Back in May of 2016 (wow, that’s over seven years ago, a time before the Trump presidency, the pandemic and any sort of problems in the Middle East) I wrote on this blog questions I had for those who are being home schooled. Last Sunday on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver did a piece on homeschooling which reminded me of that post. I thought I’d be doing my reader(s) (McIntosh Hapsburg of Osage, Kansas) a real solid by re-running those questions (with minor modifications and additions) in hopes that I might finally get some answers. Here they be:
If you get suspended from school, where do you go?
Do you bother having elections for class president?
Isn’t the yearbook awfully thin?
What’s your prom like?
Are you captain of all the teams?
Aren’t you automatically class clown, valedictorian and most improved?
Isn’t working in pairs only possible if you are schizophrenic?
How long does your graduation ceremony last?
Are parent-teacher conferences just your mom talking to herself?
Since your school is at home do you still call it homework?
Who do you cheat off of?
Do you pass notes to yourself?
If you’re given detention do you really notice?
Is a hall monitor necessary?
What does it say about you if you’re not the teacher’s pet?
Are there any fights at your school?
Is it easier or more difficult to cut class?
Who do you hang out with at lunch?
Do you use your dog as a lab partner in science?
Do you have a school song? How about a mascot? What are your school colors?
Do you have a rivalry with another homeschooled kid?
Aren’t your parents both the P and the T in the PTA?
Ever pull a fire alarm or call in a bomb threat?
What do you write about in the school paper?
Are you both the bully and the nerd in your school? If so, do you beat yourself up?
What is peer pressure like? Do you have to try to keep up with yourself?
Do your parents grade on a curve?
In years to come will you have class reunions?
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