Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Reading the Halifax Commoner this week reminded me how much I love interviews with kids. Kids get pretty worked up about things like amphibians, the Harlem Globetrotters, the phenomenon of twins, and Pancake Mountain. Let's face it all of these things are pretty awesome. It's not like kids get worked up over Tucker Carlson or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, they don't jump up and down over bullshit.
I found this gem of an interview that a father did with his homeschooled children.
Some highlights include :
M: Do you think you have enough friendships and contact with kids your age?
J: Yes. Unless I'm grounded!
I love exclamation points! Kids don't give a shit about Kerry's swiftboat record, all they care about is whether they can go out and ride bikes!
Oh wait,
M: Now that you've been back in high school and are on the honor roll, how would you say the two styles of education compare?
I: I think going back to public was a mistake. I hate waiting for the other students and the teacher to catch up all the time. I liked discussing things in homeschool-the public school teachers just have their opinions, and don't want to discuss anything with us. They're too pro-Democrat. I don't like the behaviorally disordered kids, because the teachers let them do things like hit the other kids, and they never get disciplined for this. If you hit them back, you get suspended.
Going to a Catholic school for the first 7 years of my life was kind of a pain in the butt. I went to mass more times than anyone I know. I have songs like 'He's Got The Whole World in His Hands' and 'City of God' on loop inside my head. I figured that being homeschooled would be a way to circumvent that, I supposed I was wrong,
M: How do you feel about the spiritual aspects of homeschool?
J: I like doing the Bible study sheets in homeschool. I wanted to learn more about God, and you can't do that in a public school.
How could I forget? Being homeschooled means your parent(s) is your teacher. Even when I was ill on Sundays my mom would make me sit in front of the tv and watch Mass for Shut-Ins. What the fuck?
Anyway let's get back to talking about turtles!!!
Hypothesis : Turtles are awesome!
Discuss.
I found this gem of an interview that a father did with his homeschooled children.
Some highlights include :
M: Do you think you have enough friendships and contact with kids your age?
J: Yes. Unless I'm grounded!
I love exclamation points! Kids don't give a shit about Kerry's swiftboat record, all they care about is whether they can go out and ride bikes!
Oh wait,
M: Now that you've been back in high school and are on the honor roll, how would you say the two styles of education compare?
I: I think going back to public was a mistake. I hate waiting for the other students and the teacher to catch up all the time. I liked discussing things in homeschool-the public school teachers just have their opinions, and don't want to discuss anything with us. They're too pro-Democrat. I don't like the behaviorally disordered kids, because the teachers let them do things like hit the other kids, and they never get disciplined for this. If you hit them back, you get suspended.
Going to a Catholic school for the first 7 years of my life was kind of a pain in the butt. I went to mass more times than anyone I know. I have songs like 'He's Got The Whole World in His Hands' and 'City of God' on loop inside my head. I figured that being homeschooled would be a way to circumvent that, I supposed I was wrong,
M: How do you feel about the spiritual aspects of homeschool?
J: I like doing the Bible study sheets in homeschool. I wanted to learn more about God, and you can't do that in a public school.
How could I forget? Being homeschooled means your parent(s) is your teacher. Even when I was ill on Sundays my mom would make me sit in front of the tv and watch Mass for Shut-Ins. What the fuck?
Anyway let's get back to talking about turtles!!!
Hypothesis : Turtles are awesome!
Discuss.
# posted by Die Brucke @ 1:18 PM 
