Re: Home education and extropians

CALYK (CALYK@aol.com)
Wed, 20 May 1998 18:14:18 EDT


In a message dated 98-05-20 00:37:21 EDT, you write:

<< << I'd be interested to hear (off-list if you prefer) if anyone else on
this
list are home educating their children or know of anyone who is >>
our daughter is only 2 1/2 so it isn't yet a big issue...but i'd like too.
my
wife is concerned about the lack of social developement supposedly associated
with home schooling... any thoughts or data on that, Grant?.. Cori
>>

In addition to grant's post, you could also maybe put them in a summer camp or
some funner kind of social group. Those seem fun, just not the religious
summer camps. I think there are benefits from a good pre-school though, but
into higher elementary and beyond home school seems a lot better. I have good
memories from Montessori school, but who knows what schools will be like in
the near future, my old highschool just set up a graphic arts computer lab
with a lot of high-end programs, it also has a video lab and a photography
lab. Chemistry labs and that kind of thing are ok too, so perhaps access to
things is what we're looking for.

danny