Difference between revisions of "Essay:Characteristics of Homeschoolers"
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| − | *object of scorn by those trained in formal school, but no reciprocal animosity<ref>See, e.g., [[Mystery:Did McClellan Scorn Lincoln Because He Was Homeschooled?]] | + | *object of scorn by those trained in formal school, but no reciprocal animosity<ref>See, e.g., [[Mystery:Did McClellan Scorn Lincoln Because He Was Homeschooled?]]</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:15, October 17, 2008
Here are some common characteristics of homeschoolers, which are not as common among public school students:
- develop a greater ability and discipline to be self-taught
- develop a greater reliance on logic than on "because the teacher says so"
- education does not end with a diploma
- less desire to "fit in"
- greater ability to be self-employed as an adult
- vote at a rate three times the rate of those educated in public school
- superior knowledge of the Bible
- lack of guile and discomfort with lying
- object of scorn by those trained in formal school, but no reciprocal animosity[1]
