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RTSDaddy2:
Damn, I should have posted this in politics and religion!   :laugh2:

One final time for those who don't get it:  our daughter is not "closed off" from anything.  She is being given numerous social interactions, she has a bevy of friends to play with from church friends, to daycare friends, to children of former colleagues of mine.  I'm sorry, your argument from that angle makes no sense to me.  Ark,  I'll carry that rod, thank you very much, based on how much farther advanced my child is than most her age....this according to her teachers and her pediatrician.  Neither see any social problems / issues with her, and if professionals don't see any issues, why should we change what works for us just because YOU don't agree with it?  BTW, I know that's not what those of you so viciously against home schooling mean, but it's certainly implied.  :)

 :dizzy: Are you for real Jim? I'm not going to get in to my reasons for being a teacher - I don't think you could handle it without going off on another PnR tear / tangent.  Suffice it to say I got in to PUBLIC education to make a difference...and I went to PRIVATE education when I saw there wasn't a chance in hell that I could make a difference in the first one. (edit): Just so you'll know, in talking with parents of those kids that I've taught in private school recently, as their kids are now heading off to college, I've been assured that I DID make a difference in someone else's life.

As for my daughter, now I know how poor old Barack Obama feels - Mr "Leave my family out of it."   ;D

shardian:
Congrats on the job RTS!

And good for you in choosing to try home schooling. There are TONS of opportunities for home schooled children to interact with other children thru extra curricular activites. The home schooled kids I encountered later in middle/high school were a hell of alot smarter, more confident,  and socially adjusted than most other kids.

My wife has 3 classes and student teaching before having her teaching degree. Its a long way off, but I think we might try homeschooling at some point.

loess:
it's really a good news

WunderCade:
Didn't a "home-schooled kid" win the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee a couple years back? I believe it is so.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: WunderCade on May 30, 2008, 11:09:40 pm ---Didn't a "home-schooled kid" win the Scipps Howard National Spelling Bee a couple years back? I believe it is so.

--- End quote ---

Heh . . . I rest my case.

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