tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post1686844243456264823..comments2023-11-25T21:38:49.841+09:00Comments on Sophelia's Japan: Homeschool Graduates, Adult Adoptees and Nothing About Japan At AllSopheliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09891110033136610235noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-34712193134769735132014-05-21T16:49:04.737+09:002014-05-21T16:49:04.737+09:00Oh yes, the fear! What I constantly heard was '...Oh yes, the fear! What I constantly heard was 'If you say anything negative social workers will take you away and you'll never see us again...' <br />Thank you for your comment.Sopheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891110033136610235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-60678492396407424932014-05-21T16:44:54.245+09:002014-05-21T16:44:54.245+09:00Although they are different issue, the similarity ...Although they are different issue, the similarity in language is really striking. "Your parents just didn't do it right, don't rock the boat" seems to be the most common response to both groups. If your son wants to go to school, why don't you let him try it? If he doesn't like it, you can remind him of that when he is complaining at home. If he does like it, perhaps it Sopheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891110033136610235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-77438276747403066332014-05-21T16:36:20.703+09:002014-05-21T16:36:20.703+09:00Thank you.Thank you.Sopheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891110033136610235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-58291875390934553662014-05-21T05:21:19.178+09:002014-05-21T05:21:19.178+09:00Thank you for capturing the complexity and essence...Thank you for capturing the complexity and essence of this issue. I am so excited to see homeschooled adults starting to talk about the experience. As a homeschooled boy I didn't like the homeschool community around me and isolated myself. I had no idea how to find a larger community, and no hope I could fit in if I did. I talked about how great homeschooling was with adults, but had no David St. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09939155231737280818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-35076889922024448322014-05-21T04:44:10.484+09:002014-05-21T04:44:10.484+09:00As both an adult adoptee and a former homeschooled...As both an adult adoptee and a former homeschooled kid, thanks so much for writing this article!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04174373725766133372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-40713918702329484932014-05-20T21:54:08.570+09:002014-05-20T21:54:08.570+09:00Interesting post. As a homeschooling mom who wants...Interesting post. As a homeschooling mom who wants to do it all the way through, i shudder to think what torture it'd be for my children AND myself to force them to be hs after they repeatedly said they didn't want to (which my six year old says every time he hears of a field trip from his P.S. friends or i make him do schoolwork in the house. According to him, school should only be done sourpatchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186559010895144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-16984357736195652252014-05-20T21:24:42.649+09:002014-05-20T21:24:42.649+09:00YES! Thank you so much for this articulate post So...YES! Thank you so much for this articulate post Sophelia.Yeshua Hinenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743446652837650401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-27931994111557168722014-05-20T19:49:14.223+09:002014-05-20T19:49:14.223+09:00I'm very glad you didn't take this as an a...I'm very glad you didn't take this as an anti-home schooling post, thank you for reading carefully! There is absolutely no reason why home schooling done mindfully cannot provide as good or better socialization than schooling. However, there are a few common mistakes that the parents of my generation of home schoolers made, like assuming that being "polite" or well mannered to Sopheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891110033136610235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488248462844133120.post-67964729312368026062014-05-20T13:01:40.673+09:002014-05-20T13:01:40.673+09:00Thank you for this Sophelia, you've given me m...Thank you for this Sophelia, you've given me much to think about (along with lots of links to rabbit trail on). I think I would be very prone to do this and I will try consider my son's opinions on his homeschooling experience more carefully in the future. We have the problem lately of him being excessively negative towards schools and find ourselves in the odd position of defending Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274918059193803558noreply@blogger.com