You don't have to be like the average. That's actually the point in the whole home-schooling thing. You can do it right. Its clearly not hard to join social groups; look at all the people already in those groups! They did it.
I'd not take the failings of some, as a condemnation of the whole practice. The only one who matters to you is you - can you do it? Start with a small step - join a group with your student, see if the quality of social interaction is different from their public school experience. How do you tell? You ask your student.
Pedantic: its a myth that 'home schooling' shorts social interaction. The only thing that shorts social interaction is ... failing to provide social interaction.
Or pedantic: it's an observation that "home schooling" correlates well with shorting social interaction. Why is left as an exercise to the interested reader.
Well, taking them out of school 'changes' social interaction, not home-schooling per se. I deny its 'shorting' anything.
Ok, its shorting the danger, bad hygiene and bad social interaction part. But done right its adding real social skills (teamwork, leadership, public service), keeping her healthier and demonstrating real social skills.
Because school, especially middle school, is not showcasing social skills you want her to learn. Cliques, ostracizing, bullying, humiliation are lessons to be sure. But they can stunt growth, particularly in the very young.
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You don't have to be like the average. That's actually the point in the whole home-schooling thing. You can do it right. Its clearly not hard to join social groups; look at all the people already in those groups! They did it.
I'd not take the failings of some, as a condemnation of the whole practice. The only one who matters to you is you - can you do it? Start with a small step - join a group with your student, see if the quality of social interaction is different from their public school experience. How do you tell? You ask your student.
Sure, I get that - but how is that a response to peoples perceptions, which are based on averages in some sense.
You said "it's a myth", maybe you really meant "it doesn't have to be that way".
The latter is clearly true.
Pedantic: its a myth that 'home schooling' shorts social interaction. The only thing that shorts social interaction is ... failing to provide social interaction.
Or pedantic: it's an observation that "home schooling" correlates well with shorting social interaction. Why is left as an exercise to the interested reader.
Well, taking them out of school 'changes' social interaction, not home-schooling per se. I deny its 'shorting' anything. Ok, its shorting the danger, bad hygiene and bad social interaction part. But done right its adding real social skills (teamwork, leadership, public service), keeping her healthier and demonstrating real social skills.
Because school, especially middle school, is not showcasing social skills you want her to learn. Cliques, ostracizing, bullying, humiliation are lessons to be sure. But they can stunt growth, particularly in the very young.