Xanikk999
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It seems to me any test that is a take home test can be exploited by just looking for the answers online. That just makes the test worthless really.
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It seems to me any test that is a take home test can be exploited by just looking for the answers online. That just makes the test worthless really.
What do you need to pray about during school hours...?
The fact is your parents are indoctrinating you with religious bs, and for that I feel sorry for you.
You've been told since the day you were born that God exists and Jesus performed the greatest miracles ever witnessed. Your parents did this because they know children are impressionable and you did not have, and still do not have, the educational means to properly question them. God is your reality because your parents capitalized on your stage of greatest brain development in such a way as to present God as a fact of life.
Aside from that, the sort of homeschooling you are in cannot possibly properly prepare you for the real world...I'd honestly confront your parents in a mature manner, and request to be placed in an actual school, public or private. For the sake of your adulthood. Believe me, future you will be grateful.
Lighthearter
President of the United States
@Atlas14 - Was that directed at me as well? Because if it was then I'm highly - HIGHLY - offended.
@Xanikk - You're kidding. My mother sits down with me and my brother at the table and we do the tests then. We don't open the books at all until then. I've cleared all the CAT tests in 50% of the allotted time, and gotten high marks.
-L
@Xanikk - You're kidding. My mother sits down with me and my brother at the table and we do the tests then. We don't open the books at all until then. I've cleared all the CAT tests in 50% of the allotted time, and gotten high marks.
-L
Lighthearter
President of the United States
Was that directed at me? If so, I'm slightly amused. Just because I'm homeschooled doesn't mean I never leave my house. I do maintain good personal hygiene.
1) - My parents would kill me.
2) - I feel it's he adult thing to do.
3) - I do have friends at Ballroom and Martial Arts, you know . . . .
4) - Just because I'm homeschooled and live in the sticks doesn't mean I don't want to look sharp. It gives the impression I'm up-cultured and phosisticated
5) - And I do actually know girls IRL, you know. That helps a lot in this desire.
That good enough for you?
And I was last out today.
-L
1) - My parents would kill me.
2) - I feel it's he adult thing to do.
3) - I do have friends at Ballroom and Martial Arts, you know . . . .
4) - Just because I'm homeschooled and live in the sticks doesn't mean I don't want to look sharp. It gives the impression I'm up-cultured and phosisticated
5) - And I do actually know girls IRL, you know. That helps a lot in this desire.
That good enough for you?
And I was last out today.-L
Zulu Impi
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Truthfully you don't know weather God is real for sure, that first statement is an opinion not a fact. its actually rather ironic that you're tone is so arrogant and proselytizing as you're apparently advocating atheism. Tolerance of other peoples views, religious or otherwise isn't dependant on ones opinion of them.
This section especially is outrageous you are completely discrediting his comments on his experience and basically trashing him and his parents while knowing little of his situation other then a few pages of posts on a forum.
Also I am a homeschooler and have experienced 12 years of it. like any other education it has its shortcomings but I have seen positive affects in myself from it. If I had the choice to start over I would pick homeschooling as due to my family's financial situation private schooling has always been out of the question. I'm definitely not a big fan of public schools and am christian so those two factors maybe enough to discount my opinions.
Wasn't directed at you. I haven't read any of your posts in this thread. Does what I said apply to you? Why would what I said offend you?
Nobody knows if God is real or not, my point exactly. He doesn't need to be learning all day about stuff pertaining to some ambiguous storybook character. I find it hard to believe people can get away with substituting this stuff for a real education...
I am tolerant of other peoples' religious beliefs. I don't have to think they are logical or intelligent in any way. This kid hasn't been given an option to believe in anything other than God and a literal interpretation of the Bible. This is indoctrination, pure and simple.
What I said was completely appropriate. Let me break it down for you, and for that matter, DC, as to why his situation is undesirably problematic.
Socially- His romantic options are likely severely limited both now and especially in the future to religious fundamentalists that believe man played patty cake with the dinosaurs which all died in a flood because they weren't allowed on a giant ship a few thousand years ago.
- I have no good idea how many friends he has or the quality of friends he has,
but they're likely a pretty homogeneous bunch. This is a guess.
- When is it ever good for parents to dictate what a child believes in and learns? I really don't see how it can be good for his critical thinking/analytical skills or even his social skills in general.
Academically- As for universities in the future, you are likely limiting yourself to a select few religious schools such as Liberty University. They don't teach evolution. You don't learn evolution now. Everything is fine and dandy, if this is your plan than so be it. If you're looking to get a job or education outside of the religious field, then good luck. Science is a key part of life and education.
- It sounds like your parents aren't teaching you to explore "both sides of an argument" basics and critical thinking skills. Again, these are key. Sheltering you from the horrors of the secular world is counterproductive, unless you are seeking a life in a monastery or mega church or massaging Ted Haggard's hairy back.
As has been pointed out, I cannot get a perfect idea of what your actual homeschooling/developmental experience has been from this thread, so if I am way off the mark on any of my assumptions feel free to let me know.
I personally think homeschooling is great. Never experienced it, but I can definitely see how beneficial it would be in many aspects. Religious indoctrination under the guise of homeschooling is not ok. From what DC has posted in this thread, it appears that his parents have taken this route, unfortunately.
Brian Shanahan
Permanoob
That is not an inspectorate system, as Xannix said that is a system designed to facilitate cheating (whether intentional or not is another question).
Lighthearter
President of the United States
Not really. When my sisters were switching from public to homeschooling in the nineties they took their tests at the local public school. However, after the vice-principle(I think) tried to convince one of them to give up homeschooling and come back, Mom's already fragile trust in the public school system collapsed. I took the PSAT at a regular high school.
And all that your quote means is that it's actually necessary to instill basic morals in your children. The thought never occurred to me - AT ALL - to cheat until it was said in the thread, and I feel slightly offended that anyone would automatically assume that homeschoolers would.
For the record, I agree with Atlas' dissertation. I was wondering if his statement about going to a public school was directed at me as well - I'm about as secular and agnostic a person as you can find. To the level where I find "alternate biology" units that avoid evolution outright offensive.
-L
Brian Shanahan
Permanoob
Anecdotes are not evidence, an unsupervised testing system (and having a biased parent looking over you is unsupervised) is an avenue for cheating.
Now don't get me wrong I fully believe you don't cheat but you not cheating is not relfecting on the system but on you and your family.
And frankly the bit about the VP asking your sister about coming back was probably just him/her trying to do their best for a student that was formerly under their charge. From what I've heard of homeschooling in the US (and that's not solely from here, I've outside information and American relatives to go on too) it is mostly a system to indoctrinate children in obvously untenable and idiotic beliefs and maybe he was approaching your sister from that point of view.
I don't actually think there is any academic evidence to show that homeschoolers in GENERAL are less academically prepared than public/private school kids. As a general body, I would imagine they'd test better than traditional students.
The homeschool situation in the OP, however, is not a typical homeschool situation.
The homeschool situation in the OP, however, is not a typical homeschool situation.
Narz
keeping it real
That's a very interesting article. My dad has Parkinson's.
re : homeschooling, I've met a number of homeschooled kids & they don't seem any less well adjusted than average, actually in general they seemed more well adjusted & mature for their age. However, I've never met any religious home-schooled kids (recently anyway).
It's not like homeschooling disallows children to have friends.
GhostWriter16
Deity
Homeschoolers in general test better than private school children, who in turn test better than public school children.
useless
Social Justice Rogue
Public schools generally aren't funded that welll
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