[r9etb]

Well...You may have known an outlier.

Well, I guess I know a lot of outliers, then.

But of course, you have a bias: The institutionalized child answered my questions with grunts, monosyllables, or merely nods of the head. Then there was the 20 degree off-centered stare. Yes, there were a few exceptions.

Your choice of words is quite telling -- your "institutionalized child" attitude is precisely the attitude I noted among the so-called "outliers." Smug and dismissive of those who do not do as you do.

Perhaps you're an "outlier," too.

[Fletcher J]

r9etb,

Please don’t break it to wintertime that kids other than homeschoolers can be fine and decent people. She’s a fanatic, and spouting her arrogant and biased generalizations about homeschoolers vs. public schoolers seems to make her happy.

Oh, and she’s been using that “institutionalized child” smear for years on FR, and still thinks it’s clever.

[wintertime]

Drive by a typical government school. Does it look like an “institution”?...or?...Perhaps a minimum security prison?

I think the term “institutionalized”child is a bit softer and less harsh than “incarcerated” child. :-)