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If you only make friends in school.....?

If school is the only place where you...

Make friends
See your friends
Work in groups
Work with partners
Meet new people
Deal with bullies
Cooperate with people you like
Cooperate with people you don't like
Hear other people's ideas
Agree with people
Disagree with people
Share your ideas with people
Help people
Seek help from people
Learn manners
Learn to respect people
Learn to earn respect
Find a place to fit in
Feel like you belong
Handle it when you don't belong
Learn about boys/girls
Get a crush
See your boyfriend/girlfriend
...etc

Then aren't YOU the ones who are lacking real world social skills as apposed to the kids/teens who do all of the above in a VARIETY of different settings such as

Fencing
Kayaking
Drama club
Chess club
Poetry club
Music classes
Art classes
Classes with other homeschoolers
Field trips with other homeschoolers
Field days w/ homeschoolers
Dances w/ homeschoolers
Prom w/ homeschoolers
Debate team
Robotics team
OM team
Homeschool yearbook
Volunteering at the library
Volunteering at the senior center
Volunteering riding schools for disabled kids
Meeting public school friends for lunch
Going places with PS friends on weekends
A steady public schooled boyfriend for two years now
Parties
Soccer
Going to homeschool sports events
Going w/ friends to public school sports events
Duel enrollment in college
Student government in that college
Other clubs and organizations in a college
Camps
Horseback riding
Band w/ homeschoolers
Chorus w/ homeschoolers
Homeschool grad night
Homeschool prom committee
Homeschool game and movie nights
Activities at the library
Book discussions
Activities at the youth center
Having friends over just to hang out
Cooking classes
Organizing community projects with other individuals
Traveling with friends and boyfriend
Science fiction conventions
Writing conventions
NFB conventions
Poetry readings
Chess tournaments
Fencing competitions
Science fairs
Part time jobs
Leadership seminars
Toastmasters International
Student Ambassador programs
LeadAmerica programs
At the mall
At the movies
At the park
At museums
At concerts
...and so on?

The second list is just a list of the places I go/have gone to do all of the things in the first list that most public schoolers tell me they ONLY experience IN SCHOOL, not out in society. So how can you say that homeschoolers miss out SOCIALLY when we're not only learning the social skills we need for daily life, we're applying them in the real world on a daily basis
Also, I understand that people have a right to their opinions. If it is your opinion that homeschooling isn't as good as public school, or if it is your opinion that the homeschooler you might know is weird of antisocial, fine. But how can you say that homeschoolers as a whole are missing out on these things and call it an opinion when it is something that can be proven correct or incorrect? That would be like me saying that in my OPINION, water is a solid at room temperature... or in my OPINION, our brains are located in our feet.

Public Comments

1. i have clubs at my school

2. The ones who are homeschooling need to find activities for you so you don't miss out on anything. Public school always have money to worry about and it doesn't come from anyone but the govt. Also, you need to realize most kids in public school are worried about haters and being stupid and all the dumb stuff out there that you can think of.

I also think that many people don't realize that you actually get to go outside and hang with other home schooled kids. People won't tell them that because it's not convenient to know.

I think it's great that home schooled kids get to do all those things. But public schoolers also have different clubs to join and field trips. And 1 teacher for what, 30 kids or whatever it is nowadays. That's a lot of kids for one person to teach.

I think public schools don't want people to know about what really goes on in "home schools" because they would lose their money and that wouldn't be good for them. So, I'm sure that plays a huge part in that.

Frankly, I would rather be home schooled. If I had a child, that's what I would do as well. I think they're way better than the public schools.