I realize I'm not exactly being nice, but for the love of Pete, this kid has been ruined by his mother who has him in home schooling. Social interaction is very important, and now you will see why!!!
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Oh, come on Ramon, that is a ridiculous conclusion.
Are you saying you had NO kids like this at your public elementary school, or even at SJH? I can think of several kids just like this at my elementary school. I can think of some at SJH too. I won't name names, since those kids probably thought *I* was the weird one, but there were some equally weird kids.
Weirdness has very little to do with homeschooling. Weird parents will have weird kids, regardless of where they go to school.
Also, assuming that public school automatically provides appropriate social interaction is also ridiculous. Now that I'm an adult, I interact with people of a variety of ages, from 18 to 72, every day. No one bullies me or calls names. People interact in a polite manner. Homeschooling emulates that real-life social environment much better than public school. In public school, you're segregated by age, which is completely artificial. I don't know about you, but I got bullied. In first grade kids called me "Katie, Katie, the big fat lady" just because it rhymed! At recess in elementary school, my best friend and I read books together -- I rarely played with other kids.
Of course homeschoolers can hole up in their house and never see another person. But the majority of homeschoolers are normal families who are active in academic, extra curricular, athletic, and social groups. Homeschoolers actually have time for all that stuff, unlike public schoolers. If public schoolers have more than 1 extra-curricular activity, they're going to be cutting into family time to do them.
By the way, I'm a huge fan of homeschooling. If I wasn't working FT, you can bet I'd be homeschooling.
Also, my kids are going to be weird. There's no escaping that. My husband and I talk about scientific and mathematical things all the time. We use obscure/weird words, and the kids pick them up.
I think his interview was a little embarrassing should have been for his mother at least they could have gone over a few pointers or something. I think their are definetly pros and cons to homeschooling but for me public school is my choice. Sometimes it is hard to have the dynamics and bullies and such but I think those are things it is good to work through with your kids and will make them stronger in the end. Ya it sucks to be made fun of but life isn't perfect so it is best that we learn how to deal with situations like that.
Most home schoolers in Utah are definitely weird. There are a rare few who turn out okay. (I have very good friends who home school and yes they are weird). They lack social skills. I can say this from working in the school setting as a teacher and also in the home school setting teaching kids.
In NC they have some really scary school, (UT doesn't have anything close to scary schools) schools that have less than 15% of kids on gradelevel, and legitimately scary kids that go there, so many people opt to homeschool. But the laws are really strict there and they have some great programs set up so most kids out there have just as much if not more exposure to social settings. So in some states, home school is not so bad. It just Utah has great public school (comparatively) than other states that those who opt out usually turn out weird, not because of home school but because their parents are weird.
That poor lady doing the interview.
I think I better restate what I mean. I think this kid was rude and is socially inept. He wasn't willing to accept the fact that he had misspelt the word, and was willing to place the blame on her. I think that the mother has done a disservice to the kid, although he would have always been a geek and people would have made fun of him. His inability to conduct a simple interview and sustain basic human interaction will not only cause his teenage years to be difficult, but he will be unable to be a participating member of the workforce as he will not accept his own mistakes and place them on those around him. He will go to college and be the first to blame the professors when he doesn't do well in a class and most likely the mother will justify his actions and reactions. It isn't that this kid is socially inept, which he obviously is, but the fact that he is not willing to take accountability for his actions and is quick to point out the faults of those around him.
Now, I agree with all that completely! I just think he'd be exactly the same in school. :-)
and like Katie said, that's not necessarily because he is home schooled :) Depending on the state, there are different homeschooling laws and besides a lot of families get together or there are huge homeschooling activities. They can also do sports and music at local schools. I mean seriously, I choose charter schools and am scared half to death to send my kids to the local public school. I will be applying to the charter schools again next year.
That was pretty hilarious.
Although I do agree with the kid--I heard an extra "e" in her pronunciation, as well.
Ramon, I home school. I started in NYC. Now tell me which is more evil, sending my kids to public school in NYC or home schooling?
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