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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Yet another reason to home school.
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I have to respectfully disagree. While I can understand the urge to shelter your children from this kind of treatment, I don't know if home schooling is the answer.
I've never been a fan homeschooling. I don't think its wrong, or even that no child should be home schooled. Just that no child should be home schooled for all of their school aged years. If someone wants to homeschool because they dont think their kids learn enough in regular school, that is where I have the biggest problem. Just suppliment their education outside of school. Or even keep them home for a year or two. Its another story completely when your child is being physically harmed. If the situation is dangerous and cant be resolved, and you dont have the resources to get into a different district, then by all means, home school.
A little disclaimer: I was teased a LOT in school. I got into fights with boys who called me names. I had some depressed times in my middles school years. And there were times where I begged my parents to send me to a different school.
With that said, as much as it sucks, kids need to learn how to handle these kind of situations. No one is going to go through life without having to hear some moronic people spew their hatred. The school years are just as much about learning how to interact with your peers as it is about education.