
Geeze, the way you guys carry on about girls, it's like sex is the worst thing ever, relationships are satan's design, and women are all cash-mongering sluts who cheat on you and hate you as soon as they see you.

Granted, maybe some are like that, but certainly not all.

[redmenace]

I don't hate sex. I don't necessarily hate women. I don't trust them. This could come from an inherent misunderstanding of women. But, I have not yet met a women that I can trust whole heartedly.

And as for my choice, I am XStraight EdgeX *****.

[redmenace]

I don't think this should turn into a impromtu why I think women suck [no pun intended]. The point is that for the advantages of homeschool it also has some disadvantages socially.

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Liberator
I have some second cousins that are Home Schooled.  The oldest is one of the most naive 16 year olds I know.

One of my good friends was home-schooled, and he's one of the most mature people I know.  He's self-disciplined, gregarious, and highly motivated.

I went through the public school system all the way through high school, but I took an extra year of French one summer so I could take AP French in senior year.  The summer course was basically a one-on-one tutoring session with a fast pace.  I realized recently that that one course was basically equivalent to a home schooling.  I got much more out of that course than I did any single French course at high school.  As a bonus, I learned the material faster and it sunk in better.

[WeatherOp]

Homeschooling doesn't leave you alienated and vulnerable, are at least not me. My bro has lots of girlfriends, allthough It is funny when they give him the "I just wanna be friends" speech.

[WeatherOp]

Homeschooling doesn't leave you alienated and vulnerable, are at least not me. My bro has lots of girlfriends, allthough It is funny when they give him the "I just wanna be friends" speech.

[mitac]

Originally posted by redmenace
I thought Europe was supposed to be so free and accepting of different beliefs and lifestyles. lol

First of all, you should recognise that there is not "one" Europe, but a total of ~45 states with ~700 million. The numbers vary, depending on what you count as "Europe". All of these states have similar, but still different social, political, legal and religious systems, which includes education. I think that's often missed.

While in some places, like in the UK, home schooling seems nothing odd, there are other countries which have always had a system of public schools. This means that until an age of 16, your parents are to make sure you're attending school. The choice of the school itself still is an option, i.e. you're not "sent" anywhere. That would be nonsense. Hell, you can attend any certified school you like, even if there are only anti-authoritarian freaks running through the bushes, collecting mushrooms and singing mantras. That example may be exaggerated, but I think you get what I mean.

I honestly don't see where this should be a limitation in "lifestyle" or "belief".

[aldo_14]

Home schooling strikes me as being somewhat odd, and I'm in the UK.  

But you're still talking a different country... IIRc the British education system (at least primary-to-secondary, I'd imagine US unis are minted thanks to thier gigantic tuition fees) is somewhat better funded and less troublesome than the American one.  In particular, I think our school sizes are generally smaller and a lot still require wearing of uniforms, which to a degree helps removed social equality issues.

Of course, in australia home schooling will be completely necessary due to the sheer scale of the country... IIRC there is a 'school of the airwaves' which does some basic (parent supported) tuition for kids in the outback where it's too isolated for a single school.

I think on a general level, home schooling depends on the quality of the 'teacher' and the dedication of the pupil... albeit there is the inherent resource problem in terms of books, etc and also the possibility that the parent teaching doesn't have a general enough knowledge to adequately teach every subject.

[mitac]

aldo :

to make sure this is clear : from reading various comments in this thread I got the impression that you people in the UK are used to that concept. Guess I was wrong there.

Apart from that, I can only agree with what you said.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by mitac
aldo :

to make sure this is clear : from reading various comments in this thread I got the impression that you people in the UK are used to that concept. Guess I was wrong there.

Apart from that, I can only agree with what you said.

The concept, yeah.

Actually applying it, not really.  It'll possibly be used a bit up in the Highlands or Shetlands (etc), I guess.

[redmenace]

I have been out of home schooling but I think that broadband, especially here in the US, although we lag 7th among countries, I am sure will transform home schooling. Maybe even in the outback. Just a stupid thought.

[aldo_14]

Well, I'd imagine phone lines may be an issue (or rather, line length) in Oz; but yeah, broadband should help revolutionise this sort of thing.

 IIRC my former uni has already been involved in some long-range courses, I think one is actually distance learning based within the Palestinian territories (obviously travel is an issue for 'conventional' uni there, with the security issue & IDF checkpoints).