fair enough, but actually... the homeschool group was far more diverse. Her friends there included the daughter of a Unitarian minister, and another whose mother was a model and father was an apparently well-known graphic novelist. Still another was raised by a rather strict evangelist mother and a father who worked at Los Alamos. Lara played with the daughter (three years younger) as well as the son (five years younger). Another family came in from the East Mountains and was more the backwoods type someone was ridiculing, but hey, the kids played capture the flag and nobody argued about religion.
The school on the other hand was a reflection of its neighborhood --- overwhelming white, Anglo, right-wing Republican and secular employees of the weapons labs with kids who never talked to their parents and painted their nails black and hung out at the local mall shoplifting. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> it's probably the most annoying FAQ ;) and considering the >> socialization that kids in school *do* get.... of my daughter's close >> friends one had an abortion and one went into rehab. Wow. And this was >> a good school in a good neighborhood, mind you. In the circumstances >> I'm almost glad she started smoking -- it's a horrible idea, but at >> least it's reveresible, >> > > Personally, I'd say that that is good socialization. I think it is > important for kids to see people who make poor choices as well as good > ones, to see kids from well off families and poor families, different > ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, etc. I really like the idea of home > schooling but one of the things I do value about public schools is > that they tend to be less homogeneous than private schools and home > school groups, simply because private schools and home school groups > are self-selecting. There is still a lot to recommend them, of course, > but a school that has to take all comers often ends up being a more > diverse place than somewhere that requires more choice, work and > selection. > > I still don't know what we'll do with my daughter when she gets to be > school age. Thus far, my wife has stayed home with her and they are > active in a number of groups (my daughter is 3). She's doing great but > she also really really wants to go to school. Fortunately, Portland > has a number of opportunities, so I think we'll just start > investigating them all and see which ones fit best. > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316155 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
