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I went to school mostly in the 50's. I homeschooled my son (born 1975) til 8th grade, his choice; he wanted the social contacts. He is still one of those never-met-a-stranger people. Do not have any idea how he managed to tolerate the absurdities of the system in the 90's, but he did, and graduated. Now my DIL is a teacher, and things are obviously even more absurd. (I was the first homeschooler in my county, or more accurately, the first one who they recorded.)
I have to agree that it takes real maturity to survive and prosper in this system. 20 years ago I would have said, things get better in the adult world. Not even sure that is the case any more!
I went to school mostly in the 50's. I homeschooled my son (born 1975) til 8th grade, his choice; he wanted the social contacts. He is still one of those never-met-a-stranger people. Do not have any idea how he managed to tolerate the absurdities of the system in the 90's, but he did, and graduated. Now my DIL is a teacher, and things are obviously even more absurd. (I was the first homeschooler in my county, or more accurately, the first one who they recorded.)
I have to agree that it takes real maturity to survive and prosper in this system. 20 years ago I would have said, things get better in the adult world. Not even sure that is the case any more!