Monday, May 15, 2006
Now that you think about it, that's a tough call, isn't it?
Well, sure, the U.S. military is trying to shore up the troops in Iraq with autistic recruits and the mentally ill. But, let's face it, it's either them or ... this guy. Suddenly, that autistic kid is looking pretty good, isn't he?
BONUS SNARK: Jesus' General weighs in on wanker Ben as well. Make sure you follow the link to Ezra Klein for all sorts of at-no-extra-charge wankery. (What the fuck is it with these little twits and home schooling?)
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Met a few home-school victims, er, students. They all seem starved for attention from anyone new they happen to meet. Sad, really.
Oh, they're super-bright. Just socially under-developed. Anyone can act like a know-it-all when Mommy's there 24/7.
Try that in public school and you'll last about 15 minutes.
I'm still waiting for home-churching.
We homeschool and its a good fit. Socializing for Josh mostly takes place in the home during school hours - with forrays to museums or cultural events, or things like going to the Space Center or doing camping or hiking.
But from the time school gets out, we had a regular contignent of kids who were home from the public school, (latchkey kids) who always wanted to come over and play with Josh, and from 3:30 to dusk my son was busy busy busy hard at play with the dozen or so kids in the neighborhood.
Oh.. my husband is an athiest, and I am pretty much agnostic. There is no "churching" going on.
Current homeschool project, since there is so much talk about "the war" in our house, we just bought a 22 volume encyclopedia on WWII that my son is devouring. He loves history and enjoys reading more than playing video games.
We use the Sudbury Valley approach to homeschooling, wherein the learning is all self-directed. Josh moves at his own pace and can take as much time as he wants to learn on certain topics.
He's spooked some adults out with his grasp of economics and knowledge of current events and history.
His main worry right now is that with the baby coming, he won't be able to get as much time in with discussions with me on subjects he is learning about -- we may look at signing him up at the Adult Ed Center now that we are in Duncan, just to get him credentialed and certified.
Homeschooling doesn't have to be a bad thing. It has been my son's choice since Kindergarten. Every year we ask him if he wants to go to regular school and every year he has declined saying he prefers to study at home.
It kinda depends on why they're being homeschooled, which determines the kinds of things they're learning.
If they're being homeschooled because the public schools are insufficiently christian/right-wing, well . . .
Frankly, I'd rather have the autistic kid in my foxhole than that rethuglican brat. He'd be less likely to wet his pants and run if bullets started flying.
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