[Magdalen] Chicken pox

[Jay Weigel]

It is unfortunate that homeschooling has come to equal "uneducated
fundamentalist". I argue against that constantly, as I have known more
people who don't fit that mold than who do. Most of the kids I know who are
or have been homeschooled have been so because either they don't fit the
mold of the school, or because their parents wanted to give them more than
the schools were giving them, or because the school situation was simply
untenable (distance, time spent on school bus, or something of that sort).

We have a boy in our rock club who fits the first description. He is an
absolutely delightful young man, but he's one of those kids who simply does
not belong in a regular school setting. Public school, and most private
schools, would just eat him alive. He may have a slight touch of
Asperger's, or may just be a burgeoning adult too soon with no patience for
the usual "kid stuff". In any case, he is far ahead of his age group
academically and in many  other  ways, while being behind it physically.
He's fine around adults and around kids like himself. We also have a girl
who's a senior in high school and HATES high school. She's taking classes
at the community college and can't  wait to graduate and "get the hell out
of hell" as she puts it. She probably should have been homeschooled but her
parents couldn't swing it because of work scheduling. Some kids just don't
belong in regular school.

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:

> R&H were homeschooled. Please don't conflate one decision with the other.
>
> Peace,
> Jo
>
>
>
> > On Dec 26, 2015, at 6:18 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I know, Jo, I know!  But in this area there are lots of
> unvaccinated--because homeschooled--kids. There's no way to make those
> parents vaccinate their kids, if they don't want to.
> >
> >> On Dec 26, 2015, at 6:47 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Oh, yeah? That's only because the rest of us effin' vaccinated... <grrr>
> >>
> >> Peace,
> >> Jo <-- whose children just missed cpox vaccine availability and were
> *miserable* but otherwise unharmed, TBTG and scientists
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 12/26/2015 4:14 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> >>> This is the first "childhood disease" any of the kids have
> gotten--we're talking five kids over 23 years, so I know he has felt
> vindicated.
> >>
>