botias (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} botias) wrote in amblypygid, |
I do not have to keep going back to a place where I will be harassed and hurt every day.
This is what public school was for me in my elementary years. It is a big part of why I homeschool. I can think of no adult situation that this might have prepared me for except perhaps incarceration.
This I want to print up and put on my fridge:
It's not just about playing with other children. It's about learning to get along with all sorts of people, including those who are a different age, race, or sex from you. It's about learning social skills, including how to be polite to people, how to include others and make them feel at ease, and how to say no kindly but firmly. It's about developing social confidence, so you don't feel shy or intimated by others and can make your own way in the world. It's about learning to be a gracious winner and loser at games. It's about learning to be fair and honest and kind in your dealings with other people, and learning that while most others are fair and honest and kind, a few people are not, and you need to protect yourself against that.
This is what public school was for me in my elementary years. It is a big part of why I homeschool. I can think of no adult situation that this might have prepared me for except perhaps incarceration.
This I want to print up and put on my fridge:
It's not just about playing with other children. It's about learning to get along with all sorts of people, including those who are a different age, race, or sex from you. It's about learning social skills, including how to be polite to people, how to include others and make them feel at ease, and how to say no kindly but firmly. It's about developing social confidence, so you don't feel shy or intimated by others and can make your own way in the world. It's about learning to be a gracious winner and loser at games. It's about learning to be fair and honest and kind in your dealings with other people, and learning that while most others are fair and honest and kind, a few people are not, and you need to protect yourself against that.
