The Fed-Up Homeschooler's Wish List

This was inspired after watching a VERY funny video called "Myths About Homeschoolers"...which, by the way, you can find on raemaimai's channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/raemaimai

Great vid, great girls...go check it out! ;)

But anyway, after watching that (among a few other vids about homeschooling), I decided to do one of my own!

This video is based on an EXTREMELY funny article called "The Bitter Homeschooler's Wish List. It's by Deborah Markus, who published it in issue #1 of "Secular Homeschooling." So no, none of those brilliantly sarcastic words are mine. :( You can read the original here:

http://www.secular-homeschooling.com/001/bitter_homeschooler.html

However, the video itself IS mine (woot! At least I own SOMETHING!). And Deborah, if by some crazy chance you happen to be watching this, please know that I'm not making money off this or trying to steal anything. All I wanted to do was pass on the laughter you gave me. PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!

Okay, I'll stop rambling now. Be sure to leave a comment and let me know what your reaction was! :)

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• homeschooling
• homeschooler
• wish
• list
• bitter
• fed-up
• deborah
• markus
• OneTrueMedia

[miazagora]

@amyven Being a homeschooler, I know a lot of homeschoolers and I have never heard anyone denigrate public schooled children. We do, however, criticize public schools...which is the reason our kids aren't in them. The public schools DESERVE to be criticized - not the kids. We are taxpayers and if something we pay for isn't working, we'll say so.

[TheAstroble]

One thing I have learned is, EVERYTHING! If you have forgotten a subject, you can learn it and then teach it to your child. As you teach them, you are just further burning it in your head as well. That is how I got through med school. I would sit my 7 year old down and teach im what I learned that day. As I taught, he asked questions. I would have to answer those qhuestions and make sure they were right. This helped me ace it all! He is 9 now and has learned the periodic table song by john leher

[ima13u]

i really liked this video but i had absolutely no idea people disliked home schooled kids. whenever i tell someone im home schooled they normally react like. :O "your so lucky"

[designermite]

Well done...thank you.

[meagannnaliseee]

i have a homeschool jokes twitter account! follow @HomeschooledGrl for funny tweets hahah :]]

[Peace9A]

@luv2hmschl

"Kids in public school have ... no values, and often are anti-government and pro-communism"

This is pure fantasy nonsense. These beliefs may please you, but they have no basis in reality.

Communism even? Fantasy.

"you are a public school kid, so shut up and go away"

There's that anger: the real you comes out.

Who has sub-zero manners again?

btw, I have no wish to insult homeschoolers. You are the one making insults.

Try to drop your own heavy prejudice. Good luck.

[JudyCoraNora]

@Grlypants Nice point. the government IS trying to brainwash every single kid by sending them to public school.

[JudyCoraNora]

I'm thirteen, and I'm homeschooled. I live in California, which you all know is one jacked-up place. Where I live, you go to Middle school (or junior high) in 7th grade. The first week I was pushed out into the street at the bus stop and was hit by a car. those kids kept tormenting me the rest of the year. Halfway through that school year, one of my friends switched to a charter school. I am now going to this school because PUBLIC SCHOOL IS H*LL. I loved this video.

[luv2hmschl]

@Peace9A Public school IS the social enemy. Kids in public school have zero social skills, sub-zero manners, no values, and often are anti-government and pro-communism. Don't deny me, I may be a homeschooler but I know people who stopped sending their kids to public school for those reasons. Obviously you are a public school kid, so shut up and go away. You are free to make your own video about public school which insults homeschoolers if you so wish. 

[Peace9A]

@luv2hmschl

Public school is not "the social enemy". It allowed most people to be educated - a huge societal step forward! Many can't afford the expense and stay-at-home parent for home school. So I strongly disagree with that line.

You should not be mocked for home school itself. That is wrong.

Sadly any choice where you aren't conforming with society may have this unfair extra cost. Intolerance hurts both ways.

The smug anger just repels, and is all over these videos.

Take care

[SouthernFlare]

I have a winter formal so there to the people who think I never go to those types of things!

[KrystalPonies]

I love being homeschooled, and I hate it when people say "Well do you actually HAVE friends?" "What qualifications has you Mum got?" "Wouldn't you rather go to school? And have lots of friends?" I don't ask them questions about their education. I want them to accept me for who I am, a homeschooler, and not question me about it.