Thor Ramsey: Homeschool

From the DVD "Thou Shalt Laugh 2: The Deuce," Thor Ramsey talks about homeschooling his daughter. DVD available on thoushaltlaugh.com on Oct. 23; available everywhere Nov. 6.

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[Lachance8]

Actually home schooled kids are more socialized than others. Since when is being in school with kids you own age for twelve years socializing them. Its being with people of all ages.

[psalmsgal]

My son was in public school until 9th grade then we went to a private Chrisitan school, now homeschools. In public school we were told our son would never write, maybe he'd be able to type. Aids worked by his side all day and wrote for him. After getting away from the public schools, he writes fine, types faster than I do, and gets all 100s in english!! His homeschooling is an online school, so he has teachers and assignments(for those who will say WE give him the 100s)

[14Mthat14M]

@wendighoul I disagree with your statement, "A child taught the wworld [sic] was made as is by God 6000 years ago will NOT be okay in a post-sec science course."

I teach my children popular scientific theory as taught in public schools as well as the flaws with each theory. I also teach them creationism. This means they're MORE prepared for the world because they have more information to decide for themselves which is best. You can't match that in the public school system.

[AnnoyingXboxer]

I actually think public schools can hurt how a kid socializes... I mean, if i based what i think about people on who i met through public school, I would think everyone is an ignorant sheep. But thanks to a Job and Skatepark, Snowboarding ect. I actually meet cool people.

[TheSuperninjaX]

I'm so happy that I'm homeschooled, I want to homeschool my kids too!

[runawaydarling]

@romans1164e u do realize that the amount of words you misspell on the internet doesnt dictate your level of intelligence. people do tend to misspell words all the time on the internet, being that many of them happen to not give a fuck of how 'smart' other people think they are based off of several incorrect spellings. now hmschooling personally left me socially inept  for several years. Hence my critisism. So plz dont waste time judging my spelling. i rili dont give a fuck.....

[girloffaith16]

@romans1164e Really when it comes to public education or home education, how well a kid socializes with others depends on how the parents taught them to do so. Math, reading, science and so forth are given to kids by schools; life skills are given by Mom and Dad. I was homeschooled so my parents did both. But the bottom line is not "Which form of education is superior?", it is "how well did the parents raise them?"

[girloffaith16]

@wendighoul Well it depends on the family. I'm doing just fine in college, and I was only taught creation. It's not indoctrination if the parent is teaching the child their beliefs and values. Not to mention we have amazing science curriculums; it was my favorite subject in school. :). And I understand that not everybody can homeschool. There is no right or wrong way to educate a kid. I have a cousin who came out of the public schools and she's great! I hope that answers some of your questions.

[wendighoul]

@14Mthat14M To play devil's advocate, not all parents have the time or resources to privately school and/or homeschool thier children. Also many "homeschooled" children are less eductated than indoctrinated, there are objective standards in factual fields such as physics, chemisty or biology that many parents are ignorant of, either by accident or by deliberate choice. A child taught the wworld was made as is by God 6000 years ago will NOT be okay in a post-sec science course.

[ChevyFreak63]

"You're not a plumber but I can see the crack in your butt!" - Priceless! 

[Lachance8]

@Pimpjit85 . There are kids in school who feel isolated. I saw that when I was growing up in school. Each child is different. I have grands that I know do better in school than they would at home and vice versa. So I am not hard core that all should be home schooled. You have so miss understood me. Not here to make enemies just because I expressed my opinion. I don't look down on people who differ from me and taught my kids not too. The home schoolers I have met are well socialized!

[Pimpjit85]

@Lachance8 Actually, you said home schooled kids are MORE socialized and then provided a nonsense theory behind it. That makes no sense. I think you meant to say that homeschooled kids have good socialization skills, and possibly better, because they are much less exposed to peer pressure and other negative influences that may hinder their self-esteem. But, home schooled children are not more socialized. As a matter of fact, in some cases they are isolated from the outside world.