Those that preach home schooling as an end all are the ones that really do need a "break". A breaking out from their naiveness.
I agree, homeschooled kids should strive to more more worldly and less naieve....kinda like the kids featured in this story...
Paging Captain Obvious. Homeschooled kids don't ride a bus to school.
You think homeschooled kids don't get out in the world and are sheltered from popular culture ? Go do some research - homeschooled kids participate in many activities outside the house. "Homeschooled" doesn't mean "segregated" - it is simply a reflection that education is directed by the parents, not the government.
My kid takes a music lesson at a local music school, rides her horse and is a working student at a barn which has a lot of other kids all in outside schools, volunteers as a docent at the local (inner city) natural science museum, takes a chemistry class with a chemical engineering professor at a local university, speaks spanish with the migrant workers at the barn, and does 2-3 hours of academics at home. Oh yes, and she enjoys watching Fox News and Brit Hume for her news.
Do you think this indicates a withdrawal from the world ? And mine is typical of most of the homeschoolers we know.
Homeschooled kids are well aware of the garbage that exists in popular culture - some wallow in it and some don't, just like not all of the kids on the bus got in on the "action".
So, do you always talk out of your ass like this, or just when you can display it for all the internet to see? Your display of ignorance is truly stupendous.
Well, as a homeschooler, my kids don't spend a lot of time on school busses with other children.