End of the Summer

[mmeeshal]

Well that's always admirable, but...

 

There is just something that you can never communicate about the difference between dog people and cat people.

 

I mean, I could never really explain why I like cats more than dogs.  I mean, I just...connect with them more.  I don't know why; I just know that it's true.

 

The same with dog people.  They just connect more with dogs, and like them more, but there's not necessarily a real reason why they like them better.

 

I mean, I understand in my head all the reasons why dogs are "better" than cats.  I do.  Loyalty is a great thing, and the love and dedication dogs show is wonderful, and they're fun to play with too.

 

But I still just can't like them like I like cats. :)

[Toy and Minion]

I know what you mean.

 

Same thing with me and cats. 

[mmeeshal]

There are more dog people than cat people though, I think.

 

At least that's what it seems like.

 

My whole family prefers dogs. ::)

 

:P

[Toy and Minion]

Well now, that explains a lot. :P

[mmeeshal]

Oh, sure it does. :D

 

btw, I'm a complete outcast in my family, relatively. :P

[Toy and Minion]

Yes, I see that now.

 

Your affection for cats over dogs is at the root of this equation!

[mmeeshal]

You should be a mathematician. :D

[Toy and Minion]

I got straight A's in Algebra. :P

[mmeeshal]

Me too; I was the top of the class. :D

 

I got a B in geometry.  I got an A in FST. :P

[Toy and Minion]

Geometry...I couldn't get a handle on it.  Passed with a C+. :P

[mmeeshal]

Yeah, my mom and the homeschool secretary were nice enough to round my grade up to a B, even though I probably would've done worse if I'd been in public school that year.

 

That one year of homeschooling FAILED.

[Toy and Minion]

Homeschooling.  Never experienced it.

 

Sounds like it's as bad as they say.

[mmeeshal]

No, it's actually a lot better because you can tailor your teaching methods to the kids, instead of the kids having to deal with the teaching methods.

 

The only problem is switching from one to the other.  I was in public school from preschool to freshman year.  I tried homeschooling my sophomore year, but it's just such a different way of doing things.  You have to be more self-motivated, something they seldom actually teach or enforce in high school.

 

And I know a lot of homeschool students end up preferring homeschool.  Also, every homeschool student I've ever met, who was raised being schooled at home, has been smarter and more knowledgeable than myself and our peers.

[Toy and Minion]

Well, smarts aren't everything.  Like South Park says, you need social skills too, and you do learn a portion of that in school.

[mmeeshal]

Most children do pick up on social skills in school; however, public school is not necessary; just other kids.

 

If you homeschool your kids, there are often activities sponsored by the local homeschool coordination office so that your kids grow up interacting with each other.

 

In our community, the homeschool kids I met got to interact with each other a lot.

 

 

My second thing is, school never helped my social skills.  Part of the reason I suffer from depression sometimes is because of my awful lack of social skills due to Nonverbal learning disorder.  I struggle with social cues like subtle body language and facial expressions, for example.  No one else in the school was like that, and it's so embarrassing when EVERYBODY understands something except for you.

 

I never got better through school, just more reclusive.

I've only improved through conscious effort to.

 

 

I'm not saying public school is BAD, but it's not all that people say it is either.

 

[el Nynaeve]

I plan on homeschooling my kids. It's less of an issue with their teachers and more their peers I would worry about. :P

[Toy and Minion]

I do have to say that homeschooling is probably the best for a child's edumication at this time.

[mmeeshal]

I wholeheartedly agree!

 

:D

 

And almost to page 15, yay!

[Toy and Minion]

The school system just seems to keep spiraling down the drain.  *shakes head*

[mmeeshal]

Well, it's not the ONLY thing that keeps spiraling down the drain. ;)

 

I'll take the broad road and say the whole goshdarned WORLD is. :D

[Toy and Minion]

Which brings me to this:

 

[mmeeshal]

Nyacknyacknyack

 

Do you have a goal to post as many of those as possible?

[Toy and Minion]

Just seems fitting at the end of a thread.  *shrug*

[mmeeshal]

It works, I suppose. :D

[Toy and Minion]

Now I have to go again.

 

Later, gator.