Social, yeah, we do that.
Aug. 3rd, 2017 10:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crazychicknladyH was telling me about a YouTube video where a girl compared how activities are different for homeschooling vs schooling. She was obviously pulling from memories of her own experiences. Most of the categories leaned negative towards traditional schooling: having to get up too early for school, having to worry about what to wear to school, having more restrictions on eating at school. The difference for social was glaring, though, and was heavily school favored. The school girl got to talk to and hang out with her friends; the homeschool girl looked wistful, all by herself, just playing with her stuffies.
H's and my conclusion, was the girl's Mom had somehow really dropped the ball on the social opportunity stuff, and the girl was bitter, but didn't realise her experiences were not the homeschooler norm.
Our counter example for the week:
Tuesday: Coffee shop hangout with nearly 30 teens. Later, youngest kid with karate.
Wednesday: Middle kid had violin.
Thursday: Game day playing Magic the Gathering and other tabletop games, with nearly a dozen people ranging in age from 7 to adult. Later, youngest kid with karate.
Friday: Soda Shop hang out for teens.
Plus our year looks like it's just going to get busier from here on out.
H's and my conclusion, was the girl's Mom had somehow really dropped the ball on the social opportunity stuff, and the girl was bitter, but didn't realise her experiences were not the homeschooler norm.
Our counter example for the week:
Tuesday: Coffee shop hangout with nearly 30 teens. Later, youngest kid with karate.
Wednesday: Middle kid had violin.
Thursday: Game day playing Magic the Gathering and other tabletop games, with nearly a dozen people ranging in age from 7 to adult. Later, youngest kid with karate.
Friday: Soda Shop hang out for teens.
Plus our year looks like it's just going to get busier from here on out.
