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  • The Case Against Homeschooling

    05/31/2009 1:48:40 PM PDT · by aberaussie · 233 replies · 5,762+ views
    Teacher, Revised ^ | May 30, 2009 | Jesse Scaccia
    Homeschooling: great for self-aggrandizing, society-phobic mother…… but not quite so good for the kid. Here are my top ten reasons why homeschooling parents are doing the wrong thing: 10. “You were totally home schooled” is an insult college kids use when mocking the geeky kid in the dorm (whether or not the offender was home schooled or not). And… say what you will… but it doesn’t feel nice to be considered an outsider, a natural outcropping of being homeschooled. 9. Call me old-fashioned, but a students’ classroom shouldn’t also be where they eat Fruit Loops and meat loaf (not at...