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I think you need to get out more! Whew! What a load of malarky.

Just go to NHERI and read the studies that show that HSed students are socially superior to their public schooled counterparts.

"Outside influences" and "socialization" are red herring arguments; back in the 1700s and 1800s, a child rarely saw friends or socialized. They did not have the time! They were staying alive, and building the greatest nation that ever existed on the face of the earth. They did not need constant socialization, nor ouside influences. In fact, I think the schools are neurotic about socializing all the time. It makes one question the agenda behind such statements. If one is not socializing 24/7, one has time to think, and to develope their own personality, and inner strength. A person has to be an individual first, and learn to consult themselves about what is best for them; not other people who can lead them astray and down the wrong path. That is what the left fears; that HSers will be conservative and independent, and not able to be overtaken by them.

Just go to NHERI and read the studies that show that HSed students are socially superior to their public schooled counterparts.

I took our boys to the lake last weekend without mom, and a woman in the next campground decided she would take care of my boys in mom's absence. This woman was amazed at how well my boys interacted socially with everyone else at the lake.

After I told her they were homeschooled, she looked at me and said

That's wonderful. My only concern for them is the socialization they are missing in public schools.

I looked at her and wondered if she realized the contradiction. My response was: "I don't know who started that..." and before I could say anymore, she said:

Is that a myth?

I looked at her, smiled, and said my boys are evidence it is.

Apparently some people are so used to hearing the myth they repeat it without thinking.

In fact, I think the schools are neurotic about socializing all the time.

there is a line in Farenheit 451 that says it all... i cannot remember it word-for-word, but Clarisse, the young girl thrilled by ideas, and interested in being part of the world around her, tells Montag that she is not missed at school because they think she is strange... a misfit... not socialized... but she says, "i think what we're doing now (talking, sharing) is social... not sitting at desks all day until the next bell rings."

i got a kick out of that... truly, time spent in public school is artificial living...