tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748825559890165633.post7430860267651952762..comments2023-10-01T06:37:14.432-06:00Comments on Simply A Musing Blog: This is what I get for being transparentSimplyAmusingDesigns.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14590064227180913122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748825559890165633.post-70895986264864987242009-08-27T08:11:13.173-06:002009-08-27T08:11:13.173-06:00I am homeschooled and have been my entire life. I ...I am homeschooled and have been my entire life. I am now a sophmore in highschool. I have the option of graduation a year early because at the end of this year, I will have enough credits to graduate with the minumum required by the state of Indiana. I do 4H, dance, Toastmasters (last year), church youth group, volunteering at a local elementary school and much more. And you tell me that I am not being socialized properly and do not know how to interact with other kids my age? Whatever. <br />I have enough friends in public or private schools to know that I would hate it, and that in 99% of my friend's cases, I am getting a better education. I know that there are smart public school kids who are amazing, well-rounded, intellegint and non-conformist to the whole clique thing. My cousin is in public school and scored a 2300 on a PRACTICE SAT test. So I understand that homeschooling is not for everyone, and that people can exceed in public school. I just think that the majority of people can't simply because of all the social problems.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15726918205413909876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748825559890165633.post-52957880611870306362009-03-25T17:36:00.000-06:002009-03-25T17:36:00.000-06:00This is the link which comes up when I click on yo...This is the link which comes up when I click on your site from my blogfeed:<BR/><BR/>http://feeds.feedburner.com/simplyamusingblog/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss<BR/><BR/>And C.S. Lewis spent years in private schools.Fleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412755038083750088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748825559890165633.post-9692053116169744322009-03-25T17:35:00.000-06:002009-03-25T17:35:00.000-06:00Having homeschooled for 9 years, and now having my...Having homeschooled for 9 years, and now having my kids in public schools, I've been on both sides. I really do think that this is a personal issue for families. I think families on both sides make the wrong decision or do it poorly. And I know that people on both sides of the fence can be rabid and defensive. It's not usually about right or wrong. It's about what's right or wrong for your family. Both can be done well. Both are.Fleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412755038083750088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748825559890165633.post-19151176922903974592009-03-25T17:03:00.000-06:002009-03-25T17:03:00.000-06:00this is in response to the response! stop protecti...this is in response to the response! stop protecting our children? is that not why we are parents? i want my children to be just that-children. i do not think that will make them ill equipped to handle the real world! the "real world" by whose definition? i cant stand to see children that have been dressed in clothes to make them "look" like little adults. they are not! they need the time to be kids get muddy, play on the dirt pile, baby dolls! i love that my daughter wants to be nothing more then a mommy when she gets "big" im am sure that she will change her mind a million times along the way but for now that is her dream. people put all of these everyday stresses on kids and then wonder why they are depressed and withdrawn as teens! watching the nightly news scares me! I was home schooled from 2nd thru 6th grade by necessity and in that little bit of time i was able to learn enough about myself and learn self respect, so when the time came and i went to public school i had no interest in the whole "peer pressure follow the leader, clique" type of mentality. and no i was not an outcast or "weird home schooled loner", exactly the opposite. nothing wrong with being nice to everyone. oh and i love school uniforms!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com