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From anecdotal evidence most of the people I know who were homeschooled were socially stunted. But there are some who were not due to their area having resources that allowed for social events for the homeschooled children such as summer camps, dances and other get togethers. Most people who were homeschooled come from certain religious backgrounds(Jehovas Witness or Evangelical Christen) as well. Which explains a lot of their quirks.
Personally I think the US is being a little nuts when it hasn't ratified the convention on Children's rights since it helped write and promotes it abroad.
But also many countries who have signed it don't practice it any way, and mostly I think it is tied to the in the US treaties through the supremacy clause become law but this isn't true every where.
Now on how children are treated in the US? Well they are treated pretty damn well, no matter how much on this board we like to dump on this country. Are their loop holes? Yup, and mostly they are state laws and a lot of those laws are thanks to the anti-abortion Christian right.
children are generally treated well in the US due to social forces rather than legislative ones, and social forces by their nature tend to let people slip through the cracks. The degree of isolated wingnuttery is almost certainly higher in the US than in Eurosocialist northern Europe.
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
Great Expectations is awful. There's a mediocre 150 page story buried in those 400 pages.
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Ronya, in general your posts are thoughtful and convincing.
english literature class of 14-year-olds assigned Animal Farm
brilliant teacher but poor choice; he spent more than half the assigned class time trying to drag us away from Russian history and consider it as a text
My brain always does the word association thing, often in odd ways.
I also always try to like, make little formulas out of numbers. Like, if I see a number like 1236. My brain will go. Ah, the first plus second digit makes the third. And the second times the third makes the 4th. Thanks for the useless computations brain!
I remember everyone was finishing up their required literature book during a school trip except for me, because I had already finished it and brought another book with me instead.
My brain always does the word association thing, often in odd ways.
I also always try to like, make little formulas out of numbers. Like, if I see a number like 1236. My brain will go. Ah, the first plus second digit makes the third. And the second times the third makes the 4th. Thanks for the useless computations brain!
My brain always does the word association thing, often in odd ways.
I also always try to like, make little formulas out of numbers. Like, if I see a number like 1236. My brain will go. Ah, the first plus second digit makes the third. And the second times the third makes the 4th. Thanks for the useless computations brain!
I do the same thing.
Also whenever I see a new name or title or anything I always try to jumble it about, read it backwards etc to see if there are any clues in it as to what that person or title is.
Which means I'm quite surprised when people don't instantly recognise palindromes and the like.
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This forum has some terrible opinions about literary classics. Like, just horrible.
I love english lit and theory, but I still didn't get all that into Dickens. I think it's because I was exposed to modernist writings first, so reading a classic tale with a central plot is edgy and weird.
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
children are generally treated well in the US due to social forces rather than legislative ones, and social forces by their nature tend to let people slip through the cracks. The degree of isolated wingnuttery is almost certainly higher in the US than in Eurosocialist northern Europe.
I would say it is a mix of social and legislative forces. Their is a set of protections when it comes to children and separation of them in the legal courts. Now this gets blurred because that separation in the courts can be put aside when the child is tried if the child is considered to be able to understand the repercussions of their action. This is when you have a 16 year old tried as an adult. This isn't a set standard and varies from case to case though.
Outside of that forced labour and such are protected against. We are one of the earliest countries with anti-child labour laws. And they are enforced. Now at the age of 14 you can have a job with parental consent but their limits on the work. But also we have extended certain protections beyond adult hood as well such as parents health insurance must legally protect a child as a dependent up to the age of 26 now. Which is a good thing even with our awful for profit health care system.
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
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Powerpuppiesdrinking coffee in themountain cabinRegistered Userregular
Bogart, how would you say you value the readability or accessibility of a work of fiction, the style and quality of the writing, and the depth or brilliance of the ideas, themes, or characters?
english literature class of 14-year-olds assigned Animal Farm
brilliant teacher but poor choice; he spent more than half the assigned class time trying to drag us away from Russian history and consider it as a text
I read that at the age of 13 for class. I think it went over some of the classes head.
When we were 16 one of the guys in my class thought that having access to 100% of your brain power (as opposed to the alleged 10% we always use [protip: this is completely and utterly wrong and I want everyone here to work on stamping out this retarded bit of misinformation]) would allow you to perform telekinesis and pyrokinesis and telepathy and all that jazz.
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dang, can you link me to it later? that sounds way better than the one I posted.
english literature education committee deciding to paint the bike-shed
Personally I think the US is being a little nuts when it hasn't ratified the convention on Children's rights since it helped write and promotes it abroad.
But also many countries who have signed it don't practice it any way, and mostly I think it is tied to the in the US treaties through the supremacy clause become law but this isn't true every where.
Now on how children are treated in the US? Well they are treated pretty damn well, no matter how much on this board we like to dump on this country. Are their loop holes? Yup, and mostly they are state laws and a lot of those laws are thanks to the anti-abortion Christian right.
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Didn't enjoy it much so I never finished it.
oh man I just remembered the time I was about 11 and my english teacher said asked if everyone knew what "broth" was.
I sniggered and whispered "heh, brothel" to my friend next to me because my brain is always playing word association games.
she asked what I said and wouldn't let it drop so I was all "well, broth just reminded me of the word brothel".
she was a bit "what on earth do you read?"
I want to find a video of an invader like this one I fought as a phantom helper
this guy used the toxic mist spell as a smoke bomb so he could ninja flip to safety
it was awesome
That's the signal. Time for a [chat] orgy. Ancient Roman style.
brilliant teacher but poor choice; he spent more than half the assigned class time trying to drag us away from Russian history and consider it as a text
I also always try to like, make little formulas out of numbers. Like, if I see a number like 1236. My brain will go. Ah, the first plus second digit makes the third. And the second times the third makes the 4th. Thanks for the useless computations brain!
Throw out that old cake, ya loony broad!
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Penn State tried that and look what happened.
Well that got me odd looks.
as opposed to the disinterested boho style
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
You, me, Vegas. I'll buy the suits.
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no u
I do the same thing.
Also whenever I see a new name or title or anything I always try to jumble it about, read it backwards etc to see if there are any clues in it as to what that person or title is.
Which means I'm quite surprised when people don't instantly recognise palindromes and the like.
I have never once been assigned a book to read...
I love english lit and theory, but I still didn't get all that into Dickens. I think it's because I was exposed to modernist writings first, so reading a classic tale with a central plot is edgy and weird.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Are you upset I dislike Doctor Zhivago?
edit: for your information I also fell asleep during the FIVE WEEK LONG movie they made from it as well.
Earning my keep.
I would say it is a mix of social and legislative forces. Their is a set of protections when it comes to children and separation of them in the legal courts. Now this gets blurred because that separation in the courts can be put aside when the child is tried if the child is considered to be able to understand the repercussions of their action. This is when you have a 16 year old tried as an adult. This isn't a set standard and varies from case to case though.
Outside of that forced labour and such are protected against. We are one of the earliest countries with anti-child labour laws. And they are enforced. Now at the age of 14 you can have a job with parental consent but their limits on the work. But also we have extended certain protections beyond adult hood as well such as parents health insurance must legally protect a child as a dependent up to the age of 26 now. Which is a good thing even with our awful for profit health care system.
god halp me
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
I read that at the age of 13 for class. I think it went over some of the classes head.
they're finally dropping, eh?
heh
heh
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
I leveled up and still didn't have enough mana to cast a spell I needed but at the end of a dungeon was a robe that decreased the cost of the spell!
that sounds cool
i am glad you found that robe
Still trying to convince my friends to do a suit, cigars and whiskey poker night.