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My cousins were home schooled and they turned out messed up. I don't know if this related to the lack of outside contact or what but the girls sound like men and the kids are hyperactive. I know its not like this with all hsers but they have no idea how the world works and they all worship the virgin mary as some kind or crazy, more powerful than Jesus type figure. Also, one of them had their entire marriage in Latin. This is all kinda off-topic and more about how crazy my cousins are the parents did make to choice to homeschool alongside their other crazy descisions.
Also did you say that you finished in April? Is America different to Australia because we finish in December and if you managed to do all high-school in three years only working half the day for half the year, stop denying it, your a genius.
Also did you say that you finished in April? Is America different to Australia because we finish in December and if you managed to do all high-school in three years only working half the day for half the year, stop denying it, your a genius.
Just curious: that's a graduate-type MBA school, correct? Where did you go for undergrad?sneakypenguin said:
There are nuts everywhere. Are you going to say there aren't messed up kids in public school, or that the stuff that goes/went on in public school (cigarette smoking, drug use, underage drinking and gang violence) didn't contribute in any way to those people becoming more messed up than they were?Markness said:
See, I can make blanket generalizations, too. Not all schools are good, and not all homeschooling is good. The people involved, no matter WHAT schooling system, need to make a real effort. That's the key. I know of a public schooler who was doing drugs, and I know of a couple of homeschool kids who lack in the area of social skills. Which is more harmful in the end? Besides, you're not considering the personalities involved. These aren't blank slates-they're people. Some kids do homeschooling BECAUSE they don't have social skills. It's not always homeschool's fault, just like how some kids are naturally more drawn to drugs or smoking than other kids are.
We do have a graduate school, but we primarily are just undergrad offering marketing/enterprise mgmt/logistics/accounting/finance plus a bunch of minors/collateralsSeaCalMaster said:
I'm a logistics and information mgmt major woo!
Yes HSers do have their assortment of strange people just like public and private.Markness said:
Not a genius just good at time mgmt. Plus with HS you cut out the hours of lecture and can skim though the stuff you know.
Hell, you are pretty much made somebodies slave ***** for 8 hours a day.(And I am in Middle school still, high school is ten times worse because idiocy runs even more rampant.)Erana said:Then what was high school like? I never went.sneakypenguin said:You can make a thread if you wish, I just figure HS is a bit different than the normErana said:
I don't think I quite get the question, if your literally asking what makes me different from other people o boy where to start. I personally don't see HS kids as molded to their parents will, but it's understandable as it seems like that definitely would be the case. I'm not too much like my parents other than having some of the same personality quirks and most of the HS kids I know are usually quite individualistic with their own goals and ideals. Granted there are prolly parents out there who push themselves on their kids but not in my experience.
Everything in class that you learned, is set to the lowest common denominator, that is to say though not all follows the aforementioned rhetoric. I have a junior great books teacher who actually goes against school rules in ways. She excused a kid who went on a education trip, the kid was missing school but seeing as he was learning stuff school coudn't teach she excused him. Not only this, but she trys to open the students mind, for example she wants us to think on our own instead of mindlessly reciting something we learned in class.
While the sun sometimes shines on the average students side of the fence, its very rare.
Is it true that you guys believe that jesus killed the dinosaurs?
Dont answer that it was a joke.
Do you think that going to a advanced school now would be a good option?
Dont answer that it was a joke.
Do you think that going to a advanced school now would be a good option?
you have some low expectations about high-school. teacher wise, if you were to take the ratio of good to bad teachers you have in middle school/junior high(whatever you call it) its roughly the same. there are teachers in my school who would probably do the same thing, hell the way most people get out of detentions for being late to class or absent is by one of talking to one of the deans who thinks the late rules are retarded.Bulletinmybrain said:Hell, you are pretty much made somebodies slave ***** for 8 hours a day.(And I am in Middle school still, high school is ten times worse because idiocy runs even more rampant.)Erana said:Then what was high school like? I never went.sneakypenguin said:You can make a thread if you wish, I just figure HS is a bit different than the normErana said:
I don't think I quite get the question, if your literally asking what makes me different from other people o boy where to start. I personally don't see HS kids as molded to their parents will, but it's understandable as it seems like that definitely would be the case. I'm not too much like my parents other than having some of the same personality quirks and most of the HS kids I know are usually quite individualistic with their own goals and ideals. Granted there are prolly parents out there who push themselves on their kids but not in my experience.
Everything in class that you learned, is set to the lowest common denominator, that is to say though not all follows the aforementioned rhetoric. I have a junior great books teacher who actually goes against school rules in ways. She excused a kid who went on a education trip, the kid was missing school but seeing as he was learning stuff school coudn't teach she excused him. Not only this, but she trys to open the students mind, for example she wants us to think on our own instead of mindlessly reciting something we learned in class.
While the sun sometimes shines on the average students side of the fence, its very rare.
high-school isn't so bad it's just there are more of everything; more idiots, more smart kids, more good teachers, etc. just hope you have a good chem teacher like the one at my school who's famous quote is, "hydrogen is for amateurs." He said that when someone asked him if he would blow up a hydrogen balloon.
Sports, Boy (or girl) Scouts, martial arts, through friends. It's not really as hard as people think it is to meet people if you're not in school. I've been HS since grade 1, and I know just about everyone in my age group at my local high school.oni565 said:
Homeschoolers unite. 
In addition to the ways qbert4ever mentioned for meeting friends, there are more than a few homeschooling groups that exist for the sole purpose of getting homeschooled families together so kids have social time. We'd go on field trips to all sorts of places, or parents would do different classes over the year. Just ways to spend time with people.
In addition to the ways qbert4ever mentioned for meeting friends, there are more than a few homeschooling groups that exist for the sole purpose of getting homeschooled families together so kids have social time. We'd go on field trips to all sorts of places, or parents would do different classes over the year. Just ways to spend time with people.
black lincon said:you have some low expectations about high-school. teacher wise, if you were to take the ratio of good to bad teachers you have in middle school/junior high(whatever you call it) its roughly the same. there are teachers in my school who would probably do the same thing, hell the way most people get out of detentions for being late to class or absent is by one of talking to one of the deans who thinks the late rules are retarded.Bulletinmybrain said:Hell, you are pretty much made somebodies slave ***** for 8 hours a day.(And I am in Middle school still, high school is ten times worse because idiocy runs even more rampant.)Erana said:Then what was high school like? I never went.sneakypenguin said:You can make a thread if you wish, I just figure HS is a bit different than the normErana said:
I don't think I quite get the question, if your literally asking what makes me different from other people o boy where to start. I personally don't see HS kids as molded to their parents will, but it's understandable as it seems like that definitely would be the case. I'm not too much like my parents other than having some of the same personality quirks and most of the HS kids I know are usually quite individualistic with their own goals and ideals. Granted there are prolly parents out there who push themselves on their kids but not in my experience.
Everything in class that you learned, is set to the lowest common denominator, that is to say though not all follows the aforementioned rhetoric. I have a junior great books teacher who actually goes against school rules in ways. She excused a kid who went on a education trip, the kid was missing school but seeing as he was learning stuff school coudn't teach she excused him. Not only this, but she trys to open the students mind, for example she wants us to think on our own instead of mindlessly reciting something we learned in class.
While the sun sometimes shines on the average students side of the fence, its very rare.
high-school isn't so bad it's just there are more of everything; more idiots, more smart kids, more good teachers, etc. just hope you have a good chem teacher like the one at my school who's famous quote is, "hydrogen is for amateurs." He said that when someone asked him if he would blow up a hydrogen balloon.
Something with a little bit more bang, is a dry ice bomb.
Lol, I hope I have alright/good teachers like I do this year. My biology teacher=excellent.(In a myriad amount of ways..
my aforemention JRGBKs teacher, my geomtry teacher.. Honors teachers pretty much the only class I hate going to is, german. The class just seems to drag on, I usually end up daydreaming. >.<
You get to work in your own way, instead of having shit shoveled into your mouth by the truckload, it would make hooking look easy.sneakypenguin said:
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YOU SIR are my HERO! You charsimatic and intelligent stallion! I bask in your wonderous glory! You, are my sun! My moon! My starlit sky! My arrogant dirtbag! ERM! I mean arrogant pusshole! Oh bugger! I can't say it with a straight face you arrogant PRICK! I'd like you to tell me how to assemble a rocket engine? Can't? Neither can public school kids who AREN'T "HEAD AND SHOULDERS" above your small and impudent dick...
YOU SIR are my HERO! You charsimatic and intelligent stallion! I bask in your wonderous glory! You, are my sun! My moon! My starlit sky! My arrogant dirtbag! ERM! I mean arrogant pusshole! Oh bugger! I can't say it with a straight face you arrogant PRICK! I'd like you to tell me how to assemble a rocket engine? Can't? Neither can public school kids who AREN'T "HEAD AND SHOULDERS" above your small and impudent dick...
OK for starter that chem teacher would laugh you out of the room for suggesting a dry ice bomb. he teaches the AP chem kids how to make flash bangs, contact explosives, and thermite.Bulletinmybrain said:black lincon said:you have some low expectations about high-school. teacher wise, if you were to take the ratio of good to bad teachers you have in middle school/junior high(whatever you call it) its roughly the same. there are teachers in my school who would probably do the same thing, hell the way most people get out of detentions for being late to class or absent is by one of talking to one of the deans who thinks the late rules are retarded.Bulletinmybrain said:Hell, you are pretty much made somebodies slave ***** for 8 hours a day.(And I am in Middle school still, high school is ten times worse because idiocy runs even more rampant.)Erana said:Then what was high school like? I never went.sneakypenguin said:You can make a thread if you wish, I just figure HS is a bit different than the normErana said:
I don't think I quite get the question, if your literally asking what makes me different from other people o boy where to start. I personally don't see HS kids as molded to their parents will, but it's understandable as it seems like that definitely would be the case. I'm not too much like my parents other than having some of the same personality quirks and most of the HS kids I know are usually quite individualistic with their own goals and ideals. Granted there are prolly parents out there who push themselves on their kids but not in my experience.
Everything in class that you learned, is set to the lowest common denominator, that is to say though not all follows the aforementioned rhetoric. I have a junior great books teacher who actually goes against school rules in ways. She excused a kid who went on a education trip, the kid was missing school but seeing as he was learning stuff school coudn't teach she excused him. Not only this, but she trys to open the students mind, for example she wants us to think on our own instead of mindlessly reciting something we learned in class.
While the sun sometimes shines on the average students side of the fence, its very rare.
high-school isn't so bad it's just there are more of everything; more idiots, more smart kids, more good teachers, etc. just hope you have a good chem teacher like the one at my school who's famous quote is, "hydrogen is for amateurs." He said that when someone asked him if he would blow up a hydrogen balloon.
Something with a little bit more bang, is a dry ice bomb.
Lol, I hope I have alright/good teachers like I do this year. My biology teacher=excellent.(In a myriad amount of ways..
As to your other topic, the class is what you make of it. I have fun in my lit class despite the previous period thinking the teacher is really mean, it's actually funny because a friend in the previous period thinks she's out to get his class. While in our class we just laugh at he when she gets angry because she makes a funny face.
