For all you people…
…who tell me that homeschooling is bad for my kid because he doesn’t get to socialize with other kids his age. Is this the kind of socialization you’re talking about? Grade school wasn’t as fun for everyone as you might think. Think back to when you were in grade school. Do you remember this kid? The one that everyone picked on. The outcast? Every class had one. I was that kid. I knew others like me too. I wasn’t gonna put my kid through that. My kid gets more than enough socialization, thank you very much. Between Boy Scouts, bowling, soccer, play groups, and many other things. He gets out and interacts in the real world, the Post Office, the Electric Company office, Courthouses, etc. In the real world do you interact only with people of your same age? Neither does he. He is comfortable around people of any age because of this. I think we are preparing him better for life than most parents.
We have made sacrifices for his education. Yeah, my wife could get a job. We could put him in school. Let someone else raise our kid. Make lots more money and have a new house and new cars every three years. But we decided to put our lives on hold to raise a child. Not a tax deduction.
Samizdata also has a good discussion going about this story.
: Life in a Nutshell from the album “Rock Spectacle” by Barenaked Ladies