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JP> DR> As for socialization, most of it is negative that I've seen. I'm not
JP> DR> thrilled with it. Besides, most homeschoolers get involved in a
JP> DR> homeschool support group with park days, field trips, an dother
JP> DR> "schoolish" activities.
JP>And a majority of them are being taught at home by parents that have 
dropped
JP>out of school without completing highschool.  Have no idea what a lesson
JP>plan is for, or what education is all about.  If you think that I am 
talking
JP>about socialization outside the classroom, maybe you better go back to 
schoo
JP>I was refering to the student having to put up with the name calling and
JP>the missing of assignments, the "put-downs" as well as the "lift-ups" from
JP>the other students.  This thing they used to call character that is 
issing
JP>in our society since the mid-60's.
JP>Children, in our society today need a lot better education than they can 
get
JP>at home.  Not just the 3 R's, but the rest of the alphabet thrown in to 
boot
JP>and one or two adults cannot do it alone.
JP>I noticed that there was no rebuking me for the statement that less than 
1/1
JP>of 1 percent of the homeschooled students ever make it into college...the
JP>reason is not because of lack of money....the reason is because of lack of
JP>being able to keep up with the rest of the students.  Don't get me wrong,
JP>your child may or may not be the brightest kid in the world....the fact is
JP>that a majority of homeschooled children will wind up dropping out before
JP>they ever finish highschool.  And I have to tell you this, the idea that a
JP>GED is as good as a diploma from an accredited school is no more than a
JP>make believe story.
JP>I am not sorry if I offended you, not if it made you stop and think for 
just
JP>a minute about what is best for the child.  And no way can you convince me
JP>that a parent is a better teacher than the professional.  If that were the
JP>truth, then the students in Bangledesh, Somalia and Zaire are the most 
educa
JP>students on the face of the earth......they learn everything from their
JP>parents.
JP>Take care, luck be yours and God bless you and yours til next we met!!
JP>James Prior
JP>... If parents are so damn smart.....why do they have kids?
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