@jacobchatterjee @emlynaddison @BillyMcWhirter Arguments are not The Truth + U forget that for each argument for god, there's 10 for atheism
@Gomba13 @BillyMcWhirter But the home schooling option merely encourages anti-intellectual, anti-social clan mentality & invites other ills.
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@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter Not necessarily. It isn't without risk, but better that than teaching a kid that humans rode dinosaurs! -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter Sure...if I *HAD* to live in a backwater fiefdom, yes I'd probably home school. But it invites xenophobia. -
@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter It depends on the learning environment created by parent and how she compensates for lack of social setting. -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter Recreating the typical school melting pot is a tall order, not to mention the movement away from parental supervisn -
@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter You are right, recreating the same is impossible. But is that school environment really necessary? -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter I'm not sure what you mean; is it NOT important that the cultural microcosm of schools prepare kids for society? -
@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter It's important that kids are prepared, but it doesn't necessarily have to be done by traditional methods. -
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@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter I think with dedicated parents, a kid can be better intellectually developed and be better at reasoning. -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter I don't think that's enough; we have examples of 'smart' kids who are socially incapable. Guess where that leads? -
@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter There are socially inept kids is both settings and socially developed kids in both settings. -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter I don't honestly see how home schooled kids could be equally as socially developed as school kids. Whence? -
@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter I base my opinion on a few people I know who were homeschooled. They don't have any social handicaps.
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@BillyMcWhirter I know a few homeschooled grown-ups, and although they are different, they are very bright people. -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter We need bright AND socialized people. A global potpourri of cultures demands more than just academic smarts.
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