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#152636
Mike
Loser, with a capital 'L'
2/3/2007 5:52:13 PM
#153239
quantumspirit
Right! That's why God created Eve, because Jeebus was enough for Adam, or was it Adam and Steve?
2/4/2007 6:39:32 AM
#153243
Sandman
Well, you don't get the \"Bible as the main textbook\" thing in reputable schools for two reasons: first, it's not the 12th century anymore, and second, such an approach leaves the \"student\" woefully unprepared for any profession other than ignorant fundamentalist preacher, submissive wife, or vacuously-smiling churchmember. Most parents would like more for their children than that.
2/4/2007 6:44:45 AM
#153254
Traitor1
Sure, you're doing okay...until you get out into the real world (prob. in college) and then flip out, overdose on drugs, and get crabs.
2/4/2007 6:59:32 AM
#153255
JD
your grandparent's fears were apparently very well founded. Seems any hope of being a decent human being were lost by your 'saving'.
2/4/2007 7:01:08 AM
#153265
Julian
and I thank my parents so much for teaching me at home where the Bible was our main textbook.
Holy crap!
To paraphrase Churchill
Never! In the field of human communication has so much, been explained by so few. (words)
Saved4Ever's posts from last month make so much more sense now!
2/4/2007 7:13:02 AM
#153269
The Watcher
Oh yeah, you're totally all right. There's nothing wrong with you at all.
2/4/2007 7:17:05 AM
#153279
CousinTed
>>I seem to be doing fine having never been to school<<
The previous post disagrees.
2/4/2007 7:27:14 AM
#153280
Blackhouse
I'm sure your future employer is going to be very impressed by your education :P
2/4/2007 7:30:22 AM
#153294
MrBadAxe
Part of me says, Let them continue to encourage homeschooling. The Xians won't survive contemporary society; natural selection will work as it always has, weeding out those without proper social skills.
2/4/2007 8:19:14 AM
#153300
Matilde
Because, as God said in the Genesis, it´s not convinient for the men to be alone. We don´t have friends to glorify the lord, we have them because we need company. They´re not objects or conviniences.
2/4/2007 8:32:04 AM
#153302
Witty Name Here
When I was a kid, I only had two friends because the rest of them moved away. It took me a fucking decade to stop being a social cripple, and even now I have difficulty interacting with people.
2/4/2007 8:37:58 AM
#153305
solomongrundy
Quote:
Ultimately all they need is one friend....
And it can even be an imaginary one
2/4/2007 8:46:37 AM
#153326
Zadic
If the bird has spent all his life in a cage does he think of it as good and healthy or does he desire that which he has never known?
2/4/2007 9:32:14 AM
#153329
Madame Scarlet
I know a few homeschooled kids.
Only the girl seems to have turned out to not be completely socially awkward, and then... she still needs work.
2/4/2007 9:39:12 AM
#153341
Em
\"At least he can spell\" award? Cos everything else is just wrong!
2/4/2007 10:57:40 AM
#153351
Captain Janeway
Home schooling should be against the law for any child that does not have a medical reason not be there.
It cripple kids in the very two things they need most: objective education and social skills.
I am disgusted again.
2/4/2007 12:39:08 PM
#153361
Jezebel's Evil Sister
I sort of feel sorry for this person. Obviously, he has no friends and, what's worse, no understanding of the concept of friendship because he has been warped by his parent's abuse. Sad really.
2/4/2007 1:12:33 PM
#153366
[url=http://mad-dog-land.ifastnet.com]madDog[/url]
Ain't homeschooling great, Dante's Virgil?
2/4/2007 1:35:05 PM
#153378
Vyoma
This is called \"brainwashing.\" Isolate the individual from society and insure that everything he/she thinks is based on a single dogma... classic stuff. When a significant proportion of a population is \"educated\" in this way, one has evidence of a society in decline.
Fundamentalist home schooling = cultural decay. Welcome back to the 11th century. Who cared about the Renaissance, anyhow?
2/4/2007 2:08:45 PM
#153380
New Hope
Man, I hate it when people ruin the image of homeschooling. I have quite a few friends who were home schooled and they turned out just fine.
2/4/2007 2:15:58 PM
#153392
CheshireCatalyst
Where I'm from it is actually illegal not to send your child to school.
The scariest part of this individual's story is that the bible was used as the main text. I mean, WTF are the parents using to prepare this kid for society?
This also reminds me of the reason why the monarchy of Saudi Arabia cannot even operate it's petroleum business without the assistance of qualified people from other countries! The Qur'an is the principle form of education in Saudi. This is why you generally have a constant 20% unemployed - when the Qur'an is your only source of education - what can you possibly contribute to your country?
2/4/2007 2:57:10 PM
#153397
WritingIsMyReligion
It's called LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD, bucko.
Fuck, you all are going to be serial killers for Jesus, aren't you?
2/4/2007 3:10:44 PM
#153401
CheshireCatalyst
Where I'm from it is actually illegal not to send your child to school.
The scariest part of this individual's story is that the bible was used as the main text. I mean, WTF are the parents using to prepare this kid for society?
This also reminds me of the reason why the monarchy of Saudi Arabia cannot even operate it's petroleum business without the assistance of qualified people from other countries! The Qur'an is the principle form of education in Saudi. This is why you generally have a constant 20% unemployed - when the Qur'an is your only source of education - what can you possibly contribute to your country?
2/4/2007 3:13:31 PM
#153412
Sandman
I meet a lot of homeschooled kids at the center where I teach art in the evenings and my wife teaches acting, and they pretty much fall into two categories.
First, the astonishingly bright, confident, and mature, and the other kind, the socialy awkward, timid ones almost always behind grade level in basic skills and knowledge.
And you know what? All the bright and confident ones are from liberal, free-thinking homes, and all the other kind are from the fundamentalist Christian \"Public Schools Are Evil\" families.
Go figure.
2/4/2007 3:24:14 PM
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