[humblegunner]

Madison Browning, 8, spent a recent school day coloring, playing on swings at a park and whirling to Japanese string music at a cozy dance studio. Caedyn Curto, 13, studied biblical scripture at his family's kitchen table before tackling decimals, completing a biology test and revising a journalism essay.

Ah, yes.
Those gifted homeschool children, so much better than the rest.

No doubt they will do well at their home-jobs, too.
They mustn't be subjected to that nasty competition after all.

Poor little frail darlings.

[elk]

Actually, there's mostly no such thing as a gifted, nor a disabled learner among most children -- they all come along at their own pace, some faster, some slower. Even though my kids are WAY ahead of their public school counterparts, they are just on par with what kids were learning 100 years ago!

Think about all those older folks you know who have "only an 8th grade education", and their wisdom and education, and that should give you some perspective on how dumbed-down it has become. In fact, one futurist pointed out that the current 13-year education really only should take about 7 years. So, no, homeschoolers aren't necessarily a brilliant, special lot. I daresay their parents are highly involved in their educations and character development (as would a diligent public school parent, I think), and that probably has a big impact on how they do.

Now, if being polite, respectful of all ages, caring of youngers, respectful of elders, making eye contact with all, not being a respecter of persons (but discerning of character), less influenced by peer pressure, and colorblind, well, I'm just not going to apologize for that sort of "socialization," on behalf of homeschoolers.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I saw your post 36, and was going to empathetic to your position that those of us homeschooling come off as egotistical because we have been blessed with an incredible experience and the results of the hard work and love to share it to a fault.

Then I saw this post. Go educate yourself about the success of homeschooled children before posting such moronic diatribes in the future.

[itsahoot]

Those gifted homeschool children, so much better than the rest.

Actually they do well, not that you would care to research the subject.

[Tired of Taxes]

They mustn't be subjected to that nasty competition after all.

Where did you get the idea they're not subjected to competition?

[onewhowatches]

Well, I’ve known some kids who came out of homeschooling ready to take on the world. In one case the parent and partner were Randian Objectivists — not exactly hardcore, but it was central to their teaching. In the other case the parents were socialists, though, interestingly, the children turned out otherwise — libertarian, in fact.

[Twink]

I so like you :) lol.

As said before, I get what you’re saying. Some really do post that crap. Some don’t. However, I shouldn’t be in this thread because I don’t homeschool. I was told that in a thread not too long ago. But by that logic, the public education threads shouldn’t be taken over by the homeschoolers but we all know they are. Hmmmm. Guess I’m in a mood tonight ;)