Okay Kids, Time for Bedlam!
Posted 2008-09-01 16:16 by manarafo
PDF book on the lighter side of homeschooling.
Rudner Home School Research
Posted 2008-09-01 16:17 by manarafo
By current estimates, there are between 700,000 and 1,200,000 students enrolled in home schools in the United States. Further, by all accounts, the movement has been growing steadily over the past few years (Lines, 1998). Yet, there is very little scientific literature concerning the population of home school students or even large samples of home school students.
Who wouldn't be 'school phobic'?
Posted 2008-09-01 16:19 by manarafo
'School phobia' is a dreadful label for some children's perfectly understandable response to being compelled to go to school against their will. They are not phobic, any more than a conscientious objector is a coward; they are refusing – and in most cases very nobly.
Why Nerds are Unpopular
Posted 2008-09-01 16:20 by manarafo
I know a lot of people who were nerds in school, and they all tell the same story: there is a strong correlation between being smart and being a nerd, and an even stronger inverse correlation between being a nerd and being popular. Being smart seems to make you unpopular.
