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Tachyon

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In Topic: Neocodex Member Locations

21 February 2012 - 03:59 PM

  • <USA>, <North Dakota>

In Topic: Homeschool vs Public School vs Private School

21 February 2012 - 03:54 PM

I would like to add something I had forgotten to before. When I was home-schooled, my family traveled a lot so I was usually in contact with a lot of people. Even though they were not my age I still socialized with them. This made me a more prominent speaker to adults instead of kids. I am still told today by older adults that I 'talk on their level' more than any other person my age.

The point I'm trying to make here is that if you do it right, you can still get your kid to socialize while homeschooling them. If you get them active in your local community at a young age they can socialize with adults and kids their age in activities other than schooling. I'm sure all of you know kids that actually attend school yet are still socially inept. I believe this is because socialization takes more than just being around your peers in school.

In Topic: Anti Virus Options

20 February 2012 - 03:46 PM

I have never been impressed by Norton, you can download the free version of Avast which is far superior in my opinion.

In Topic: Homeschool vs Public School vs Private School

20 February 2012 - 03:38 PM

I was home-schooled from 5th to 8th grade and I really enjoyed it. I learned far more being home-schooled than I ever would have in public school. When I went back to public school as a freshman, I was ranked first in my class. The only major problem I found with being home-schooled was the fact that once I returned to high school I had problems socializing with my classmates. This made me sort of an outcast until my junior and senior years when I finally got used to being around people my own age.

If I were you I would look at your local education program. If there are no major problems with the system I would let your kids go to public school. However, if the system is messed up like it is here, I would at least home school your kids until fourth grade. But whatever you do, try to let them choose whether or not they want to attend high school. They should be given the opportunity to attend high school because it will give them a good transitional period before college. The home-schooled kids that I have seen go directly to college did not turn out well to say the least....

In Topic: Skyrim developers "add what they want"

16 February 2012 - 08:18 PM

Very interesting. I really hope they release some of these things for free, just like the Space Core add-on. However, many of these I really wouldn't mind paying for.