Homeschooling Kids- A Little Too Protected?
"Why don't you expose your children to the outside world?"
Without a doubt, this is probably the main objection to homeschooling.
(Yes, I'm blogging on homeschooling. I never, ever wanted to, but here I am)
Being a homeschooler, I've obviously met many other homeschoolers. Some are almost the same like those who attend school- except a bit more uncultured. My younger brothers loathe these kinds of people. (They loathe almost everyone except those whom they don't loathe, admittedly)
Then there are, of course, the other homeschoolers. They're more normal people who are more tolerable, hehe.
Anyway, I can't really see why that objection would stand upon close observation- homeschoolers are indeed exposed, probably even more than those who go to school. Obviously, there are some of those who are carefully, jealously, guarded by their parents...but so do other people who are non-homeschoolers.
What I worry about, rather, is lack of regard for their-our- home country. Most HS (May I abbreviate it?) don't know Bahasa Malaysia (Our national language), unfortunately. I can recall the moment my friend asked me what the "Berhenti" sign on the road meant...
Other than that, it might be said that homeschooler are even more exposed than those who go to the public schools, as I can personally attest.
(Methinks that this is it- I'm going to be writing more stuff on homeschooling from now on. Stay tuned.)
Without a doubt, this is probably the main objection to homeschooling.
(Yes, I'm blogging on homeschooling. I never, ever wanted to, but here I am)
Being a homeschooler, I've obviously met many other homeschoolers. Some are almost the same like those who attend school- except a bit more uncultured. My younger brothers loathe these kinds of people. (They loathe almost everyone except those whom they don't loathe, admittedly)
Then there are, of course, the other homeschoolers. They're more normal people who are more tolerable, hehe.
Anyway, I can't really see why that objection would stand upon close observation- homeschoolers are indeed exposed, probably even more than those who go to school. Obviously, there are some of those who are carefully, jealously, guarded by their parents...but so do other people who are non-homeschoolers.
What I worry about, rather, is lack of regard for their-our- home country. Most HS (May I abbreviate it?) don't know Bahasa Malaysia (Our national language), unfortunately. I can recall the moment my friend asked me what the "Berhenti" sign on the road meant...
Other than that, it might be said that homeschooler are even more exposed than those who go to the public schools, as I can personally attest.
(Methinks that this is it- I'm going to be writing more stuff on homeschooling from now on. Stay tuned.)
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on Sunday, November 06, 2005 at 10:28 PM.
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