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[quote=Anonymous]I've always been a bit drawn to the idea of homeschooling my "gifted" children--optimizing their education, letting them explore their interests, go to rich outside classes etc.  But I'm a professor and to be honest what has put me off of it a bit is  the homeschooling college students who have come my way as students. On paper, they have many interesting experiences, and I've appreciated them as people.  Some have been quirky, some not (just like all students really).  But as a group they haven't been the best at picking up how to interact in class, with their peers, how to adjust their work to different class demands.  Issues come up more than with other students.  Even in the lab setting where some undergraduates volunteer and work with grad students they seem to struggle more with seeing the work of the team and finding their place in it. It's been somewhat surprising to me, because a number of them had many dual enrollment classes at community college before coming to college, and even some research experiences, but it's been a pattern I've noticed. Of course it's not universal, but it's the majority of the several dozen I've had at 3 different colleges/universities over my career.  I know it's a trope to say homeschooled kids lack socialization, but I think they do sometimes have less of the particular socialization of what it means to be a member of a learning group where you are not the primary learner, and less of the small group work with diverse peers that characterizes much of the daily life of kids in schools.[/quote]

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