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My fiance is worried about the "odd" thing. He agrees with the reasons I have for homeschooling. He wants him to have friends. There are sports leagues and all kinds of things for them to get into. Which I think is a good idea. I think he'd be fine in school socially. He's got the follow along, blend in sort of personality, and that worries me.
SIDE COMMENT: I am so glad that I went to an HBCU now. That is where you get to see some of the best that black america has to offer. It was tough at first. I wore birkenstocks and socks when I first got there, and people said I didn't "sound" black. But I learned a lot. I learned that I am not always the smartest person. There are black people that could be just as educated as I was without going to the best schools. I met my fiance there and he went to the same type of schools I did, but they did have some black population and he lived in a black neighborhood. I was forced to go for the same reasons that white parents force their kids to go to certain schools. My mom had a higher regard for HBCU's than she did for the ivy league. She figured that they ivy league was for people who wanted better jobs, and she taught us that we were not supposed to be employees, so the name on the diploma was less important than the quality of the social interaction and the education. We applied to them, and went to expensive ivy league college tours but only to put the certificate of acceptance on the wall.
Can anyone shed some light on the education part of homeschooling? How hard is it to see if he is learning too much or not enough?
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