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The grass always seems green on another side. There is a lot of benefit to the singularity of purpose at the same time there are a lot of side effects. To giv

by hemantv 11y ago

The grass always seems green on another side. There is a lot of benefit to the singularity of purpose at the same time there are a lot of side effects. To give you one example, homeschooled kid lacks good social skills, which are more important to success in life than mere intelligence or knowledge.

losvedir 11y ago
> homeschooled kid lacks good social skills Definitely not the case, and I wish this tired cliche would go away already. My homeschooled sister is far more social than I am (I did the normal school thing), although we're both fine at it. Homeschoolers probably have a lot more realistic socialization opportunities, as it's all based around common interests and skill levels, just like the real world, rather than being packed together with a bunch of people whose only trait in common with you is their age.
matheweis 11y ago
> homeschooled kid lacks good social skills... Stereotypes like this are broad generalizations and generally not representative of the facts... sort of like saying that all Blacks are criminals, all Muslims are terrorists, or that Gays are child abusers - none of which are generally true. Most of the homeschoolers I have known have excellent social skills, and further, even the few "creepy" homeschool kids that are really awkward socially tend to grow out of it completely within a couple of years of college.
sannee 11y ago
I wonder how does one learn social skills at a place where socializing is explicitly forbidden for about 85% of the time. Also, you get to interact with only about 20 other random people of the same age with the same skill set (by definition). For 10 or so years. Very realistic, totally happens in real life. I mean, schools are terribly inefficient at teaching skills/knowledge, but they are clearly even more terrible at teaching social skills.
- vaishaksuresh 11y ago
  You talk to teachers, ergo learn the meaning of accepting someone's authority. You learn to share common resources in the classroom with your peers. You stick to a schedule and respect other people's time by doing things in a timely manner. You learn to have fun safely, you learn to deal with people more capable of you (intellectually and physically). I could go on. They all seem like pretty good social skills to me.

by hemantv 11y ago

losvedir 11y ago

> homeschooled kid lacks good social skills Definitely not the case, and I wish this tired cliche would go away already. My homeschooled sister is far more social than I am (I did the normal school thing), although we're both fine at it. Homeschoolers probably have a lot more realistic socialization opportunities, as it's all based around common interests and skill levels, just like the real world, rather than being packed together with a bunch of people whose only trait in common with you is their age.

matheweis 11y ago

> homeschooled kid lacks good social skills... Stereotypes like this are broad generalizations and generally not representative of the facts... sort of like saying that all Blacks are criminals, all Muslims are terrorists, or that Gays are child abusers - none of which are generally true. Most of the homeschoolers I have known have excellent social skills, and further, even the few "creepy" homeschool kids that are really awkward socially tend to grow out of it completely within a couple of years of college.

sannee 11y ago

I wonder how does one learn social skills at a place where socializing is explicitly forbidden for about 85% of the time. Also, you get to interact with only about 20 other random people of the same age with the same skill set (by definition). For 10 or so years. Very realistic, totally happens in real life. I mean, schools are terribly inefficient at teaching skills/knowledge, but they are clearly even more terrible at teaching social skills.

vaishaksuresh 11y ago
You talk to teachers, ergo learn the meaning of accepting someone's authority. You learn to share common resources in the classroom with your peers. You stick to a schedule and respect other people's time by doing things in a timely manner. You learn to have fun safely, you learn to deal with people more capable of you (intellectually and physically). I could go on. They all seem like pretty good social skills to me.