Chit-Chat: the daily chit-chat (jan2019 - jun2019)

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what drives me nuts about the american school system as it stands is that it's a lot more about standardized tests than it is about... literally anything else up to and including preparing students for life after high school which I wish was more of a thing.
 
I'm incredibly grateful for being homeschooled (I never stepped foot in a public school). So much freedom. You have all the time in the world to discover yourself, you can study whatever you please (alongside the curriculum), go out for a day in the town when the mood strikes. Sure, some of us miss out on a lot of socialising/friends, but that's literally the only regretful thing.

Around here everyone graduates school with a herd mentality and they're scared of being unique out of peer pressure. I feel like I've learned what's really important in life, and I love it! Acceptance, gratitude, hope, optimism... family, love, laughter.

It makes me sad when people can't see even the slightest good in their lives. :( There's always something.

On an unrelated note, why is this thread no longer stickied?
 
I get the benefits of homeschooling, but barely/no social interaction would've ruined me, if I'm honest. I was incredibly socially awkward up to graduation and it took until.... my second job, I think, to start to get used to social interactions and become more acute to social cues more and more.
 
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I think it really depends, not just on your individuality but whether you're able to go out and socialise regardless of schooling. Most people I know who have social anxiety issues went to public/private school.

The homeschoolers I've met take part in group activities all the time. I never had that, however. I'll still homeschool my own kids most likely!

Also, Angelica, I think I'm in the same boat as you—I'm really socially awkward and clumsy right now, but I imagine I will become much better adapted once I've gotten work experience!
 
Fair enough! Throughout my grade school years I've had very limited social interaction beyond what I experienced in the classroom and somewhat after classes were over. I've participated in a few clubs here and there, but nothing super long term. Not to mention I was still super shy back then and anxious so there was this fear that any social interaction would end in disaster/me being ignored/etc.
 
Yeah I still get that a lot. ): Even just sitting in a restaurant can make me super uncomfortable (especially if it's packed and there's heaps of noise!). Plus I just Don't like eating in front of people haha, I'm too self-conscious!

I'd really like to be more easily casual and laid back in social settings. Even around just one person (because honestly that's a lot worse!). I'm fine with being a wallflower though. It's who I am in the end.
 
Part of me wishes I was homeschooled as I'm still the shy type that never had the nerve to ask a childhood crush out when I was young. You'd think with the Public School setting I'd get over my shyness/social anxiety but nope. Granted I was 8 or 9 at the time and she moved away when I was in the 4th grade or 10. What made it hurt even more is that she literally lived like within 3 minutes of my house as we both lived in a Townhome complex. I was in the front and she was in the back and I could get to her house on foot in a matter of minutes(heck a minute if I literally ran). I just never got the nerve to say something. Plus if I was homeschooled, I would have had a more rigorous curriculum because the standards have been dropping by the wayside for decades now. Like seriously the stuff I had in High School is nothing like High Schoolers are getting today. I would know because my mother teaches HS Chem and I see the stuff they turn in, much less their test scores and its a joke compared to the stuff I had to do. Its not like my mom wants to keep lowering the standards either. Its these Social Justice Administrators/Bureaucrats that keep lowering the standards in order to make themselves look good. They could freaking care less if the kids learn anything.

Next year is going to be rock bottom in terms of lowering the standards. Fifty is the new zero goes into effect(no student can get less than 50% on an assignment they didn't do), retaking tests as much as they want(eh why study for them) and equal grading(aka 0/20/40/60/80 where a 40% = C-). In other words, a student would literally have to work at failing. All it incentivizes is to basically do nothing and expect getting "paid" with a passing grade. To all potential employers out there, this is your future workforce.
 
I'm shy too. I never really have any confidence in saying things in public, and ordering food is the worst!
 
I'm much better with speaking with strangers because of my work and such but only if I'm ordering something or need something. As for making actual friends I'm super shy and I can barely initiate conversations (online or offline) so even if I make friends with someone I never really maintain said relationship if I move off-site or move away or something. Sad ...
 
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I really want to do the accent challenge and post my singing with my ukulele, but I'm so nervous.
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I would love to listen when I get the chance!

My favourite instruments are piano, violin and harp. I'd love to learn all three. Especially the harp but they're crazy expensive, including maintenance!

I can just barely play piano. ^^; But uh... my fingers don't reach far and I'm teeeerrible at using both hands, ahaha.
 
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