In case you're doubtful about home-schooling because your child(ren) would miss the socialization provided by 30 hours a week in an institutional school, relax. I am the authority you've been looking for.

I attended public school K-12. Here is what I learned:

• Pretty people and smart people are better than the rest.
  
  
  
• Your age determines your grade level. No exceptions. You may only proceed as fast as the slowest student your age.
  
  
• Whatever you learned in Sunday school is null and void.
  
  
• Ostracize anyone who does not conform. This is done most effectively in the cafeteria.
  
  
• The teacher is unrelated to you, especially in the sense of an elder. Nonetheless, you must obey the teacher and accept her every word as truth.
  
  
• Corollary: If you disagree, the teacher must hate you.
  
  
• Talking about God is impolite.
  
  
• If you observe others shunning someone, join in. It's safer.
  
  
• You may want to know more about some subjects, and less about others. Too bad.
  
  
• Stop talking. Stop talking. Stop talking.
  
  
• Bored? If you're pretty or smart (or wish you were), you can always pick on those who aren't as pretty or smart as you.
  
  
• Showing up and staying in place are the most important things you can do. Even if you hate what you're doing.

And, finally, the greatest lesson for me:

• Once you take off that cap-and-gown, nothing anyone said to you in 12 years of school matters anymore.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at 07:31 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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