emmabrock (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} emmabrock) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} fanficrants,@ 2008-05-12 23:30:00 |
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I had to dictate this to my homeschooled friend, since I'm SO illiterate
A REVIEW: "I really enjoyed this fic! [blah blah]...I hope that you'll excuse this personal question, but I was wondering if you had been homeschooled."
When I said no and asked why he thought so, I got this response:
"Oh okay. I just asked because I have this theory that most high school kids have bad grammar, writing, etc."
Hm.
I'd never really thought about a homeschooler's perception of public high school kids before, but with this new idea in mind, I did some, ah, "research" (aka googling), and this is what I found:
1) "In ten years, all [public high school students] will be flipping burgers and dreaming about that sports scholarship that got away."
2) "Fewer institutions are more in need of a Christian presence than public high schools."
3) "I just know that no high school kid could keep up with me in terms of reading or writing."
4) "All they care about are parties and popular music. I liked classical music and books, so they didn't accept me."
5) "The decision of whether to homeschool your child is a matter of asking yourself, do you want to protect your child from drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity?"
and my personal favorite:
"Public high schoolers are barely literate."
Just judging from the comments that come on this post, this is clearly not the predominant view among homeschooled students. But WOW.
Even though these quotes related to interaction outside of fandom, the ideas behind them are along the same lines as that reviewer. It seems to raise the (new?) possibility that some people are drawing lines between homeschool- and public high school-educated contributors to fandom.
Edited for clarity (3). -- It's a little silly, but I'm continuing to edit this post as people continue to mistake it as an attack on homeschooling in general. Offending people wasn't my intention (at least, not unless the offended person share the prejudices that I was citing) and I'm going to make sure that this post expresses what I believe.
A REVIEW: "I really enjoyed this fic! [blah blah]...I hope that you'll excuse this personal question, but I was wondering if you had been homeschooled."
When I said no and asked why he thought so, I got this response:
"Oh okay. I just asked because I have this theory that most high school kids have bad grammar, writing, etc."
Hm.
I'd never really thought about a homeschooler's perception of public high school kids before, but with this new idea in mind, I did some, ah, "research" (aka googling), and this is what I found:
1) "In ten years, all [public high school students] will be flipping burgers and dreaming about that sports scholarship that got away."
2) "Fewer institutions are more in need of a Christian presence than public high schools."
3) "I just know that no high school kid could keep up with me in terms of reading or writing."
4) "All they care about are parties and popular music. I liked classical music and books, so they didn't accept me."
5) "The decision of whether to homeschool your child is a matter of asking yourself, do you want to protect your child from drugs, alcohol, and promiscuity?"
and my personal favorite:
"Public high schoolers are barely literate."
Just judging from the comments that come on this post, this is clearly not the predominant view among homeschooled students. But WOW.
Even though these quotes related to interaction outside of fandom, the ideas behind them are along the same lines as that reviewer. It seems to raise the (new?) possibility that some people are drawing lines between homeschool- and public high school-educated contributors to fandom.
Edited for clarity (3). -- It's a little silly, but I'm continuing to edit this post as people continue to mistake it as an attack on homeschooling in general. Offending people wasn't my intention (at least, not unless the offended person share the prejudices that I was citing) and I'm going to make sure that this post expresses what I believe.
