beefalobilly said:
I think a lot of what you have to say about public schools is kind of over-done, I mean it's not like kids go to public schools to get loaded and have sex. That stuff happens after school, and just because a kid is in church or youth group doens' tmean they won't be inovolved with that, I know plenty of kids who are regular with youth group and still go out and party and drink etc.
There are bad eggs no matter where you look. But I'll tell you what, kids don't get loaded and have sex after homeschooling. I've heard many stories about girls being raped on school property and hours, and I've seen for myself drug trading going on while school was in session...in sixth grade. That's unreal. Show me where that can happen during homeschooling.
There's always goign to be bad kids at public schools, but there's also going to be good kids who hang out together. I think if a parent has done their job, then there shouldn't be too big of a problem going to a public school.
True, but it's a little hard for a parent when your child is being force-fed that evolution is true, or that homosexual lifestyles should be tried by everyone, or that Bush is wrong (not that it's him specifically, I'm just saying that schools have no right to bash a President no matter who they are). Schools are handing out condoms to kids instead of teaching abstinence is a better way. Not one of these things are a problem with homeschooling.
And girls will be berated by guys no matter where you go.
I've never seen it with homeschoolers. I've always seen homeschooling boys to be chivalrous, and the girls to be ladylike. In public school, this was rare. Both sides were indecent to each other.
It's not public schools, it's the culture and nature of people.
People are not naturally drug abusers or fornicaters or sexist. They become this way - oftentimes during the public-schooling scenario.
And if you're really trying to protect your children from the influence of other people, then you'd have to cut off interaction with other people completely, there's going to be a negative influence just about anytime you interact with another person.
Completely untrue. I worked at Chick-Fil-A in West Virginia for a while, and many of the employees there were homeschooled. They were very outgoing, friendly, smart, and handled things well. Then I saw many people who used to be my friends who were still in public school. They'd come up to the counter, dressed in fishnets, faces like pincushions. They'd mumble a few words you could never hear. And this isn't an exaggeration, this is serious.
Homeschooling isn't locking your kid up in a plastic bubble like many want you to believe. It's education minus all the crap around it. You can have a good, clean atmosphere (provided where you work is like that), receive a Christian education, and learn social skills without being forced to be sexually harrassed or offered drugs or having the life beat out of you. Ever since I started homeschooling I've seen the degeneration of my former friends who are in public school. Of course it all isn't this way, some public schooling is good. But I have to admit to the fact that every person I ever met who is still in public school is either a pincushion, a drug addict, alcoholic, not a virgin, or has a mouth like you wouldn't believe. And I also have to admit to the fact I've never seen a homeschooler like this.
So, take it as you will. I'm just telling you how I see things. No offense meant to anyone.
Good day
