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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. I am a professor, and my colleagues and I do notice a social difference between the homeschooled children and the rest. It's as if they haven't developed the proper social "filters," for lack of a better word. They are generally bright, articulate students--good students--, but seem unaware of their own social awkwardness. They have no idea how to put other people at ease, and seem rather intense.

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I have noticed this also.  I used to teach at the high school level and students that were home schooled up until high school had a very hard time adjusting.  They were very nice, bright, hardworking students, but socially awkward and other students found them strange.  They definitely fell into the "weird outcast" group.  Of course, I taught at an urban, inner city public high school so they might not have had as many problems at a smaller suburban or small town HS.[/quote]

The lack of social skills that you are detecting may have been the precise reason that they were home schooled in the first place. How [b]disappointing[/b] that a college professor (if you really even are one) would be perplexed by a young adult who is [b][i]"unaware of their own social awkwardness"[/i][/b]. Kids are very cruel to each other, but you are the adult. How about if you model the behavior and put [b][i]them[/i][/b] at ease by reaching out to [b][i]them[/i][/b]. They lack filters, so [b][i]gently[/i][/b], show them where the filters should be. [/quote]

[quote]Professor here. Yes, I really am a professor, and [b]I'd like to think that I am a good one who cares about my students.[/b][/quote] 
The fact that you'd like to think you care, doesn't mean you actually do. You attitude is harsh. I would hope that if my kid is a freshman in college he'd have a more sensitive prof than you. I went to an ivy league school over 25 years ago and thank goodness, there was [i]some[/i] significant hand holding for a 17 year old like me on her first time away from home ever.

[quote]It is YOUR job as a parent to ensure that your child can survive and thrive in multiple social environments.[/quote]
Really? I must [b]ensure[/b] this? What if a parent has done everything in their power to do so and the kid is still a work in progress when they get to college? Should those students be crushed by your big bad dose of "get over it"? Wow!

[quote]and it's because their parents were brave enough to let their child go.[/quote]
Parents would hope that they would not be "letting them go" to the tune of 75k+ a year to be taught by such an insufferably arrogant adult as you appear to be here.

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