RE: home-schooling
August 31, 2016 at 8:31 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2016 at 8:32 am by Edwardo Piet.)
As far as I know the most common purpose for homeschooling is to indoctrinate children into some rather extreme beliefs that go against a lot of school teachings.
I was homeschooled.
In my case, I was taken out of school to be taught by my parents at age 6 because I couldn't cope with school. Like really couldn't cope. Like my social anxiety was so bad that I couldn't sleep at night unless my parents taught me at home, which, to my delight, they decided to do.
A small part of me wishes that I had gotten over that social anxiety somehow and been taught at home, because I drastically missed out on a social life as a kid.
But a much bigger part of me just thinks "I can't change the past, no point having regrets about it."
Thankfully I was never raised religious. I was taught comparative religion: Taught the gist of the viewpoints of many different religions and also the gist of many Mythologies-- but I was never really taught any specifics because my parents didn't read holy texts to me. So thankfully I never had any stupid holy books imposed on me...
...because, I mean, technically even though my parents don't believe in any holy books: Simply quoting a bunch of it to me could have fucked with my head if I was gullible enough to believe in those holy books. Kids have their own minds of course, so even if the parents aren't religious if they are told about stupid shit there's a chance they might believe in that stupid shit even if their parents don't.
If my parents had taught me holy books rather than just a summary of religions they would have taught me a bunch of holy books, not just one. Comparative religion and teaching mythologies is the way to go IMO. So I think they got that right. I would never shelter a child from religion: I would show them a bunch of different religions, and mythologies, and allow them to come to their own conclusions. Like my parents did. And hopefully they would conclude that all religions are equally a bunch of shit.
So, as I was saying, if I had a child I would want them to draw their own conclusions and make up their own mind. But: at the same time children are sponges to an extent: They easily believe and soak up a lot of information. They're credulous and vulnerable and precious and fragile. So I'd not want to impose even the possibility of them believing horrible fucking shit like the Old Testament, for example. I'd teach a child comparative religion, but I'd personally certainly never quote the horror in the Old Testament to a child. I want them to make up their own minds and treat them as people, but I certainly don't want to even risk the chance of a child believing in vile shit like that.
Anyway, I'm rambling. But this is AF it's kind of what it's for: It's Rambletown here. Hehe.
I was homeschooled.
In my case, I was taken out of school to be taught by my parents at age 6 because I couldn't cope with school. Like really couldn't cope. Like my social anxiety was so bad that I couldn't sleep at night unless my parents taught me at home, which, to my delight, they decided to do.
A small part of me wishes that I had gotten over that social anxiety somehow and been taught at home, because I drastically missed out on a social life as a kid.
But a much bigger part of me just thinks "I can't change the past, no point having regrets about it."
Thankfully I was never raised religious. I was taught comparative religion: Taught the gist of the viewpoints of many different religions and also the gist of many Mythologies-- but I was never really taught any specifics because my parents didn't read holy texts to me. So thankfully I never had any stupid holy books imposed on me...
...because, I mean, technically even though my parents don't believe in any holy books: Simply quoting a bunch of it to me could have fucked with my head if I was gullible enough to believe in those holy books. Kids have their own minds of course, so even if the parents aren't religious if they are told about stupid shit there's a chance they might believe in that stupid shit even if their parents don't.
If my parents had taught me holy books rather than just a summary of religions they would have taught me a bunch of holy books, not just one. Comparative religion and teaching mythologies is the way to go IMO. So I think they got that right. I would never shelter a child from religion: I would show them a bunch of different religions, and mythologies, and allow them to come to their own conclusions. Like my parents did. And hopefully they would conclude that all religions are equally a bunch of shit.
So, as I was saying, if I had a child I would want them to draw their own conclusions and make up their own mind. But: at the same time children are sponges to an extent: They easily believe and soak up a lot of information. They're credulous and vulnerable and precious and fragile. So I'd not want to impose even the possibility of them believing horrible fucking shit like the Old Testament, for example. I'd teach a child comparative religion, but I'd personally certainly never quote the horror in the Old Testament to a child. I want them to make up their own minds and treat them as people, but I certainly don't want to even risk the chance of a child believing in vile shit like that.
Anyway, I'm rambling. But this is AF it's kind of what it's for: It's Rambletown here. Hehe.
