waiting out the storm (virus)

[MossRoad]

I can certainly see where social skills would fall behind in home schooling.

It wasn't so much falling behind as it was staying within their closed group. As I said, I've met many home-schooled people that are completely normal. Just like me.

:laughing:

 

[Molalla1]

It wasn't so much falling behind as it was staying within their closed group. As I said, I've met many home-schooled people that are completely normal. Just like me.

:laughing:

Ah h*ll Moss ya missed out on the beatings from the nuns and a few priests . . . :laughing:

 

[RandyT]

As with anything else, you only get out of it what you put into it. My future son-in-law was home schooled. He's fine. Normal guy. I've met many others that have been home schooled. Great folks. My wife works with a guy who's wife home schools their 4 kids. Wonderful kids. Super smart, caring, polite, outgoing... the kind of kids most people would want their kids to turn out like. A+!! To note, however, she is a professional teacher. She knows what she's doing. So was my mom. She taught us at home more than most get at school.

With that said, I also had to deal with a large cult-like group of home schooler families (about 50-60 families) that was quite eye opening. Without going into detail due to religion and politics, they were the most self-centered group of parents raising the most awkwardly introverted unsocialized children one could imagine. Borderline feral kids. Pretty creepy.

So, that's that.

So they had been assimilated into thinking the same closed mind ideals.

 

[ovrszd]

I can agree to that ovrszd. Just also thinking that this crisis may lead to a change in the family dynamic partly due to people realizing they can do more with less, and also if this thing drags out like predicted for 12-18 months parents will either not send their kids back to school due to possible risk, or parents that move to homeschooling may decide to stay with it after it ends.

I believe in 12-18 months we won't remember any of these threads and most certainly won't remember the technical name for this virus.

 

[drssg]

As with anything else, you only get out of it what you put into it. My future son-in-law was home schooled. He's fine. Normal guy. I've met many others that have been home schooled. Great folks. My wife works with a guy who's wife home schools their 4 kids. Wonderful kids. Super smart, caring, polite, outgoing... the kind of kids most people would want their kids to turn out like. A+!! To note, however, she is a professional teacher. She knows what she's doing. So was my mom. She taught us at home more than most get at school.

With that said, I also had to deal with a large cult-like group of home schooler families (about 50-60 families) that was quite eye opening. Without going into detail due to religion and politics, they were the most self-centered group of parents raising the most awkwardly introverted unsocialized children one could imagine. Borderline feral kids. Pretty creepy.

So, that's that.

I only have one data point regarding home schooling. I bought a used truck from a nice older couple that had custody of and was home schooling their granddaughter, who was early grade school age.

This girl was clearly starved for social interaction with ANYBODY that was not her grandparents. She was quite excited to have a visitor, and she insisted on showing me her "laboratory" in the basement, and she wanted to do it in private. The grandparents were understandably reluctant to let their granddaughter be alone with a complete stranger, but the girl was adamant.

The grandmother kept trying to sneak down the basement stairs while the little girl showed me her bug collection, magnifying glass, and assorted scientific wonders. When the girl spotted her grandmother, she'd give her heck, insisting that she wanted to show me this stuff alone.

I have periodically wondered how that little girl turned out.

 

[ultrarunner]

Would be wonderful if that happens but those in Healthcare won’t be so fortunate.

 

[Molalla1]

I believe in 12-18 months we won't remember any of these threads and most certainly won't remember the technical name for this virus.

I'm in this camp Richard.

 

[MossRoad]

Ah h*ll Moss ya missed out on the beatings from the nuns and a few priests . . . :laughing:

Didn't miss nothing.... I'm a 12 year survivor of Catholic school. Had one nun beat me once. My dad told her it better not happen again. It didn't.

 

[MossRoad]

Had to reactivate my Y2K bunker.

 

[Molalla1]

Didn't miss nothing.... I'm a 12 year survivor of Catholic school. Had one nun beat me once. My dad told her it better not happen again. It didn't.

Good for Dad . . . back when I was there they (parents) did not question them.