20 Mar 2008, 11:26 am
20 Mar 2008, 11:30 am
tybald wrote:
By home schooling you may reduce his problems now but he will eventually have to go into the real world and deal with people at some point. Despite the problems I encountered at school I'm glad I went as its stood me in good stead for my dealings with people in later life.
Why do people so often think that homeschooling has nothing to do with real life?
where does this myth come from?
Who do you know who was homeschooled? Are they out of touch with reality? !? !
Schooling , "ordinary", respectable, public schooling did not stand me in good stead. Homeschooling, on the other hand, is increasingly shown to result in a better, more secure sense of self esteem, and in more confidence dealing with people.
Where do people get these propaganda-ridden ideas of homeschooling as some sort of dreamland, when in fact with every year that passes it is increasingly obvious (except to the blinkered), that it is a better preparation for a really sane and grounded adult life than normal schooling?
How can intelligent people accept such garbage without the slightest examination of the facts? Is it really the homeschooled who are having diffficulty in the "real world"? ! !!
AAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH ! ! !! !:x
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20 Mar 2008, 11:35 am
Tybald wrote:
....he will eventually have to go into the real world....
Total incomprehension and despair in the face of such prejudice and misinformation mascarading as the voice of reason.
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20 Mar 2008, 7:32 pm
morning_after wrote:
gizmo wrote:
i have thought long and hard about home schooling. there isn't much support in dublin for home schooling. he needs social contact to teach him the skills of social interaction, but at the same time, putting him in the social situations is resulting in bullying. am i doing more damage? whats the opinion of aspies who have been through the school system and were bullied all the way through it? how would you have felt being home schooled
Well, while it's true that I got bullied in school, I also sometimes get bullied as an adult by other adults.
I just think that school helped prepare me. i learned how not to let it all get to me in school, so now when I deal with bigots and whatnot I can use the very same attitudes I learned in school.
I loved school, in part because it got me out of my HOUSE.
Unfortunately, the bullying that started in 6th grade and continued through my jr year of high school was AWFUL, and I got no support at the school or from home.
My mother was a public school teacher. However, she would not have been a good home-schooler. I have much more natural curiosity than she did - the best thing she could possibly do for me back then was just keep out of my way - I'd greedily seek out as much information about my interests as I could. I could spend entire Saturdays at the library, or in my room reading. If anything, she tried to stifle my curiosity, and certainly my "progressive thinking."
Yes, I have definitely been bullied by adults, as an adult! They just do it more subtley, with a smile. But it's still often just as mean and petty as jr high was. This is why I am self-employed.
20 Mar 2008, 10:15 pm
sinagua wrote:
morning_after wrote:
gizmo wrote:
i have thought long and hard about home schooling. there isn't much support in dublin for home schooling. he needs social contact to teach him the skills of social interaction, but at the same time, putting him in the social situations is resulting in bullying. am i doing more damage? whats the opinion of aspies who have been through the school system and were bullied all the way through it? how would you have felt being home schooled
Well, while it's true that I got bullied in school, I also sometimes get bullied as an adult by other adults.
I just think that school helped prepare me. i learned how not to let it all get to me in school, so now when I deal with bigots and whatnot I can use the very same attitudes I learned in school.
I loved school, in part because it got me out of my HOUSE.
Unfortunately, the bullying that started in 6th grade and continued through my jr year of high school was AWFUL, and I got no support at the school or from home.
My mother was a public school teacher. However, she would not have been a good home-schooler. I have much more natural curiosity than she did - the best thing she could possibly do for me back then was just keep out of my way - I'd greedily seek out as much information about my interests as I could. I could spend entire Saturdays at the library, or in my room reading. If anything, she tried to stifle my curiosity, and certainly my "progressive thinking."
Yes, I have definitely been bullied by adults, as an adult! They just do it more subtley, with a smile. But it's still often just as mean and petty as jr high was. This is why I am self-employed.
Good for you.
And my school was different. I talked to the Vice President everyday, so we were friendly with each other, and I got the bullly kicked out.
21 Mar 2008, 8:05 pm
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23 Mar 2008, 6:55 pm
Hi flower 
I haven't read the whole thread but I wanted to say welcome, and I do understand. My children are 2 and 4. In October 2007, my daughter was diagnosed with autism. In November 2007, my son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS. I suspect they both have Asperger's, but that the diagnoses won't come until later.
Funny thing about your children's diagnoses - the apple doesn't often fall far from the tree. It turns out my husband and I are also on the spectrum, which explained a LOT for both of us.
As for getting your daughter a diagnosis if she has AS, don't give up and trust your gut feelings as a parent. It took two years to get a diagnosis for my daughter. I began seeking it when she was two. I had NO idea the diagnosis would be autism, I just knew something was very off. Be persistent. Mom instincts are pretty accurate.
23 Mar 2008, 10:22 pm
Mikomi wrote:
Hi flower I haven't read the whole thread but I wanted to say welcome, and I do understand. My children are 2 and 4. In October 2007, my daughter was diagnosed with autism. In November 2007, my son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS. I suspect they both have Asperger's, but that the diagnoses won't come until later.
Funny thing about your children's diagnoses - the apple doesn't often fall far from the tree. It turns out my husband and I are also on the spectrum, which explained a LOT for both of us.
As for getting your daughter a diagnosis if she has AS, don't give up and trust your gut feelings as a parent. It took two years to get a diagnosis for my daughter. I began seeking it when she was two. I had NO idea the diagnosis would be autism, I just knew something was very off. Be persistent. Mom instincts are pretty accurate.
I haven't read the whole thread but I wanted to say welcome, and I do understand. My children are 2 and 4. In October 2007, my daughter was diagnosed with autism. In November 2007, my son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS. I suspect they both have Asperger's, but that the diagnoses won't come until later.Funny thing about your children's diagnoses - the apple doesn't often fall far from the tree. It turns out my husband and I are also on the spectrum, which explained a LOT for both of us.
As for getting your daughter a diagnosis if she has AS, don't give up and trust your gut feelings as a parent. It took two years to get a diagnosis for my daughter. I began seeking it when she was two. I had NO idea the diagnosis would be autism, I just knew something was very off. Be persistent. Mom instincts are pretty accurate.
It took me more like 12 years
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