MaggieD
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Oh you have no idea, hon.
Try working in IT and the number of people who will try to impress you with their knowledge that end up obviously not knowing what they are talking about (here is a hint, computers are not nearly as elaborate as most people think they are, they are machines that follow very simple rules). Then they start digging that hole deeper and deeper...
They are the reason I learned the art of the fake smile and listen.
My brother-in-law told me a long time ago, "Maggie, you're too damned smart. Start acting dumber. Or at least shut up. You'll get a whole lot more information from people that way."
He was right.
Start acting dumber. Or at least shut up.
Oh you have no idea, hon.
Try working in IT and the number of people who will try to impress you with their knowledge that end up obviously not knowing what they are talking about (here is a hint, computers are not nearly as elaborate as most people think they are, they are machines that follow very simple rules). Then they start digging that hole deeper and deeper...
They are the reason I learned the art of the fake smile and listen.
Yesterday we went to Tom's nephew's 5th birthday part at Chuck E. Cheese. It was very nice. Some 20 kids and half parents. Pizza and an arcade.
A woman sat next to us (one of the moms) and, as we visited, she said she home schooled her 7th grader. She was obviously very proud and talked about the things she'd had to learn as she went along . . . and a bit about the process.
I asked her how she made the decision to home school (since 4th grade), and she said she was always getting calls from the teacher that her son was disruptive. And that he just didn't like to follow rules.
"Like, for instance," she said, "he'd never write his name and class at the top of his papers. And he'd always get in trouble for that." THAT'S an important enough reason you use that as an example of why you decided to home school one of your kids? (She has two others in public school.) I said, "Well, at some point, he's going to have to learn to follow instructions and write his name at the top, yes?" She said, "Well, he doesn't have to do it in MY class, does he?"
I just smiled.
She shortly got up and moved.
Some people are screwballs.
Yea there are some homeschooling disasters out there, but what do you make of this report?
Can Homeschoolers Do Well in College? - CBS News
Yea there are some homeschooling disasters out there, but what do you make of this report?
Can Homeschoolers Do Well in College? - CBS News
Yea there are some homeschooling disasters out there, but what do you make of this report?
Can Homeschoolers Do Well in College? - CBS News
I think that's awesome. Sangha's right. I wasn't commenting or implying anything at all about home schooling (that'd be a different thread). I was merely commenting on her poor reasoning skills. Hope she doesn't pass 'em on.
Yesterday we went to Tom's nephew's 5th birthday part at Chuck E. Cheese. It was very nice. Some 20 kids and half parents. Pizza and an arcade.
A woman sat next to us (one of the moms) and, as we visited, she said she home schooled her 7th grader. She was obviously very proud and talked about the things she'd had to learn as she went along . . . and a bit about the process.
I asked her how she made the decision to home school (since 4th grade), and she said she was always getting calls from the teacher that her son was disruptive. And that he just didn't like to follow rules.
"Like, for instance," she said, "he'd never write his name and class at the top of his papers. And he'd always get in trouble for that." THAT'S an important enough reason you use that as an example of why you decided to home school one of your kids? (She has two others in public school.) I said, "Well, at some point, he's going to have to learn to follow instructions and write his name at the top, yes?" She said, "Well, he doesn't have to do it in MY class, does he?"
I just smiled.
She shortly got up and moved.
Some people are screwballs.
On ballance, however, I'm sure that boy will never be arested for holding a half eaten pop-tart like a gun, or wearing an NRA shirt.Yesterday we went to Tom's nephew's 5th birthday part at Chuck E. Cheese. It was very nice. Some 20 kids and half parents. Pizza and an arcade.
A woman sat next to us (one of the moms) and, as we visited, she said she home schooled her 7th grader. She was obviously very proud and talked about the things she'd had to learn as she went along . . . and a bit about the process.
I asked her how she made the decision to home school (since 4th grade), and she said she was always getting calls from the teacher that her son was disruptive. And that he just didn't like to follow rules.
"Like, for instance," she said, "he'd never write his name and class at the top of his papers. And he'd always get in trouble for that." THAT'S an important enough reason you use that as an example of why you decided to home school one of your kids? (She has two others in public school.) I said, "Well, at some point, he's going to have to learn to follow instructions and write his name at the top, yes?" She said, "Well, he doesn't have to do it in MY class, does he?"
I just smiled.
She shortly got up and moved.
Some people are screwballs.
It should be illegal to home-school your children unless you have legitimate credentials. Otherwise you'll have 18 year olds out there who are social misfits...or think God created <insert random thing/circumstance/theory here>.
A libertarian for more restrictions? Wierd. I favor some credentials for people that want to some school, but I can't argue that many are doing well in college. I think as percentages of society they do better then most, less crime, more productive so I think it's fine as is and wouldn't mess with it. Every kid that is home schooled has parents paying taxes for public schools....imagine if they all showed up for school? It'd be a financial crisis.
Please say you didn't cite an article that cited a "journal" published by a non-academic entity. You were just joking, and you really realize that this "study" had as its subject a single university from a single community, and that such a study does not help you to know anything at all about homeschooled students in general. Right?
That sounds defensive.
I don't think Maggie was commenting about all home schoolers; Just one individual she encountered.
I think that's awesome. Sangha's right. I wasn't commenting or implying anything at all about home schooling (that'd be a different thread). I was merely commenting on her poor reasoning skills. Hope she doesn't pass 'em on.
You pass for the headline of this thread. I didn't call it a study, I didn't say it was from an academic journal, I didn't even defend homeschooling. I asked what she thought about an article. You know it's amazing how people sound sometimes, isn't it?
Actually, I fear that that's exactly why she chose to home school... she knows better and wants to teach her kid accordingly.I think that's awesome. Sangha's right. I wasn't commenting or implying anything at all about home schooling (that'd be a different thread). I was merely commenting on her poor reasoning skills. Hope she doesn't pass 'em on.
OK. I was just was clarifying if you were making a specific point or a general one.
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