The New BWAS

[Kade Rivok]

Ok, I got the smiley face.  Everything else, not so much.

[Ebantu the Kararehe]

As in you don't understand or your computer can't load it?

[Kade Rivok]

I CAN'T READ WHAT YOU ARE SAYING EB, TYPE LOUDER

[Ebantu the Kararehe]

LIKE THIS?

[Kade Rivok]

STILL CAN'T QUITE MAKE IT OUT.  TYPE LOUDER PLEASE.  SLOWER TOO, IF YOU CAN MANAGE IT.

[Ebantu the Kararehe]

-_-

[Kade Rivok]

OK, THAT ONE I GOT.

[Ebantu the Kararehe]

  You made me laugh irl.

[Kade Rivok]

Mm.  Glad to be of assistance.

[Ebantu the Kararehe]

 

[Grond]

Don't be silly, you can absolutely have a meaningful relationship with someone who does not share your views, or even has opposing views, without compromising your standards. My best friend in high school (who I still keep in touch with) was a very liberal atheist, while I am very much the opposite. I never minimized my faith or commitment to my ideals in order to gratify him; what made us friends was that we both had a strong interest in political subjects and were willing to hold a civic discourse about those subjects. Did that relationship change me? It did. Not in that it reduced my faith, or caused me to suddenly embrace liberal political views, but it did cause me to reconsider me views on certain points because during our discussion I realized that some of my arguments were incomplete, insufficient, or simply invalid. And likewise with him. In political thought, this is called the "marketplace of ideas," and is the theory that strongly backs freedom of speech: whenever two ideas are presented, it will be visible which one is truer; the more ideas presented, the faster the truth can be reached. That relationship strengthened me and made me a more faithful and more thoughtful person (and I believe it did the same for my friend), because it caused me to think through and validate my own beliefs, and that is the value of it.

My point is not that homeschoolers are not capable of having such experiences, obviously they are. It is that they do not have such experiences, due to the nature of the program.

Now I must say that what I speak is a generalization, and in no case absolute. I'm not saying that public schooling is worse or better than homeschooling, only pointing out a specific advantage which I feel that I derived from attending a public school. And that advantage may not necessarily apply in all cases, either; obviously there are some public schools no one would wish their child to attend, and other public schools which are small or homogenous enough that they don't produce said experience.

Kinda related to the subject at hand but cool to see you on here Wylder... i quite liked some of the discussions and debates we had on here precisely for that reason you outlined above- it broadened my view on certain topics ie religion.

[Sebias of Redwall]

(Reading these last few pages was kinda fun.  )

[Wylder Treejumper]

@Grond Good to see you around! I hope you've been doing well in this crazy wonderful place we call the Earth. I too appreciated our discussions- I find there are few enough people willing to really discuss the difficult subjects, and I always enjoy being able to do so.

[Sebias of Redwall]

Aye. Glad you came back, Grond. 

I CAN'T READ WHAT YOU ARE SAYING EB, TYPE LOUDER

LIKE THIS?

You made me laugh irl.

*Is tempted to put this in the funny posts collection*

[lass of something much]

Do it! XD