Just one too many times?! Thankfully now that I'm in my mid-40s, it's not as big of a deal. I've credited my homeschool years for my success at staying productive and avoiding burnout while working from home the past 3 years.
@@P0tat0ssh0uldb3blu3I think his point is that homeschoolers tend to be better at interacting with adults than kids from public schools. Good for you if you're able to talk to carry a conversation with adults
@@P0tat0ssh0uldb3blu3 He is dissing the guys who are in college and have a meltdown if somebody tell them there are only 2 genders or uses the wrong pronoun
I was like that, but then when I got into high-school everyone was dead faced and didn't laugh at the teachers jokes (which were great in my opinion 🤓), so now I'm less lively which I hate but I'm trying to be better
homeschoolers just tend to think differently they haven't had their natural curiosity beaten down so they can approach a subject from several angles to solve a problem. rather than have their ability to creatively find a solution (eliminated with Rote learning) as in there is only ON WAY to get an answer. for they have not been "molded" to become an anonymous cog in the vast machine.
The government punished us in the public school systems & allowed bullying, which obviously leads the students to anxiety filled involuntary social interactions. That’s why kids aren’t normal anymore. Homeschooled kids don’t care for acceptance or stress over inhumane punishments. They are free to live healthily without fear. It’s so sad public school kids piss on themselves for a teachers convenience, and graduate only to be incapable and antisocial.
I've had adults tell me they can tell my kids are homeschooled because my kids will look them in the eye when they speak and are respectful in their speech.
There’s a difference between being homeschooled and being on independent learning. Most kids are on the latter, ACTUAL homeschooled kids do be weird and anti social lol.
@@SabbathPriest33EXCUSEEE MEEE??? I'have been homescholes my whole life!! And i'm the social, extrovert friend of my group! My ex bestie was on public school and she was ackward and shy af, she cannoteven say hi, I was the one social there, tf.
Same here, people learn I was homeschooled and start out by patronizing me and then have to pick their jaws up off the floor when they find out that I wrote and published a children's book at 14 years old and was done with high school at 15.....
Yeah😂. I've had like over 5 people, kids and adults alike, ask me the same question "so are you going to stay homeschooled all through highschool?" and when tell them yes there face gives off the expression of, 'blink twice if you need help'.
@@TurtleFist3556 bruh kids know more about gay neo communism than how many stars are in the American flag. If you think the system is failing it's because it's already failed you
Really? My parents have told me “you dont learn like how you would in person” and so on, but only bc they don’t know much( I don’t either) and I’m hoping to become a doctor in the future , is homeschooling the same education as in person?? Little confused and uneducated about this lol
As a homeschooler… I can say with confidence that homeschoolers are some of the most emotionally conscience, critically-thinking, and accepting people you will ever meet. We’re not completely socially inept just because we were taught at home!!
@Samuel C. Maybe you are lol but most people who were homeschooling that I've met are well adjusted and can hold real conversations. Now some are socially awkward because their parents didn't teach them how to interact with others but most are taught this. In public schools you are taught bad habits and an odd way to respond and interact with authority even if authority is incorrect and wrong. Which leads to reactive adults and uncontrollable emotions
@@artsy4010 I'm more chill, smarter, more behaved, polite and well mannered than my public school friends. Except I also went to public school 😂 it depends on your parents and how they raise you really. Not where you got your education.
We’re taught to socialize outside of our age group rather than just peers or teachers. Even my introvert siblings have no problem talking to anyone. I literally got caught up talking to strangers twice in the same dollar store shopping trip. 😂
My child was homeschooled until he wanted to join the public system in middle school. He wanted to know what that was like. They had to jump him a year and is currently in high honors. They put him to tutor other kids. He is not socially awkward because we always made sure he went on field trips with other homeschoolers and he was in sports most of the time. He is an excellent public speaker, not afraid to express his opinions. He’s turning out alright in my books. I’m really proud of him. The homeschool community is bigger than y’all think, and in recent years it has exploded.
I am a homeschooler and I have many social skills. I actually started homeschooling because the school wouldn't let me participate in my favorite sports.
Homeschool community exploded in recent years #ThanksBush #ThanksObama lol those two did more to push people into homeschool than even the woke movement has the past 2 years. Bush's no child left behind brought education standards down to the lowest common denominator and Obama's common core curriculum basically assassinated all forms of critical thinking.
As a recently graduated homeschooled senior, I appreciate this very much. I was able to graduate with 25 college credit hours as to avoid taking a lot of the basic general ed courses this fall when I start college. There are SO many benefits to homeschooling if you do it the right way and it sounds like you did.
I homeschooled all three of my kids, they are beyond brilliant and have no social problems... They have an easier time starting a conversation than most adults I work with.
I only ever get that reaction from people, especially my peers 😂 everyone’s jealous that I got to be homeschooled, I’ll graduate early with a better education, and I got to do all of it in my pajamas
Homeschooled kids are the best. They don’t care about fitting in. Public kids think they’re awkward because of that. But they’re actually better at communicating and getting along with adults.
The funny thing is (as a homeschooler) some of the situations I was most awkward in were lectures, I wasn’t used to raising my hand for a long time. Because I was used to discussions and not lectures
That's true. Homeschooled kids sound more mature when they talk, and actually know how to have a pleasant conversation with people. They also tend to be more accepting. Unlike public school kids who glare at people different from them, and go on their phones 99% of the time while talking in slang. Somehow public school kids think being an open communicator is "awkward and weird". It should be the other way around. Source: I was public schooled my whole life, but met some homeschoolers
My homeschooled granddaughter is told she earns extra points in gymnastics because of her personality. Judges love her, her attitude, her confidence, and her sweet nature. And she’s a kickass gymnast.
That doesn’t sound right, you’re supposed to earn points in gymnastics for being good at gymnastics, sounds like she’s doing a little extra under the table to the judges, yeah her personality she says lmao
@@apapz3245 I love it when idiots show they are idiots. When you are doing a floor routine, if you act like…you, there is no positive emotion for personality. Judges are people. They naturally gravitate toward people…who aren’t you.
I worked in a restaurant and the younger people were always surprised I was homeschooled. “You seem so normal.” Most of us are. But I mentioned around my much older manager once and his response was “Oh. That explains why you’re smarter than everyone else here.”
That’s what my supervisor/manager said about me and my older siblings. Me and my four older brothers have all worked the same job and they consider us some of their better/best workers. Mind you this is at an amusement park. Really says smth
@@kurtsudheim825 wdym less need for kids at school? Me and my sibling are several years apart and I only ever worked a half season with one of my brothers, because they all only worked a season and then got better jobs
Some of the most outgoing people I know were homeschoolers. There are shy and outgoing introverts. One video I watched about homeschoolers made this great point: There are shy people in public schools. What’s their excuse?
Their excuse is they might be dealing with issues at home or bullying in school that leads them to have a general distrust of people. Agree with the first part though that there are sometimes very traumatic and painful forced social situations at school that actually lead to serious social anxiety. For homeschooling it really has to do with the parents and their social skills
@@bensheard3969 Agreed. I was bullied pretty hard in elementary and it took me until sophomore year of highschool to come out of the protective shell I built around myself. Even as an adult I still have considerable social anxiety and usually don't like being around/interacting with people because I automatically feel a sense of mistrust or that I'm not wanted.
I had intense social anxiety starting from 6th grade, and I was public schooled. That's when I started to wish to become homeschooled so that I can work at my own pace without going through pain everyday. It's not like I was even bullied for the most part, it's just that people were extremely unfriendly.
I decided to homeschool after being bullied extremely bad in 6th grade for absolutely no reason. My class and I had just finished our lunch break so we headed back to class. I went to reach for my pencil case inside my backpack and I pulled out a human poo. I immediately told my teacher and I started crying. Some girls were laughing at me. The bullies weren't dealt with, because the school system is broken
@@olivia-oz3qe Wow, those bullies sound awful AND disgusting. I can’t even imagine being twisted enough to think of doing that☹️ It sounds like you had to deal with some especially depraved youth.
Public school kids are the awkward ones, their every human encounter is led by teachers constantly. Homeschoolers initiate their own conversations and relationships out in the real world.
50 50, no all. depends on the parents too. Some Parents will take time before and after and weekends to be with kid and also in my case let you play hooky from public school most of the and for pointless school days.
homeschooled kids statistically outperform their peers in college. tend to b smarter and more polite and better citizens overall in my experience. I was not homeschooled, but know plenty who were.
Literally so true. When I was in like 3rd grade this weird dude came up to me and asked me why I wasn’t in school, and when my mother explained I was homeschooled, he then asked how I made any friends. The thing is, I was literally with friends when he asked that. I don’t take anything to heart because, I believe what I’m taught will be more useful for me in the future. I’m also graduating early so that’s always a plus
I'm homeschooled and I can't tell you how excited my college was to have me in it. Graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Heading to become a Neuroscientist now. And no, we didn't have a lot of money or anything. It really is just like being at home. My mother taught me college school work when I was starting out in what was supposed to be high school. Learned also to write cursive since the public schools took it out of the system.
@saracolon2677I just taught my 9 year old how to write cursive when she was 8. We used the handwriting without tears version for cursive. There were 3 or 4 books in that series. She is fluent in cursive. It probably would work well for you.
No way they really took it out, that's insane! In Italy kids are still taught it in primary school and it is actually mandatory to use cursive in school work
As someone who was homeschooled all the way to highschool graduation, it definitely prepared me for college (especially its rough patches), and my full-time job. In college I wrote many papers and essays, including a senior thesis, and my parents taught me many rigorous writing skills to succeed. Actually, Senior year was very rough as a whole. I had my senior art project (made seven paintings to put on a gallery wall), did honors classes on top of regular classes, wrote the thesis, did community work by illustrating a kid’s book (35 pages plus cover in about 7 months), AND was working two jobs on top of that (one of which was on campus). And also lived on campus instead of fully commuting from home, just to practice living independently. Not gonna even go into how frustrating it was to work with the staff and professors there, most of which did not communicate their assignments or deadlines properly. Despite all that, still graduated college last May with a Bachelors in Art, as well as magna cum laude AND an Honors diploma, which only roughly like 6-13 students out of over 1000 or so graduated with. Now working a full-time job, living on my own and budgeting between rent, electric bill, cat stuff and car insurance (thanks again to my parents teaching me finance), and right now just actually succeeding in living. Homeschooling is different for various people as it really is on the parents to teach their children NOT ONLY education, but also the essential skills and etiquettes needed for them to live and succeed in life.
I homeschool all four of my children. They get compliments on there maturity and conduct all the time. I feel like my children have a better understanding of how to function in the world. They’re not stuck in a class room all day, they’re in the world with me all the time learning.
A very wise man once told me "children don't need other children to learn how to be children, they need adults, to learn how to be adults." I home schooled my eldest, he was very socially adept. The only time I ever any problems, was the short time he was in school.
That was a very foolish man. Across the planet and throughout history, children have spent more time with each other, than they have with adults. Children's play have been repeatedly proved critically important for developing fundamental physical and mental skills. If you think that a parent can judge how socially adept a child is, that only proves that you don't know what social adeptness is. The situations where this will be put to the test, are situations you'll never even hear about, at least not if he's at least marginally functional. If your adult child tells you everything, that's a catastrophically bad sign.
@erikjrn4080 well I went to public school and got ostracized by my peers. Just because you go to a building with other kids for 8 hours a day doesn't mean you will be accepted and given the social interaction you need. Adults were nice to me than kids.
@@AS-yz2iz Sure. And boarding school kids interact and live with their parents. They just don't do it as often and as much as other kids. If home schooled kids spend more time interacting with other kids, and more time free of parental supervision, than the time they interact with their parents, then I stand corrected. If not, I'm correct, and the kids are caught in an unnatural regime of parental control. Since there's no way you're too stupid to realize that I was talking about degrees, you're being disingenuous, making any debate unlikely to be productive. I won't engage further.
I can attest my homeschooled son has far more emotional and critical-thinking intelligence than his government-schooled friends. He’s also not afraid of confronting conflict. I’d say that’s another homeschool win!
Best part about homeschooling is the gym class survival lessons where you throw them into the woods with a lighter and canteen of water and say be back next week. Parents need a vacation sometimes.
I use to be a social worker and the schools would constantly call in educational neglect cases on parents home schooling their kids. You know what I found out and put in my reports. The children that were home school had a higher intelligence in all aspects of academics for their school level and usually were on advance courses. Why. Because the parents had a curriculum to teach from, which was provided by the school. A parent who home schooled their kids they were able to give them the same education as kids going to school but we're also able to provide enhance learning. Such as weekly trips to museums, libraries, hall of science more advanced school projects. These kids were able to use what they learned at home, apply it on different trips and had a greater understanding. When I compare children classwork and grades at the same grade level at the schools, the children had low grades and struggling in one or all courses. Schools would call in educational neglect because they didn't believe the kids were actually learning and earning those grades. Home school kids tend to be more well rounded socially, educationally and have a better understanding and grasp of the community.
As a homeschooler, I can say I most was easily relate to my university professors and advisors and adults who are 20 years older than me. When I talk to people my own age, I feel like I am talking to someone less mature than me. When I find people my own age with a similar level of maturity as I am, I hold them close. They usually are either foreigners or people who have a strong love for learning and a strong work ethic.
I feel the same way, im 17 and i hate hanging around other people my age... i think that im like a boomet of my generation since i prefer things from the past.. and homeschooling may seperate u from society and make u feel lonely. It does make u self aware of who u are as a person and ur flaws, so u mature alog faster and tend to relate to older people more.
@@HONYMUSSI once you get out in the world, you’ll really mature even more quickly. For me, since getting into college, my maturity level has increased dramatically! (I’m going to a Christian University by the way. Don’t go to the universities that make people dumber. I have some former friends that did, sad to say)
@@ryan_boulds well sorry to say that i am not planning to go to any university, but once i get my drivers license and finally get a job since companies havent accepted me yet. Im gonna go to airsoft fields to hang around and maybe find some one that i can call a friend.
@@HONYMUSSI well, college isn’t a requirement to get a job. What I mean is, being in college, socializing with teachers, doing research, and writing, it really helped me mature much more rapidly after I was already very mature. That could be the same for you with an employer or coworkers
You learn faster in a smaller group or by yourself than sitting in a Classroom learning by Rote with a bunch of other zombies. You don't need a classroom or a school to learn how to be social.
Yep. I ended up going to a school that had smaller classes. It was so much better because I could actually get the teachers attention and help if I needed it. They were super chill. When I went to a bigger highschool it was awful. School was always too easy for me and having to just be in my head for 8 hours a day was torture.
they have been molded into Cogs for the great machine, while *WE* are the ones the builders come to for solutions to problems their cogs can not fathom.
It's excellent being homeschooled. I love the part where I have to explain to my public school counterparts the basics of economics or how about some Socrates, Shakespeare, and Latin? Drawing the world from memory and getting years of college credit classes anyone? My life.
Some of my best friends were homeschooled. They're definitely different than public school kids. But they're alll so genuine. No social contagion nonsense with them. Unapologetically themselves. ❤
The question if you become genius from himeschooling or you enter there because you are genius. Maybe rhey more disiplant, they do not become smarter like this
Home schoolers are the coolest people I met in college. They didn't go through the high school dynamic where almost everyone has a fake personality to fit in and aren't their actual selves.
I always got, "Oh, you seem so normal!". The best was when I told a coworker I was going to quit to homeschool my kids and she was went 'No, you don't want to do that homeschooled kids are always so weird." to which I got to reply "I was homeschooled." lol
I went to public school, but my wife and I are working on getting to the position where she can quit and homeschool. I just like how the "but they wont be socialized" comments were pretty much defeated when public school kids were forced to sit in plastic cubes with useless masks on their face. Yea... if that's socialization, I don't want my kid to be socialized. I also dont want them socialized with p3dos and degenerates that the public schools celebrate and promote.
I homeschooled middle school and everyone I met while homeschooling were most cultured, thoughtful, considerate and well-educated people I know. The 12 year olds I met were reading massive classic novels and when we went to high school, they became star students, well rounded and university bound with their perfect gpas, extensive athletics, and most of them were deeply involved with the history and community of our town. We're in a rural area and they won state awards for fiddling and other musical endeavors. One friend and I joined the nearby college's orchestra in 6th and 7th grade and she promptly made the professor (with a ph.d in strings) cry.
I homeschooled my two sons, who both became Eagle Scouts, traveled all over the country, went on many high adventures, very active in their community in volunteering services, one started flying planes at 13 years old... both started college at 16... neither one was brainwashed or indoctrinated... knows their Constitution and Bill of Rights... both have more trusted close friends than most schooled kids have... both of my sons are themselves best friends and hang out with their friends... None of them have been arrested or committed any crimes. Homeschooling is way much better.
I have social problems BECAUSE of high school. I got “teased” if I reacted with any emotion to anything so I learnt not to show emotion and now I have to think how to react.
My sister and I are both natural-born leaders. We're both good with people. People FLOCK to her. My _autism_ makes me socially awkward sometimes--not a lack of socialization. Our homeschool co-op was dope! We had parties and park days and fun classes. Homeschoolers arent universally antisocial hermits in the woods. For those that are, I don't argue with their life choices because BOY _HOWDY_ the world is a mess.
@Millieology there's this idea in American culture that social skills are learned in school with other kids which is why people are likely to assume we aren't socially successful individuals. "If they didn't get the training, they won't be good at it" That's their idea.
See I didnt realize I had autism till I was an adult, well into adult hood actually, on my second marriage. I just thought I was an odd duck or artsy. Intelligent but odd. Never stopped me from socializing and in fact I had a harder time socializing after I learned about me being on the spectrum. It made a lot of sense and really only affected me in high stress situations in sales...and I was homeschooled from 3rd on by choice. Far better education than what was availble to me in so cal in the early 2000's. Now as a middle aged woman I realize that I'm just an extremely introverted person 🤣🤣🤣 with add. Also to anyone thinking that autism cant be honed in socially, I've pretty much subdued all the negatives of being on the spectrum by putting myself in uncomfortable situations on purpose.
@@megalopagus777 I was diagnosed at 20. My sister tried to get me to fix my social skills the way she did: by throwing herself into the deep end until she figured out how to swim despite the autism, but it took me months of autism counseling and reading up on it before I could be anything more than a blissfully unaware toxic person. There was a long time last year when I WISHED I were an introvert because it seemed like I only messed up when I interacted with people, and if I didn't crave so desperately NOT to be alone that I wouldn't cause harm the way I did. I love my sis, but she and I are very different people, and she was viewing me through the black and white mind of autism where she thought whatever worked for her would work for me. I had to lay down HARD boundaries before she let it go.
Homeschooling allows you time to explore subjects at your own pace. You also get to lean into the things you enjoy and are naturally interested and skilled in. Also, there’s plenty of groups you can join to get the social interaction you need if you’re not already getting it from siblings and friend groups from church, your neighbors, etc. It’s not like homeschoolers live in some bunker and never see the light of day. But there probably are some of those types, too. 😅lol
Yeah im one of those types my parents never really made it a priority to put me in any social groups so i turned out pretty socially awkward it also doesn't help that i have the attention span of a chicken
The at your own pace part is essential. My brain works really fast, so I'd always be done with schoolwork early. Schools didn't allow me to work at my pace, and because of that, I grew bored and got in trouble. In high school I went back to homeschool and was able to graduate early. While not everybody's brains work quickly, it is important to note that schools most likely won't work with your pacing the same way homeschooling does.
I have friends who were homeschooled and they have far greater social skills than I do as a public school kid. They are also all people of extreme intelligence. They are some of the most well-rounded, kind, smart, social, funny, and selfless people I know. ❤❤
In public school your always told to be quite by the teacher. I have experienced both public and homeschool. I perfer homeschool, because I actually learn something I want to learn and I can graduate quickly.
I always get thanked for homeschooling my bunch. A book store owner told me that I'm doing a service for society, that public school kids act like heathens and you can really tell who goes to public school and who's homeschooling.
As a homeschooler from Pre K to Sophomore year of highschool. I can say that I learned so much more from my advamced classes than the last three years of my school career and the only reason I switched was because I could get free college. I'm currently about to graduate college with an Associates of Science and a 4.0 GPA and I love people and I am NOT...socially awkward, I just can't recognize faces immediately. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. EDIT: Ohhhh...my gosh...I've never had 25 likes before. That is crazyyyy!!! Thank y'all!!
Dude yeah the stereotypes are so ridiculous 😂 people would ask me “Was it hard not having any friends to play with?” completely genuinely and sympathetically! Like, for real? Public school is the only place you can make friends? Lol
Oh yes. We always feel this. I love the suprise on people's faces when they find out I was homeschooled K-12. They would never know if I didn't say anything. 😂
I was homeschooled my whole life, and all throughout that time and still to this day I’m extremely outgoing and a huge extrovert, I love meeting new people and talking with older adults.
Homeschooling is a tremendous blessing and opportunity. My oldest daughter "had" a speech impediment. But she learned to read at 5 and is currently 2 grade levels higher in math and science with her reading level light years above her age. She is dyslexic and would have never had that academic care if she was in public school.
I was someone who was homeschooled specifically to just get it over with already. My family traveled for a living and it was so stressful changing schools every 4-10 months starting in 3rd grade. Once I got to 10th grade I was over it and finished up the rest of high school in a year at home, then started college classes. I still had a social life with other teens in my neighborhood so it wasn't a big deal for me. (I graduated a week after turning 17 and had my first cert from college before 19)
I am from Australia and have experienced three major forms of education for people under 18. I was homeschooled from kindergarten to year 3, attended a private school from year 3 to year 5, was homeschooled again from year 5 to year 8, and attended a public school from year 8 to year 11. Please note that during my homeschooling years, I went through regular assessments to determine my level of knowledge. In year 2, I was tested at a year 4 level, in year 6 at a year 9 level, and in year 8 at a year 10 level. However, when placed in a classroom, I struggled to retain that knowledge. Currently, I am studying at TAFE (Technical and Further Education), which is a type of vocational education that is part of tertiary education in English-speaking countries in Oceania. I completed a course that was meant to take 2 years in just 6 months, while studying at home because I was bored. This just proves how much more beneficial homeschooling can be.
School doesn't make people become more sociable. If anything, it's the reason why I like being alone or just having 2 or 3 people to talk to now. Just because people aren't miserable for 7 hours sitting in an uncomfortable plastic desk and staring at a projector screen or whiteboard doesn't make their education a failure, quite the contrary. They more than likely know something your entire class doesn't.
I always find this interesting because I’ve met a number of homeschooled kids over the years and found that they are more themselves and more interested in talking about things that interest them and more polite than if they were amongst a whole student body in that weird toxic environment. They’re just so much more themselves and relaxed about everything. The ones I’ve met at least.
I dated a public school teacher for a while who was so indoctrinated about how great public schools were and how awful homeschooling was that she didn't believe me AT ALL when I told her I was homeschooled. I was far less socially awkward than she was, and she always complained about problems at the school, as well as her students and how little they would learn, but she could never put 2 and 2 together. She inadvertently proved to me that public schools exist to keep the poor down and with just enough knowledge to be employees, to push students to find the addictions and mistakes to keep them from improving themselves, and the propaganda to keep them voting as told.
the family I grew up next to that homeschooled turned out to be some of the nicest, most welcoming and respectful people who are the sweetest and very social even though one is a little shy she's still social by my standards lol
At one time in the 90's I worked at a small company that contracted out its facilities landscaping maintenance to a service that was 100% owned and run by Mennonite children, all brothers and sisters. Once a week they'd arrive in a crew cab farm truck with a trailer full of mowers and yard equipment. They'd pile out and have the lawn mowed, beds mulched and weeded, and the trees and bushes trimmed in a very short time. The eldest of the group, a teenage girl, would come into the front office and settle the bill. At the end of one Summer she came in and said that her younger brother would be taking over from that time. She was heading off to an Ivy league college. She and all her brothers and sisters were home schooled and were financing college with the landscaping business. None of them seemed socially awkward in any way.
When I was at CFA the teenage guy handing us our food at the window was so comfortable talking to me, a 34 yo mom. I told my oldest daughter (11) that I bet he was homeschooled, because of how well he handled the situation. My husband was homeschooled, and we are homeschooling our 4 kids. 😁 I went to public school and used to be pretty awkward, but I’m getting better.
I find that homeschooled students tend handle conversations with different generations pretty well. And they seem to enjoy it! My sister and I used to talk to our homeschooling friends just as much as their moms lol, which seems a bit strange but we learned so much from them!
I am homeschooled and was at a volleyball tournament when my team and I started talking about school, one of the girls looked at me with complete shock and asked if I knew how to make friends 😂😅
I firmly believe that going to a school holds you back. I went from spending 5 days a week at school down to 3 when I was homeschooled and I only spent about 2.5-3 hrs a day. I went off to the military and scored very well on my ASVAB exam. I was told that if I wanted to I could’ve pursued a career in nuclear engineering.
re: the social awkwardness argument. Regular schools artificially condition kids to only talk to people their age by confining to age restricted socialization groups. Homeschoolers tend interact on a much wider age range of contacts and be better at being, you know, actual adults. My kids graduated university when most were starting, so no regrets there.
Absolutely. My brother can perfectly converse with anyone, whether they’re 9 or 79. However, I know plenty of public school kids who wouldn’t even bother batting an eye to someone outside their age bracket.
As a homeschooler, I can confirm I've had this conversation one too many times.
Yep same
as a homeschooler i can also confirm this
Ugh same. I’m like…I’m talking to you aren’t I?
It is truly ridiculous how true this is
Just one too many times?! Thankfully now that I'm in my mid-40s, it's not as big of a deal. I've credited my homeschool years for my success at staying productive and avoiding burnout while working from home the past 3 years.
I’m proof that you don’t need to be home schooled to be awkward and weird
I actually laughed out loud you have humor and that’s enough
Relatable 😂
Same here. I went to public school.
You can be public schooled, and have intense social anxiety like I do. I lived under a rock for YEARS of public schooling
LOL! me too!
Homeschoolers can actually carry a conversation with adults….
I did not expect this comment to blow up
I can also carry a conversation with adults and I’m in public school, so what’s your point here?
@@P0tat0ssh0uldb3blu3it means the guy bsing is from preschool
@@P0tat0ssh0uldb3blu3I think his point is that homeschoolers tend to be better at interacting with adults than kids from public schools. Good for you if you're able to talk to carry a conversation with adults
@@P0tat0ssh0uldb3blu3 He is dissing the guys who are in college and have a meltdown if somebody tell them there are only 2 genders or uses the wrong pronoun
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Ngl all the homeschoolers I know are cheery, optimistic, and innocent. Must be nice.
They haven't been brainwashed by the state propaganda
I was like that, but then when I got into high-school everyone was dead faced and didn't laugh at the teachers jokes (which were great in my opinion 🤓), so now I'm less lively which I hate but I'm trying to be better
Honestly. By 8th grade I was jaded with life and my life didn’t even start yet 😒
Why ty lol
Sure.... I'm very innocent💀and not depressed at all
The best way to know if they're homeschooled is how polite and civilized they are.
Thank you 👍
Yes, I try to be. And I'm learning more math then I used to, more English without it being an essay a day, and I get to spend time with family.
Are you insinuating that public schoolers are impolite?
@@gordonross3270 In general, and in comparison, yes.
@@gordonross3270 yes
Honestly most of the homeschooled people I met when I was younger were the most down to earth and intellectual
All the homeschoolers I've ever met have been articulate, well-mannered, easy-going, extremely well-rounded, and social kids.
homeschoolers just tend to think differently they haven't had their natural curiosity beaten down so they can approach a subject from several angles to solve a problem. rather than have their ability to creatively find a solution (eliminated with Rote learning) as in there is only ON WAY to get an answer.
for they have not been "molded" to become an anonymous cog in the vast machine.
The government punished us in the public school systems & allowed bullying, which obviously leads the students to anxiety filled involuntary social interactions. That’s why kids aren’t normal anymore. Homeschooled kids don’t care for acceptance or stress over inhumane punishments. They are free to live healthily without fear. It’s so sad public school kids piss on themselves for a teachers convenience, and graduate only to be incapable and antisocial.
Parents are told this to keep them from homeschooling their children. The government would rather teach them about pronouns and put them on Adderall.
Same
It's just objectively better than public school
I've had adults tell me they can tell my kids are homeschooled because my kids will look them in the eye when they speak and are respectful in their speech.
People tell my mom this all the time about me and my brothers 😂❤
I wasn't homed schooled but still got compliments on how I was a nice and good kid back than. And still get compliments....
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Nice! 😊
"So did you ever want to go to real school?" is something I've heard one too many times🤣
My son responds with "no, do you?" And they just look at him. 😂
@@faithsparks7566😂 nice
Any kids I've met who were home schooled are the sweetest, nicest most considerate people
funny how that works huh? almost as if government schooling is designed to turn decent people into angry robots.
There’s a difference between being homeschooled and being on independent learning. Most kids are on the latter, ACTUAL homeschooled kids do be weird and anti social lol.
@@SabbathPriest33 yeaaah exactly lmao. my sisters homeschooled and shes so antisocial and socially awkward
@@SabbathPriest33 idk i’m homeschooled and im not that awkward. I’m exposed to the same things.
@@SabbathPriest33EXCUSEEE MEEE??? I'have been homescholes my whole life!! And i'm the social, extrovert friend of my group! My ex bestie was on public school and she was ackward and shy af, she cannoteven say hi, I was the one social there, tf.
People are always surprised to learn I was homeschooled. I’m both honored and slightly offended
It's a nice cool fact that get people to go "Oh really?" A good topic for conversation, 👍 at least for me
Same here, people learn I was homeschooled and start out by patronizing me and then have to pick their jaws up off the floor when they find out that I wrote and published a children's book at 14 years old and was done with high school at 15.....
Same!! 😂
Yeah😂. I've had like over 5 people, kids and adults alike, ask me the same question "so are you going to stay homeschooled all through highschool?" and when tell them yes there face gives off the expression of, 'blink twice if you need help'.
The smartest kid I know was homeschooled
Funny enough that all my social problems developed in school
These days homeschooling has now become a necessity.
It isn’t a necessity due to private schools (Christian and Catholic) but other than private homeschool is the next best thing
@@vivace356 you obviously don’t go to school. It’s fine what are you talking about?
@@vivace356 Many catholic schools are struggling too
@@TurtleFist3556 bruh kids know more about gay neo communism than how many stars are in the American flag. If you think the system is failing it's because it's already failed you
Really? My parents have told me “you dont learn like how you would in person” and so on, but only bc they don’t know much( I don’t either) and I’m hoping to become a doctor in the future , is homeschooling the same education as in person?? Little confused and uneducated about this lol
As a homeschooler… I can say with confidence that homeschoolers are some of the most emotionally conscience, critically-thinking, and accepting people you will ever meet. We’re not completely socially inept just because we were taught at home!!
no, most of us are socially inept
I 100% agree I've been a few homeschoolers very intelligent, well-behaved
I can agree with you. As a homeschooler myself I am more chill, smarter, and well-behaved than my public school friends.
@Samuel C. Maybe you are lol but most people who were homeschooling that I've met are well adjusted and can hold real conversations. Now some are socially awkward because their parents didn't teach them how to interact with others but most are taught this. In public schools you are taught bad habits and an odd way to respond and interact with authority even if authority is incorrect and wrong. Which leads to reactive adults and uncontrollable emotions
@@artsy4010 I'm more chill, smarter, more behaved, polite and well mannered than my public school friends. Except I also went to public school 😂 it depends on your parents and how they raise you really. Not where you got your education.
We’re taught to socialize outside of our age group rather than just peers or teachers. Even my introvert siblings have no problem talking to anyone. I literally got caught up talking to strangers twice in the same dollar store shopping trip. 😂
My child was homeschooled until he wanted to join the public system in middle school. He wanted to know what that was like. They had to jump him a year and is currently in high honors. They put him to tutor other kids. He is not socially awkward because we always made sure he went on field trips with other homeschoolers and he was in sports most of the time. He is an excellent public speaker, not afraid to express his opinions. He’s turning out alright in my books. I’m really proud of him. The homeschool community is bigger than y’all think, and in recent years it has exploded.
I am a homeschooler and I have many social skills. I actually started homeschooling because the school wouldn't let me participate in my favorite sports.
Not surprising since public schools weird now
Homeschool community exploded in recent years #ThanksBush #ThanksObama lol those two did more to push people into homeschool than even the woke movement has the past 2 years. Bush's no child left behind brought education standards down to the lowest common denominator and Obama's common core curriculum basically assassinated all forms of critical thinking.
I hadn't thought of having my kid do sports 😅
I should get at least a little good at one before I have a kid.
As a recently graduated homeschooled senior, I appreciate this very much. I was able to graduate with 25 college credit hours as to avoid taking a lot of the basic general ed courses this fall when I start college. There are SO many benefits to homeschooling if you do it the right way and it sounds like you did.
I homeschooled all three of my kids, they are beyond brilliant and have no social problems... They have an easier time starting a conversation than most adults I work with.
That's awesome!! I know how much of a struggle that is, bravo 👏
Good job!
Good for them cause im the exact opposite 😑😑
They have no friends
@@cashcartimf friends are overrated.
The amount of times I've told someone I was homeschooled and their reaction was, "Wha?!? But you're so normal!" 🤦🏼♀️
The irony is that homeschoolers are usually smarter and learned more than public schoolers
Thank you ill take that complement
I only ever get that reaction from people, especially my peers 😂 everyone’s jealous that I got to be homeschooled, I’ll graduate early with a better education, and I got to do all of it in my pajamas
Public schoolers dont believe that
I’ve never met a homeschooler that didn’t graduate at 16 or 17 with several college credits completed already.
I know various home schooled people. They're complete lovers who don't even remember the basic facts of history.
Homeschooled kids are the best. They don’t care about fitting in. Public kids think they’re awkward because of that. But they’re actually better at communicating and getting along with adults.
I can confirm this. My 8 yr old knows hes a cool kid....
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The funny thing is (as a homeschooler) some of the situations I was most awkward in were lectures, I wasn’t used to raising my hand for a long time. Because I was used to discussions and not lectures
That's true. Homeschooled kids sound more mature when they talk, and actually know how to have a pleasant conversation with people. They also tend to be more accepting. Unlike public school kids who glare at people different from them, and go on their phones 99% of the time while talking in slang. Somehow public school kids think being an open communicator is "awkward and weird". It should be the other way around.
Source: I was public schooled my whole life, but met some homeschoolers
As a homeschooled person I found myself looking at my peers and thinking "Being weird is good."
When I met homeschoolers I always assumed they were smart and more often than not I was right😂
My homeschooled granddaughter is told she earns extra points in gymnastics because of her personality. Judges love her, her attitude, her confidence, and her sweet nature. And she’s a kickass gymnast.
That doesn’t sound right, you’re supposed to earn points in gymnastics for being good at gymnastics, sounds like she’s doing a little extra under the table to the judges, yeah her personality she says lmao
@@apapz3245 I love it when idiots show they are idiots. When you are doing a floor routine, if you act like…you, there is no positive emotion for personality. Judges are people. They naturally gravitate toward people…who aren’t you.
@@youtubeaccount5153 she’s giving the judge tuggies in the back room because that’s the only way she can win
@@apapz3245 I have a good friend like you. He never went anywhere in life.
@@apapz3245 why would you assume such a terrible thing. The fact that that was the though you chose to express is disturbing.
I worked in a restaurant and the younger people were always surprised I was homeschooled. “You seem so normal.” Most of us are.
But I mentioned around my much older manager once and his response was “Oh. That explains why you’re smarter than everyone else here.”
That’s what my supervisor/manager said about me and my older siblings. Me and my four older brothers have all worked the same job and they consider us some of their better/best workers. Mind you this is at an amusement park. Really says smth
I work at a car wash and my manager said the same thing
It's about how you're parents raise you more, as long as you had interaction with some kids...
@@moonshadow121 you interacted with siblings, less need for kids at school
@@kurtsudheim825 wdym less need for kids at school? Me and my sibling are several years apart and I only ever worked a half season with one of my brothers, because they all only worked a season and then got better jobs
As a homeschooler I always have the conversation:
Oh what do you learn? When are you going back to school?
Some of the most outgoing people I know were homeschoolers. There are shy and outgoing introverts. One video I watched about homeschoolers made this great point:
There are shy people in public schools. What’s their excuse?
Their excuse is they might be dealing with issues at home or bullying in school that leads them to have a general distrust of people. Agree with the first part though that there are sometimes very traumatic and painful forced social situations at school that actually lead to serious social anxiety. For homeschooling it really has to do with the parents and their social skills
@@bensheard3969oh yes that.. I'm socially awkward because i couldn't trust people
@@bensheard3969 Agreed. I was bullied pretty hard in elementary and it took me until sophomore year of highschool to come out of the protective shell I built around myself. Even as an adult I still have considerable social anxiety and usually don't like being around/interacting with people because I automatically feel a sense of mistrust or that I'm not wanted.
I had intense social anxiety starting from 6th grade, and I was public schooled. That's when I started to wish to become homeschooled so that I can work at my own pace without going through pain everyday. It's not like I was even bullied for the most part, it's just that people were extremely unfriendly.
Seven Lies About Homeschoolers 💥DEBUNKED💥
😂😂😂 great to know Blimey Cow still gets around
I'm glad I was homeschooled as a kid. No bullies, I was allowed to work at my own pace, AND I didn't have to deal with the crappy public school system
same
I envy you guys. I have to drag myself through these hellish exams, the most fithly minded clasmates and horrible teachers. You chaps were lucky.
Totally agree! Sports are helpful too for socializing, but I liked doing my schoolwork at home in pajamas some days 😂 #goodtimes🥲
I decided to homeschool after being bullied extremely bad in 6th grade for absolutely no reason. My class and I had just finished our lunch break so we headed back to class. I went to reach for my pencil case inside my backpack and I pulled out a human poo. I immediately told my teacher and I started crying. Some girls were laughing at me. The bullies weren't dealt with, because the school system is broken
@@olivia-oz3qe Wow, those bullies sound awful AND disgusting. I can’t even imagine being twisted enough to think of doing that☹️ It sounds like you had to deal with some especially depraved youth.
I run a business and deal with people daily. I was homeschooled & graduated at 17 😂 this is hilariously accurate
Public school kids are the awkward ones, their every human encounter is led by teachers constantly. Homeschoolers initiate their own conversations and relationships out in the real world.
50 50, no all. depends on the parents too. Some Parents will take time before and after and weekends to be with kid and also in my case let you play hooky from public school most of the and for pointless school days.
I’m homeschooled and all my friends are too and none of them are weird. They’re all the sweetest people I have ever met
homeschooled kids statistically outperform their peers in college. tend to b smarter and more polite and better citizens overall in my experience. I was not homeschooled, but know plenty who were.
@@SoloRenegade that’s so sweet of you to say that and thank you
They’re probably the only people you’ve met lol (just jokes you’re probably smarter than me anyways)
I'm homeschooled but i feel fucked up for some reason
@@juancarloscorrea8134lol but no they aren’t the only people
Once i left regular school and did it online I gained more confidence and was a lot more comfortable being social compared to when I was at school
Literally so true. When I was in like 3rd grade this weird dude came up to me and asked me why I wasn’t in school, and when my mother explained I was homeschooled, he then asked how I made any friends. The thing is, I was literally with friends when he asked that. I don’t take anything to heart because, I believe what I’m taught will be more useful for me in the future. I’m also graduating early so that’s always a plus
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Damn. Lucky. I wish I was homeschooled, high school too easy :(
I'm homeschooled and I can't tell you how excited my college was to have me in it. Graduated with a 4.0 GPA. Heading to become a Neuroscientist now. And no, we didn't have a lot of money or anything. It really is just like being at home. My mother taught me college school work when I was starting out in what was supposed to be high school. Learned also to write cursive since the public schools took it out of the system.
@saracolon2677 My daughter homeschools. She wanted to learn cursive so she did.
@saracolon2677I just taught my 9 year old how to write cursive when she was 8. We used the handwriting without tears version for cursive. There were 3 or 4 books in that series. She is fluent in cursive. It probably would work well for you.
No way they really took it out, that's insane! In Italy kids are still taught it in primary school and it is actually mandatory to use cursive in school work
@@camillacolucci7576 same in the UK
As someone who was homeschooled all the way to highschool graduation, it definitely prepared me for college (especially its rough patches), and my full-time job. In college I wrote many papers and essays, including a senior thesis, and my parents taught me many rigorous writing skills to succeed.
Actually, Senior year was very rough as a whole. I had my senior art project (made seven paintings to put on a gallery wall), did honors classes on top of regular classes, wrote the thesis, did community work by illustrating a kid’s book (35 pages plus cover in about 7 months), AND was working two jobs on top of that (one of which was on campus). And also lived on campus instead of fully commuting from home, just to practice living independently. Not gonna even go into how frustrating it was to work with the staff and professors there, most of which did not communicate their assignments or deadlines properly.
Despite all that, still graduated college last May with a Bachelors in Art, as well as magna cum laude AND an Honors diploma, which only roughly like 6-13 students out of over 1000 or so graduated with.
Now working a full-time job, living on my own and budgeting between rent, electric bill, cat stuff and car insurance (thanks again to my parents teaching me finance), and right now just actually succeeding in living.
Homeschooling is different for various people as it really is on the parents to teach their children NOT ONLY education, but also the essential skills and etiquettes needed for them to live and succeed in life.
Cool 👍
You didn’t mention a single social experience when describing 4 years of college (your parents even let you live in a dorm as senior!). Very telling.
Some years ago; I actually met a teenage boy who was home-schooled, and he was one of if not the most polite and eloquent young men I have ever met.
Yeah and that's called weird
@@Nameenteredit shouldn’t have to be
@@Nameentered how?
As a homeschooler I approve this message.
Same bro 😎 #homeschool4life
As another homeschooler, I agree
As a homeschooler, homeschooling sucks cause you don't have any real friends.
@@samuelc.9686 Maybe that's a you problem.
@@cobra14812 maybe it's a real problem
I have been homeschooled for 6 years and it’s the best thing ever and I have many conversations and good communication skills.
One time this girl ask my friend who was homeschooled if she knew what Starbucks was💀💀
Did she know??
@@anthonylupia yes💀💀
“No we only drink all natural teas”
@@chacharealsmooth9113 😭😭
She the dumb one in reality
As a homeschooler in 8th grade I must kindly flex and ask if you've memorized the periodic table and know what a woman is.
BAHAHAHA I love this comment 😁
You got humor kid 😂
Give it 10 years and you'll forget the first one, but hopefully you remember the second one.
Lol ima homeschooler too, but I haven’t memorised the periodic table, but I am capable of reading 500 pages in less than 24 hours 😂
Hahaha go Songbird. Love your comment 😂
Not homeschooler me aceing an advanced trigonometry course at 13. 😂
I homeschool all four of my children. They get compliments on there maturity and conduct all the time. I feel like my children have a better understanding of how to function in the world. They’re not stuck in a class room all day, they’re in the world with me all the time learning.
A very wise man once told me "children don't need other children to learn how to be children, they need adults, to learn how to be adults."
I home schooled my eldest, he was very socially adept. The only time I ever any problems, was the short time he was in school.
That was a very foolish man. Across the planet and throughout history, children have spent more time with each other, than they have with adults. Children's play have been repeatedly proved critically important for developing fundamental physical and mental skills.
If you think that a parent can judge how socially adept a child is, that only proves that you don't know what social adeptness is. The situations where this will be put to the test, are situations you'll never even hear about, at least not if he's at least marginally functional. If your adult child tells you everything, that's a catastrophically bad sign.
@erikjrn4080 well I went to public school and got ostracized by my peers.
Just because you go to a building with other kids for 8 hours a day doesn't mean you will be accepted and given the social interaction you need. Adults were nice to me than kids.
@@kpoppy9635and you dont need school for children to play with one another. You can use chuch gatherings or family get-togethers.
@@erikjrn4080homeschooled kids interact and play with other children. 😂
@@AS-yz2iz Sure. And boarding school kids interact and live with their parents. They just don't do it as often and as much as other kids. If home schooled kids spend more time interacting with other kids, and more time free of parental supervision, than the time they interact with their parents, then I stand corrected. If not, I'm correct, and the kids are caught in an unnatural regime of parental control.
Since there's no way you're too stupid to realize that I was talking about degrees, you're being disingenuous, making any debate unlikely to be productive. I won't engage further.
I’m homeschooled and I’m a lot more social than my friends in public school 😂😂😂
I can attest my homeschooled son has far more emotional and critical-thinking intelligence than his government-schooled friends. He’s also not afraid of confronting conflict. I’d say that’s another homeschool win!
Love it! Same w my son
Same but I’m a homeschooled girl
Way to go!
Best part about homeschooling is the gym class survival lessons where you throw them into the woods with a lighter and canteen of water and say be back next week. Parents need a vacation sometimes.
Just pulled my son out of public school. And seeing you keeps making me feel like I made the right choice! ❤️
You made the right choice.
You definitely made the right choice
I use to be a social worker and the schools would constantly call in educational neglect cases on parents home schooling their kids. You know what I found out and put in my reports. The children that were home school had a higher intelligence in all aspects of academics for their school level and usually were on advance courses. Why. Because the parents had a curriculum to teach from, which was provided by the school. A parent who home schooled their kids they were able to give them the same education as kids going to school but we're also able to provide enhance learning. Such as weekly trips to museums, libraries, hall of science more advanced school projects. These kids were able to use what they learned at home, apply it on different trips and had a greater understanding. When I compare children classwork and grades at the same grade level at the schools, the children had low grades and struggling in one or all courses. Schools would call in educational neglect because they didn't believe the kids were actually learning and earning those grades. Home school kids tend to be more well rounded socially, educationally and have a better understanding and grasp of the community.
As a homeschooler, I can say I most was easily relate to my university professors and advisors and adults who are 20 years older than me.
When I talk to people my own age, I feel like I am talking to someone less mature than me. When I find people my own age with a similar level of maturity as I am, I hold them close. They usually are either foreigners or people who have a strong love for learning and a strong work ethic.
I feel the same way, im 17 and i hate hanging around other people my age... i think that im like a boomet of my generation since i prefer things from the past.. and homeschooling may seperate u from society and make u feel lonely. It does make u self aware of who u are as a person and ur flaws, so u mature alog faster and tend to relate to older people more.
@@HONYMUSSI once you get out in the world, you’ll really mature even more quickly.
For me, since getting into college, my maturity level has increased dramatically!
(I’m going to a Christian University by the way. Don’t go to the universities that make people dumber. I have some former friends that did, sad to say)
@@ryan_boulds well sorry to say that i am not planning to go to any university, but once i get my drivers license and finally get a job since companies havent accepted me yet. Im gonna go to airsoft fields to hang around and maybe find some one that i can call a friend.
@@HONYMUSSI well, college isn’t a requirement to get a job. What I mean is, being in college, socializing with teachers, doing research, and writing, it really helped me mature much more rapidly after I was already very mature.
That could be the same for you with an employer or coworkers
@@ryan_boulds true that
You learn faster in a smaller group or by yourself than sitting in a Classroom learning by Rote with a bunch of other zombies. You don't need a classroom or a school to learn how to be social.
Very true
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Esp when you are one of those students that is bored in school because of how boring it is, due to being slowed down by others.
And you get accused of being “too white” for wanting to learn something
Yep. I ended up going to a school that had smaller classes. It was so much better because I could actually get the teachers attention and help if I needed it. They were super chill. When I went to a bigger highschool it was awful. School was always too easy for me and having to just be in my head for 8 hours a day was torture.
Brett dropping the truth bombs 💣 😂
Socially awkward in a sick society is a badge of honor.
I long for the day when the public schoolers finally realize that WE are actually the intelligent ones
Bro yesss!❤
they have been molded into Cogs for the great machine, while *WE* are the ones the builders come to for solutions to problems their cogs can not fathom.
@@rickcoona lol I love that analogy
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It's excellent being homeschooled. I love the part where I have to explain to my public school counterparts the basics of economics or how about some Socrates, Shakespeare, and Latin? Drawing the world from memory and getting years of college credit classes anyone? My life.
Some of my best friends were homeschooled. They're definitely different than public school kids. But they're alll so genuine. No social contagion nonsense with them. Unapologetically themselves. ❤
The question if you become genius from himeschooling or you enter there because you are genius. Maybe rhey more disiplant, they do not become smarter like this
Home schoolers are the coolest people I met in college. They didn't go through the high school dynamic where almost everyone has a fake personality to fit in and aren't their actual selves.
statistically, homeschooled kids overall tend to outperform their college peers.
I refused to do that and paid the price (socially).
Seriously my best friends are all homeschooled---they're literally the kindest people I know.
I always got, "Oh, you seem so normal!".
The best was when I told a coworker I was going to quit to homeschool my kids and she was went 'No, you don't want to do that homeschooled kids are always so weird." to which I got to reply "I was homeschooled." lol
I went to public school, but my wife and I are working on getting to the position where she can quit and homeschool.
I just like how the "but they wont be socialized" comments were pretty much defeated when public school kids were forced to sit in plastic cubes with useless masks on their face. Yea... if that's socialization, I don't want my kid to be socialized.
I also dont want them socialized with p3dos and degenerates that the public schools celebrate and promote.
I homeschooled middle school and everyone I met while homeschooling were most cultured, thoughtful, considerate and well-educated people I know. The 12 year olds I met were reading massive classic novels and when we went to high school, they became star students, well rounded and university bound with their perfect gpas, extensive athletics, and most of them were deeply involved with the history and community of our town. We're in a rural area and they won state awards for fiddling and other musical endeavors. One friend and I joined the nearby college's orchestra in 6th and 7th grade and she promptly made the professor (with a ph.d in strings) cry.
Just as the saying goes, “never judge a book by its cover”
Im getting “I peaked in middle school” vibes from him
I homeschooled my two sons, who both became Eagle Scouts, traveled all over the country, went on many high adventures, very active in their community in volunteering services, one started flying planes at 13 years old... both started college at 16... neither one was brainwashed or indoctrinated... knows their Constitution and Bill of Rights... both have more trusted close friends than most schooled kids have... both of my sons are themselves best friends and hang out with their friends... None of them have been arrested or committed any crimes. Homeschooling is way much better.
I have social problems BECAUSE of high school. I got “teased” if I reacted with any emotion to anything so I learnt not to show emotion and now I have to think how to react.
see public schools are the real cancer
Everyone I’ve met who’s been homeschooled is the most well adjusted human being
My sister and I are both natural-born leaders. We're both good with people. People FLOCK to her. My _autism_ makes me socially awkward sometimes--not a lack of socialization. Our homeschool co-op was dope! We had parties and park days and fun classes. Homeschoolers arent universally antisocial hermits in the woods. For those that are, I don't argue with their life choices because BOY _HOWDY_ the world is a mess.
@Millieology there's this idea in American culture that social skills are learned in school with other kids which is why people are likely to assume we aren't socially successful individuals. "If they didn't get the training, they won't be good at it"
That's their idea.
I second this! My homeschool group also has parkdays and co-ops
See I didnt realize I had autism till I was an adult, well into adult hood actually, on my second marriage. I just thought I was an odd duck or artsy. Intelligent but odd. Never stopped me from socializing and in fact I had a harder time socializing after I learned about me being on the spectrum. It made a lot of sense and really only affected me in high stress situations in sales...and I was homeschooled from 3rd on by choice. Far better education than what was availble to me in so cal in the early 2000's. Now as a middle aged woman I realize that I'm just an extremely introverted person 🤣🤣🤣 with add.
Also to anyone thinking that autism cant be honed in socially, I've pretty much subdued all the negatives of being on the spectrum by putting myself in uncomfortable situations on purpose.
@Millieology Absolutely!! We're totally underestimated.
@@megalopagus777 I was diagnosed at 20. My sister tried to get me to fix my social skills the way she did: by throwing herself into the deep end until she figured out how to swim despite the autism, but it took me months of autism counseling and reading up on it before I could be anything more than a blissfully unaware toxic person. There was a long time last year when I WISHED I were an introvert because it seemed like I only messed up when I interacted with people, and if I didn't crave so desperately NOT to be alone that I wouldn't cause harm the way I did. I love my sis, but she and I are very different people, and she was viewing me through the black and white mind of autism where she thought whatever worked for her would work for me. I had to lay down HARD boundaries before she let it go.
Homeschooling allows you time to explore subjects at your own pace. You also get to lean into the things you enjoy and are naturally interested and skilled in. Also, there’s plenty of groups you can join to get the social interaction you need if you’re not already getting it from siblings and friend groups from church, your neighbors, etc. It’s not like homeschoolers live in some bunker and never see the light of day. But there probably are some of those types, too. 😅lol
Yeah im one of those types my parents never really made it a priority to put me in any social groups so i turned out pretty socially awkward it also doesn't help that i have the attention span of a chicken
@@thunder_cnr4692 Hey, knowing is half the battle, right? 😁
@@contextiscool7308 yessir
The at your own pace part is essential. My brain works really fast, so I'd always be done with schoolwork early. Schools didn't allow me to work at my pace, and because of that, I grew bored and got in trouble. In high school I went back to homeschool and was able to graduate early. While not everybody's brains work quickly, it is important to note that schools most likely won't work with your pacing the same way homeschooling does.
no because someone at work asked me how i play the trumpet and be homeschooled 💀
I have friends who were homeschooled and they have far greater social skills than I do as a public school kid. They are also all people of extreme intelligence. They are some of the most well-rounded, kind, smart, social, funny, and selfless people I know. ❤❤
In public school your always told to be quite by the teacher.
I have experienced both public and homeschool. I perfer homeschool, because I actually learn something I want to learn and I can graduate quickly.
yeah literally we get all our credits and graduate early and can be the most extroverted ppl on the planet 😂
I always get thanked for homeschooling my bunch. A book store owner told me that I'm doing a service for society, that public school kids act like heathens and you can really tell who goes to public school and who's homeschooling.
As a homeschooler from Pre K to Sophomore year of highschool. I can say that I learned so much more from my advamced classes than the last three years of my school career and the only reason I switched was because I could get free college. I'm currently about to graduate college with an Associates of Science and a 4.0 GPA and I love people and I am NOT...socially awkward, I just can't recognize faces immediately. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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I am homeschooled , but I’m also the cashier at my moms gym
My kids graduated years ago and I still feel guilty about them spending twelve years dealing with that garbage.
Dude yeah the stereotypes are so ridiculous 😂 people would ask me “Was it hard not having any friends to play with?” completely genuinely and sympathetically! Like, for real? Public school is the only place you can make friends? Lol
Ikr? Lets get our kids into public school so they can learn what the definition of a woman is.
Oh, wait….
I found that my best friend was and still is my brothers.
I got relentlessly bullied in public school And didn’t have many friends lol
I love you Brett Cooper… your self assured demeanor is a big plus for you
Oh yes. We always feel this. I love the suprise on people's faces when they find out I was homeschooled K-12. They would never know if I didn't say anything. 😂
The more I learn about homeschooling the more I grow to love it.
Me as a public school kid, now shy and socially awkward introvert.
LOL, was about to post the same, adding social anxiety
I go to public school and I’m still socially awkward
So checkmate I guess
Yo same😂
Same here 😋
same
I was homeschooled my whole life, and all throughout that time and still to this day I’m extremely outgoing and a huge extrovert, I love meeting new people and talking with older adults.
Homeschooling is a tremendous blessing and opportunity. My oldest daughter "had" a speech impediment. But she learned to read at 5 and is currently 2 grade levels higher in math and science with her reading level light years above her age. She is dyslexic and would have never had that academic care if she was in public school.
I was someone who was homeschooled specifically to just get it over with already. My family traveled for a living and it was so stressful changing schools every 4-10 months starting in 3rd grade. Once I got to 10th grade I was over it and finished up the rest of high school in a year at home, then started college classes. I still had a social life with other teens in my neighborhood so it wasn't a big deal for me.
(I graduated a week after turning 17 and had my first cert from college before 19)
I am from Australia and have experienced three major forms of education for people under 18. I was homeschooled from kindergarten to year 3, attended a private school from year 3 to year 5, was homeschooled again from year 5 to year 8, and attended a public school from year 8 to year 11. Please note that during my homeschooling years, I went through regular assessments to determine my level of knowledge. In year 2, I was tested at a year 4 level, in year 6 at a year 9 level, and in year 8 at a year 10 level. However, when placed in a classroom, I struggled to retain that knowledge.
Currently, I am studying at TAFE (Technical and Further Education), which is a type of vocational education that is part of tertiary education in English-speaking countries in Oceania. I completed a course that was meant to take 2 years in just 6 months, while studying at home because I was bored. This just proves how much more beneficial homeschooling can be.
The couple of homeschooled people I know are also some of the most successful people I know. More than the Ivy Leaguers for sure 😂
School doesn't make people become more sociable. If anything, it's the reason why I like being alone or just having 2 or 3 people to talk to now. Just because people aren't miserable for 7 hours sitting in an uncomfortable plastic desk and staring at a projector screen or whiteboard doesn't make their education a failure, quite the contrary. They more than likely know something your entire class doesn't.
I always find this interesting because I’ve met a number of homeschooled kids over the years and found that they are more themselves and more interested in talking about things that interest them and more polite than if they were amongst a whole student body in that weird toxic environment. They’re just so much more themselves and relaxed about everything. The ones I’ve met at least.
I dated a public school teacher for a while who was so indoctrinated about how great public schools were and how awful homeschooling was that she didn't believe me AT ALL when I told her I was homeschooled. I was far less socially awkward than she was, and she always complained about problems at the school, as well as her students and how little they would learn, but she could never put 2 and 2 together. She inadvertently proved to me that public schools exist to keep the poor down and with just enough knowledge to be employees, to push students to find the addictions and mistakes to keep them from improving themselves, and the propaganda to keep them voting as told.
the family I grew up next to that homeschooled turned out to be some of the nicest, most welcoming and respectful people who are the sweetest and very social even though one is a little shy she's still social by my standards lol
Wish I went back to homeschooling, some of the best days of my life
Homeschooling is the way to go. Move at your own schedule.
Cheers to you, Brett. 👏
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At one time in the 90's I worked at a small company that contracted out its facilities landscaping maintenance to a service that was 100% owned and run by Mennonite children, all brothers and sisters. Once a week they'd arrive in a crew cab farm truck with a trailer full of mowers and yard equipment. They'd pile out and have the lawn mowed, beds mulched and weeded, and the trees and bushes trimmed in a very short time. The eldest of the group, a teenage girl, would come into the front office and settle the bill. At the end of one Summer she came in and said that her younger brother would be taking over from that time. She was heading off to an Ivy league college. She and all her brothers and sisters were home schooled and were financing college with the landscaping business. None of them seemed socially awkward in any way.
When I was homeschooled, I got detention every day.
When I was at CFA the teenage guy handing us our food at the window was so comfortable talking to me, a 34 yo mom. I told my oldest daughter (11) that I bet he was homeschooled, because of how well he handled the situation.
My husband was homeschooled, and we are homeschooling our 4 kids. 😁 I went to public school and used to be pretty awkward, but I’m getting better.
I find that homeschooled students tend handle conversations with different generations pretty well. And they seem to enjoy it! My sister and I used to talk to our homeschooling friends just as much as their moms lol, which seems a bit strange but we learned so much from them!
As a homeschooled highschooler who works at Chick-fil-A, I love this!!!
It's hilarious because homeschoolers perform better in life by every metric than public schoolers
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@@captainnoobie331 You can figure this one out if you try..
@@mrs.hatfield1451 better in life in every metric is a cap
I am homeschooled and was at a volleyball tournament when my team and I started talking about school, one of the girls looked at me with complete shock and asked if I knew how to make friends 😂😅
That’s literally me rn, almost done with high school classes. Meanwhile my friends who are still in public school are like snails in comparison.
I firmly believe that going to a school holds you back. I went from spending 5 days a week at school down to 3 when I was homeschooled and I only spent about 2.5-3 hrs a day. I went off to the military and scored very well on my ASVAB exam. I was told that if I wanted to I could’ve pursued a career in nuclear engineering.
That’s so true I’m home schooled it’s so annoying when people think I know nothing
re: the social awkwardness argument. Regular schools artificially condition kids to only talk to people their age by confining to age restricted socialization groups. Homeschoolers tend interact on a much wider age range of contacts and be better at being, you know, actual adults. My kids graduated university when most were starting, so no regrets there.
Absolutely. My brother can perfectly converse with anyone, whether they’re 9 or 79. However, I know plenty of public school kids who wouldn’t even bother batting an eye to someone outside their age bracket.
They always want to give you random questions to see if you are actually learning anything.
I’m homeschooled and have probably around 30 friends cuz if you have a friend most of the time you become friends with their siblings
Homeschooling doesn't sound like a bad idea nowadays
Lol I've been homeschooled my whole life (in highschool now, still homeschooled) and I love it.