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Feb 18, 2020
10:20:01am

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I really do feel bad for most homeschooled children. So many common issues.

TCuz Rules Committee President

2/18/20 9:32am

Lol about the reading. Even though she doesn’t read well doesn’t mean she isn’t

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 9:35am

She was 10 and basically couldn’t read at all. You don’t think that’s an issue?

TCuz

2/18/20 9:37am

Depends. I don’t the situation. However there are studies that show

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 10:09am

Can you cite some peer reviewed studies for us?

TheWanderer

2/18/20 10:12am

Probably will take a while

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 10:14am

If you can barely read at 10 that's a problem, not a pedagogical preference

CommodoreCoug

2/18/20 9:38am

I'll have to use that on my boss. "I'm taking an alternative pace to learning."

TheWanderer

2/18/20 9:38am

I wrote a big paper on this once. My conclusion was that for kids with competent parents and an active social life,

HarlemCoug

2/18/20 9:36am

This is kind of what I would expect

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 10:01am

Exactly. I am familiar with a situation where

Gentleman Stan

2/18/20 10:07am

The usual home schooling I see is not like this, though.

TheWanderer

2/18/20 10:11am

How much do you actually see though?

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 10:25am

I have cousins who were home schooled. I have two families in my ward.

TheWanderer

2/18/20 10:33am

Seems like you’ve only seen poor examples

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 10:39am

Yeah, the good ol' 1700s when no public schools existed. Fun times.

TheWanderer

2/18/20 10:43am

Lol. You have nothing better?

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 11:40am

Right. Which is what I'm saying. Homeschooling cuts across a larger

Gentleman Stan

2/18/20 11:23am

Private Tutor ≠ Homeschooling

quikandskinny

2/18/20 11:11am

Some subjects were homeschooled. And the guy from

Gentleman Stan

2/18/20 11:21am

The only reason someone would say private tutor≠homeschooling would be if they

Submariner

2/18/20 12:42pm

Oh, and parents of kids on sports teams of public schools hate, and I mean

Submariner

2/18/20 12:53pm

Usually home schooling is correlated with the issues of having too many kids.

TheWanderer

2/18/20 9:36am

"Add in all of the issues that come from being raised in a large family" - I'd

cucciolo25

2/18/20 9:58am

Fewer resources to go around. Parental breakdown. Higher incarceration rates.

TheWanderer

2/18/20 10:09am

I would bet there is a strong correlation between those stats and single parents

Schultz is back

2/18/20 2:06pm

It's an interesting question, but maybe not the only factor.(Or the reason here)

TheWanderer

2/18/20 3:11pm

Aren’t paying their share of taxes. That made me laugh out loud.

pilot17

2/18/20 10:14am

Hopefully you were not flying an airplane when you laughed out loud.

TheWanderer

2/18/20 10:17am

Spot on.

Virginia Ute

2/18/20 11:01am

I know a family that homeschools and they only have 2 kids.

YSMACK

2/18/20 11:14am

Thank goodness I said "Usually." Very good choice of words.

TheWanderer

2/18/20 11:17am

Unfortunately, that wasn't all you said:

YSMACK

2/18/20 11:22am

Ahem:

Gentleman Stan

2/18/20 11:28am

Now can you show us a pig with wings?

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 11:42am

Wait, you want me to keep track of your wife now as well?

TheWanderer

2/18/20 12:09pm

Example: 5 kids, homeschooling assisted by two subjects privately tutored,

Gentleman Stan

2/18/20 11:27am

The ignorance is strong with this one

Schultz is back

2/18/20 2:08pm

All depends

Gustav

2/18/20 9:39am

My wife home schooled our 5 children and they in turn are home schooling our

vaquero

2/18/20 9:50am

"Latin" is a key word here. Very telling.

TheWanderer

2/18/20 9:55am

I've found that a lot of people think their homeschooled kids are adjusted well socially

TCuz

2/18/20 10:15am

We'll just have to disagree on this one.

vaquero

2/18/20 10:23am

Yea not sure what “normal” social behavior is these days

cougfanz

2/18/20 10:26am

I've found that a lot of people think their public school educated kids are

Submariner

2/18/20 10:31am

This is called the cycle of abuse. BREAK THE CYCLE.

BYUinTX

2/18/20 10:16am

Having just got back from a TDY with an academy grad who was home

pilot17

2/18/20 10:20am

Were this truly a broad representation, then the SAs would not be admitting an

vaquero

2/18/20 10:28am

That maybe true but what I’m saying is that LDS homeschooled guys/gals who then

pilot17

2/18/20 12:12pm

Also, some people home school because of made up fears of public school being too liberal/conservative or whatever

TCuz

2/18/20 11:10am

Especially in conservative places like Utah, Idaho or Texas. Imagine thinking those places are too liberal for a 6yrold

TEXAS

2/18/20 12:01pm

If you are only looking at test scores/grades, then homeschooling might be a

unctoothman

2/18/20 12:41pm

We pulled out our kids for last 2 months to home school

cougfanz

2/18/20 9:59am

Val Westover?

BYUinTX

2/18/20 10:20am

Odds your kids are college athletes? (Be honest)

pink22

2/18/20 10:24am

For one 100%. She Will be a high level recruit, likely to any school of her

cougfanz

2/18/20 11:51am

I watched that same episode and her homeschooling is laughable. The kids are

IceCreamButt

2/18/20 10:02am

"Most," "many," "rare." I think you're talking out of your assumptions.

panguitch

2/18/20 10:22am

I asked my MIL afterwards about the family

TCuz

2/18/20 10:25am

That is sad.

panguitch

2/18/20 11:12am

Given my sample size (roughly a thousand teens/preteens at any given time), I'd

unctoothman

2/18/20 11:30am

^^this!!

puntersarepeople

2/18/20 11:43am

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