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> On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 08:27:10 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>> On 7/6/2014 3:02 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>>
>> >
>> > A lot of the dance kids go the home schooling route because it gives
>> > them more time to concentrate on dance and they can do the school work
>> > when it is convenient for them. These are very bright kids, very good
>> > students, often advanced students, and you certainly have to be able to
>> > get along well with others or you won't make it in the dance world. Or
>> > at least you won't make it very far or do very well.
>>
>> Where do these kinds end up in life? What if they don't make it in the
>> "dance world" and have to get by in life elsewhere? Do they have the
>> skills to do that?
>
> Most kids are home schooled for one of two reasons (given no
> extenuating physical or mental circumstances). Either they don't fit
> in for whatever reason (personality/behavior) or their parents are
> "sheltering" them from what they consider the liberalism of current
> eduthink.
I used to say that was the case. I don't say that now. I do worry about
one girl. She came to our house seeking assistance from abuse. The sheriff
was called but they didn't act promptly and the mom wound up here,
threatening me. The abuse wasn't from the mom although given her demeanor,
I had to wonder. I won't get into that story here because I only know what
the girl told me. But following that incident, she was pulled from school
and home schooled.
And after having read books about abused children, I now believe that
sometimes the home schooling is done so that the outside world won't see the
abuse./
Some simply do not learn well in school. I worked with one girl, the year
that I was the writing assistant. I didn't see a problem there and she got
along well with the other kids but her mom felt she was learning better at
home.
One of Angela's friends does home schooling so that she is available to
babysit her younger brothers and sisters. She has a very big, blended
family.
But most of the ones I know of are doing it do that they can take more dance
classes and in some cases, assist with the younger classes during the day.