Quotation of the Day
15th December 2018
Traditional school systems have a programme of social normalisation, in which children of the same age, regardless of condition or mental ability, are thrown together in the hope that the abnormal can learn to get along with their chronological peers simply through the process of ‘rubbing off’ or imitation. This programme usually bites the dirt along with the child, who is subject to bullying, ostracism and isolation. Parents who are essentially normal, who survived the school system themselves, are often at a loss to deal with the fact that not only is their child dysfunctional but the school itself seems to be out of whack.
— h2g2
One of the most persistent criticisms of homeschooling is that homeschooled children aren’t ‘socialized’ properly, i.e. trained to Play Well With Others. Since most existing schools are the equivalent of primitive tribes in their social structure and activities, I’d say that’s a feature, not a bug. If the supposed supervising adults associated with my high school had known half of what went on when the adults were not in the room, they would have been scared shitless.