tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385480496471630454.post1269348307397460335..comments2022-08-02T13:16:51.467-04:00Comments on The Old White Farmhouse: Socialization and Homeschooling~The Mangos~http://www.blogger.com/profile/12320478972648238106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385480496471630454.post-5489823928231667122010-08-29T19:29:10.799-04:002010-08-29T19:29:10.799-04:00I appreciate the fact that you took the time to co...I appreciate the fact that you took the time to comment. I would assess the percentages a little differently. I think it would be more accurate to subtract a child's sleeping time from the number of hours in a year. Based on our own children I would say that 10 hours/night is average. This makes the tme in school percentage 25%. I would also say that the average student would have an additional half hour of peer influence both before and after school. This boosts the percentage to over 28%. The factors that you mentioned are true whether one goes to school or homeschools. THere are definite characteristics that are common to most homeschoolers no matter what these other factors are. Homeschooling is becoming more common in the community at large and there is now a broad spectrum of family cultures homeschooling and for a plethora of reasons. The time when students are not in school is spent similarly with families and normal life activities and socialization. THe major difference in these children's lives are how and where they are educated and socialized.~The Mangos~https://www.blogger.com/profile/12320478972648238106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385480496471630454.post-58497382086553937642010-08-27T10:17:51.152-04:002010-08-27T10:17:51.152-04:00Did you know that an average public school student...Did you know that an average public school student spends 7 hours per day, 180 days per year at school? This works out to be only 14% of all the possible hours in a year (8760)? My theory is that differences in "socialization" can be better explained by a combination of other factors such as family size/structure, birth order, genetic predisposition, leisure activities pursued, extracurriculars, etc. People who try to pin a child's socialization on where he or she goes to school may not be paying enough attention to the other, more weighty influences in the child's life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1385480496471630454.post-49752804992730119832010-08-26T20:35:32.482-04:002010-08-26T20:35:32.482-04:00So true!So true!musicmom05noreply@blogger.com