Bulerias said:
OK, I'm not arguing that... but since when is that a bad thing?
Public schoolers spend 6 or so hours in the classroom. Six. Freaking. Hours. Every. Day. They socialize with others, sure, but what about family values? Don't you ever wonder why so many public schoolers do drugs, have incessant sex, etc?
I'm not saying ALL of them do. That'd be stereotypical. I'm saying a lot of them do, and that's an undeniable fact. So... why do they do it?
It's because parents aren't there to intervene. They don't get the family values instilled in them from an early age. Feel free to say I'm being a hypocrite by perpetuating stereotypes, but before you do that, try to explain why so many public schoolers are... doing what they're doing.
I hate to get into this but your family is well off right?
To be honest to be homeschooled you need to be in a family that can A. afford a teacher, or B. afford the time to teach your own kids. If you are from a well off family you are a lot less likely to abuse substances or do a lot of other bad things. Public schooled kids don't abuse stuff more because they went to public school, it is more often because they had a rough life. Yes their parents not being around to intervene probably has something to do with it, but it isn't just while they are at school, they are gone a lot of the time when they are home, y? Because both parents need to work long hours to support their families, or they could be a single parent and have to do a ton on their own.
I hate to bring class into it but that is exactly what it is. The difference between public and private school, the difference between what is free and what isn't, the difference between living a comfortable life verses a miserable one. That is why kids do bad things, they are miserable and at least doing drugs lets them feel something.
Clearly this isn't everyone but some people develop a self destructive way of coping with life, sad but true, and this behavior is more likely to happen in a malnurished environment.