that sounds really awesome, hey if you look back historically, alot of genius' did not go to conventional school because they were bored and it didnt go fast enough for them (I wish I had the same opportunity when I was younger..) It sounds really interesting, I didnt even know they could DO that stuff online!! live teachers and such!! its amazing how far technology has come! Just like you said, its good for him as long as hes doing well!
I was much the same, my mother called me'intense' from right when i popped out, always ahead of my time..still sort of am, but trying to work on living more in the moment and not ahead of myself.
I had the same type of thing when i was in school where i didnt want to answer questions for fear of being wrong (and being made fun of) or answer questions (for fear of being called a smarty pants and hence not being able to chill with certain people) ...I was like that little kid that wore whatever he wanted just to be comfortable, didnt care about what i looked like as long as I was comfortable...though it didnt help my social situation, I guess mom mother said my teacher recognized this once... that I just didnt NEED the attention of other kids, I was content in my corner of the classroom doing introvertial type activities. I love people, but im still battling with trying to keep up with quality friendships and fight my tendency to just want to be home and relax and do introvertial things!...
Its good that you have him in soccer (Im sure his interests will change), support him in whatever he wants to do (as long as its not life-threatening or counter-evolutionary lol)...One thing that might help his confidence is see if he wants to take some karate lessons or other martial arts, Ive always been a talker and not a fighter, but i was picked on when i was a kid alot...then finally won the respect of people in about 7th grade and 8th grade.
I remember I used to be kind of freaked out by bully's but i was one of those kids that was real intense and people knew if they pissed me off Id probably try to bite their head off or something (though it was not the case at all...) but i remember when i had been in karate for a while, this kid tried attacking me on the playground...I didnt even hit him, he maybe tried punching me in the face like 20 times and I blocked each of his shots the way id learned in karate, just on impulse I didnt even have to think about it...no one was even there to see but my dad and his mom, but i felt soooooo cool and confident after that, I actually laughed at the kid because I knew how pissed he was that he couldnt touch me and wanted to so bad, but was then freaked out because i didnt even hit him, just blocked all his shots...so its like what if I DID decide to hit him...the thought of that prob freaked him out an hence he didnt mess with me any more!!
I hate how they label kids in school too...ADD, ADHD, LD, etc....its all B.S.! the label does more harm than anything else because the kid takes a victim mentality...ohh Im dumb I am ADD , cant learn right etc... (ive seen this so much growing up) and use it as an excuse for everything, because no one cares past the label...I say remove all the labels and even out the class ratios so everyone feels that theyre being attended to in the classroom, take more time going over tough subjects, keep the kids attention...then they wont get antsy and not want to sit still (what they call ADD...its just another word for BOARD OF THIS F'ING TEACHER TELLING ME NOTHING USEFUL) lol....
another thing too...I think they could condense what kids learn into like 4 grades...its all just to keep the kids off of the job market longer, they spend another 8 years learning crap that is totally useless in the world, just so they stay off the job market because then itd be flooded and lets say that we actually teach kids what they need to know to survive...then we have them graduating and instead of bagging groceries, they get a REAL job...but this wont happen, because then theyd be competing with people who went to school for 12 years, getting paid more...because they KNOW more about how to survive...
imagine if we actually taught kids all the stuff they needed to know to SURVIVE and prosper in today's society instead of filling them with needless garbage that when you go to your first class in college, they say these exact words (I heard them...infurtiated...with my own ears, in my first class of college)...."I want you all to do something for me today, forget everything you learned in school before now...its all Bullshoite, now you are going to learn REAL information"
blew my mind the things i learned in those first few months about how schools select curriculums and leave so much info out that could really help students...
I could go on forever about this!! Im passionate about education and I think its one of the many things that needs to be changed in our soceity.
kids KNOW they are learning nothing in school...thats why they have now declared WAR against the school system (I just saw today that some 3rd graders plotted to kill their teacher, went as far as to bring handcuffs, a knife, tape, blindfold, sheets to cover window so no one would see, and some other misc crap...)..... then you see kids shooting up eachother at school...Its because of the stress of being in jail...literally, imprisoned and forced to learn something that they KNOW will not benefit them in the future... so WHY are they there?? they cant answer this question because they dont have access to the information to answer it...theyre held back, their minds imprisoned...mind control at its finest...and so now they take up arms against the school system to lash out and SHOW that they will not tolerate it as it stands....some changes need to be made indeed!...and until they happen, we will continue seeing headlines of school shootings, failed teacher assasination attempts. ... and the like....
boggles my mind and makes me seriously want to just become a public speaker and tell everyone what needs to be changed in the system for it to work...I wish I could support myself while doing that, Id pack up and go across country today if I had the means to do it...
Id just have to get all my thoughts in order and propose a plan thats better than the one thats being enacted today...
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Thats cool that they have a graveyard at the arboretum!...thats how i want to be buried when I move on to the next realm...put my body in the ground and plant an oak sapling over me, let it use my nutrients to grow and give more life
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She also has online classes once a week per age group so the kids can "talk" online to each other through the program, hear stories, things like that. As the kids get older (jr high & high school, but maybe even earlier) the teachers will actually have classes for subjects where the parents might need more help teaching, and they have a "chalk board" right there to see the teacher wright as she/he talks and all. Really amazing to see it all. You can actually go to the OHVA.org website and see some of it, unless they took it off when they changed their website. Really amazing things....more than I ever thought would happen in my lifetime, I can tell you that! HA (WHY did they not have then when I was in school?!?!?!) I always was one who wondered about kids and how they would get socialization when I heard about people homeschooling-now that we are there I realize how easy the socialization part is! :wink: (It is the other stuff that is a PITA! We did not even DO phonics when I was in school-not like they do now anyway! I am learning all over!! AGH! )
