Saw this today (H/T Adrienne’s Corner) and just had to pass it on. Pundette at Pundit & Pundette has a great post, “Getting know where: Public school kids explain why it’s better than homeschooling.” She covers the responses the NYT received in answer to their recent blog question, “Would you want to be homeschooled?”
Do hop over and read it. It’s depressing in a way, as it shows the depth of trouble we are in by clearly exposing the lack of schooling happening in our public schools.
It’s encouraging though to read the comments, few though they are, from the homeschooled young people and see for yourself the remarkable difference in articulation, basic grammar, and spelling.
It’s a good read, don’t miss it.
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I’ve been following a group of local teenagers on Facebook. These kids (mostly girls who are between the ages of 14 – 17, all unmarried, and all pregnant) are so shamefully illiterate it makes your head spin. I know the difference between “text talk” and just plain ignorance. Know/no/now, their/there, too/to are a complete mystery to them. They sure know how to spell f**k, bitch, and any other vile word you can imagine. I can’t see this happening to homeschoolers.
As I’ve said before, all my husbands music students who are homeschooled are bright, polite, and very socialized. The public school kids are, with a very few exceptions, dolts.
Adrienne, I completely agree. I know a few families who homeschool, in fact have a niece who is schooling her three children, has for years, and they are without exception the only kids I know who can look an adult in the eye, have a conversation without mumbling and shrugging their shoulders, and interact equally well with other people their own age. These kids do not lack friends, and my strong suspicion is that their friendships will prove more long-lasting and mutually supportive than those shallow ones I see in the public schools. As you said, bright, polite, socialized, and I would also add, happy. Confident. Interested in things.
Thanks for coming by.
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