yesterday someone commented about the contradiction that you believe navigating social situations is better than learning about square root of everything but you took your kid out of school because he got terrified that bullies beat the skin off his best friend.
I was considering what I’d do in your situation. I was wondering if anyone would ever learn anything or move past terrified when facing bullies.
Probably not.
Social knowledge is super valuable but I don’t know if there’s any learning while getting beat up. I don’t know if it’s worth at the expense of getting bullied and teachers not doing anything about it.
I wish you’d address that comment a bit more so I get a bit more to think about.
Lori says:
even if homeschooling didn’t offer superior education, it would be totally worth it for the release from the school calendar, the ability to see movies at 11:00 a.m. on a tuesday in an empty theatre, the opportunity to camp at national parks during the week in september, etc.
we do everything off-schedule from the rest of the world and our lives are blissfully laid-back.
i love walking through a museum when there’s only one or two other people around – and sometimes another hs’ing family.
what they learned is probably very much worth the price of 6 $30 wristbands!
yesterday someone commented about the contradiction that you believe navigating social situations is better than learning about square root of everything but you took your kid out of school because he got terrified that bullies beat the skin off his best friend.
I was considering what I’d do in your situation. I was wondering if anyone would ever learn anything or move past terrified when facing bullies.
Probably not.
Social knowledge is super valuable but I don’t know if there’s any learning while getting beat up. I don’t know if it’s worth at the expense of getting bullied and teachers not doing anything about it.
I wish you’d address that comment a bit more so I get a bit more to think about.
even if homeschooling didn’t offer superior education, it would be totally worth it for the release from the school calendar, the ability to see movies at 11:00 a.m. on a tuesday in an empty theatre, the opportunity to camp at national parks during the week in september, etc.
we do everything off-schedule from the rest of the world and our lives are blissfully laid-back.
i love walking through a museum when there’s only one or two other people around – and sometimes another hs’ing family.