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ing weird kid! wow!
The kid is a , I don't care how smart you are, if you don't have the basic social skills to communicate you can't do anything in life.
I won't homeschool my kid.
ing weird kid! wow!
If the kid stays homeschooled he will lack the social skills to make friends or get a girl. If they put the kid in a school system, he will be picked on and/or will be an outkast. That kid is ed.
This kid would get his ass kicked in high school. His parents probably home school him for his own safety.
I bet that lady said during the commercial, "Holy why wasn't I warned about this kid being barely communicative?"
Although, to be fair, the kid had a point that scombridae is tough to tell how to spell without the Latin root. But sheesh, yeah, he's someone who's probably not losing his virginity in the next decade.
I wouldn't take this one kid as a representative example of all homeschoolers. Most of the ones I've known are great -- smart, socially aware and well-adjusted, can communicate coherently, and are not addicted to their cell phones or MyFace. (Not all, bu most).
And I can find plenty of public school kids just as bad, or worse, than this kid.
Uncharacteristic (of your namesake), Don Quixote. You set the bar too low!
Last edited by Winehole23; 04-02-2009 at 01:42 AM.
*School* is not healthy for children and other living things.
We need brand new educational ins utions. Homeschooling is one. But we can do much better.
My wife's grandmother, a true "salt of the earth" kinda gal always snorted at homeschooled kids for being sheltered.
Sometime when the woman was in her late seventies, my wife was talking about the topic with her, and was struck by something that sweet ol' granny said:
"The first time those kids get to college and hear someone say the word " " they are going to have a heart attack."
The sheltered kids always ultimately ed up in life. Sometimes it wasnt catastrophic, other times it was.
Homeschooled, sheltered...whatever.
These maladjusted adolescents go away to college, probably their first time away from mom's smothering, they go to their first party, get drunk for the first time with more than two people and the rest of the story is history.
Total waste-oids. I knew a kid in my class who had terrets-syndrome (sp?) that was more or less sheltered his whole life. Kind of a dorky kid, pretty smart, yada yada. The moment his parents stopped watching, he tried everything. Really liked oxy-cotin (sp?) and ended up getting arrested for breaking into the local vet trying to steal it.
He just got out of prison and is nowhere near the same kid that went in.
So he's an eccentric nerd. Why does this bother you guys so much?
Why does the concept of home-schooling bother you guys so much? It's not what I'm doing, but it's a free country. That kid is probably getting a far superior education than what he'd receive in a public school.
Everyone gets in trouble now and then.
I have no problem with homeschooling. I'm just pointing out that the kid has EXTREMELY poor social skills, which will probably lead to him being a virgin for awhile, or maybe punched in the face in a later date.
what's wrong with home schooled spelling bee winners?
That is the ultimate danger of homeschooling: providing learning, but no real guidance on how to be a competant adult that can make good decisions in real life.
The number one goal of any/every parent should be to foster independence and realize that you can't keep your kid from the world forever. You must give them the real-life skills they will need when they finally fly from the nest.
Judging by Mr.Gates' smile, one would assume he wasnt going to prison.Everyone gets in trouble now and then.
Not jail....prison.
I've met some kids who were home-schooled and they turned out miles ahead of some of the losers I encountered in public school.
lol at people using Bill Gates as a crutch when arguing for dropping out of school or getting busted by the cops.Everyone gets in trouble now and then.
In 20 years a lot of the "cool" kids will probably be calling this kid "boss".
I know plenty of people who were homeschooled and turned out fine, but that kid's not going to be anybody's boss. He's going to be a pedophile.
He wasn't just some nerd, he was someone who's obviously very smart and totally unequipped for human interaction. His development will become arrested, his intellect will be stunted by his social/emotional immaturity and at some point he's going to turn into a real weirdo whose main goal in life is to diddle 4 year olds.
Last edited by balli; 04-02-2009 at 10:43 AM. Reason: immaturity>maturity
aren't you the boss of your company?
I was home schooled.
I turned out fine, minus the part where I don't have any friends. Especially on these forums.
Eh, I used to watch and laugh at your Gob video. That was yours right? Anyways,for that.
Have any of you really taken the time to see what homeschooling is? These kids don't just stay at home - there are many ways these kids interact with other homeschooled kids. For example - when the kids get into high school, many times the parent doesn't feel competent enough to teach the more complex subjects. So, a parent who is competent will teach a number of kids; kinda like a very small private school.
They also have intramural sports and field trips. Many times, Christian schools will allow homeschooled kids to be in the band or take part in school plays.
Homeschooling has come a long way and homeschooled kids usually do very well. Test scores back this up, and many universities actively pursue homeschooled students.
This kid may be socially inept - but don't blame it all on the homeschooling.
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