Weasleys as Home-Schoolers
lucky_kari
lucky_kari at yahoo.ca
Thu Jan 10 16:48:07 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 33138
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> Home schooling doesn't have to mean total isolation with
> parents who ward off visitors with a shotgun and spend their free
> time ranting about the IRS. I don't know what it's like in Houston,
> but the homeschoolers around here are conscientious about
> giving their kids lots of opportunities to socialize: playdates,
> Scouts, church, etc. Surely there are wizard equivalents.
:-) As the oldest of eight children (1 girl, 7 boys), I've always felt
very close to the Weasley family. And, it just happens that there was
a period of time when 5 of us were being home-schooled, for purely
academic reasons. (People look funnily at me when I say this. "You
mean you weren't home-schooled because you were a social problem, or
you believed the public schools aren't teaching enough family values,
or you oppose evolution, or you're scared of school shootings, or you
believe the public school is too regimented in its learning approach?"
"Err.. No. I homeschooled because I wanted to study Classical,
Medieval, English, and American literature, World History, and do a
little Latin, and that wasn't available where I live." Not that the
above reasons are problems.)
Anyway, you're right. Homeschooling parents can actually be more
obsessive about getting their kids involved than parents with kids in
the public school. I don't think this is necessarily a good thing,
even. I'm thankful my parents didn't try to fill my time with piano
lessons, soccer, gymnastics, swimming lessons, basket weaving 24/7.
Now, in the wizarding world, where a large portion of the population
will be in the same situation as the Weasleys, this phenomenom is
probably even more acute. Everyone is trying to make sure their
children are socially adjusted!
Eileen
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