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Community PageThis entire conversation is incredible. I am impressed, for sure! My absolute credit to all of the dedicated students and parents/teachers out there.
I’d like to offer an alternative view though: I went to public school from k-12, and found that while I did not fit in with the clique mentality ( I went to a stereotypical 3000 kid jock vs. artkid high school), it pushed me to find my miche, to find where I DID fit in. It pushed me to push myself to success, to rise above the norm on many levels. My mom debated homeschooling after putting my older sister through the same system 6 years before me, but she decided that I would learn the best from enduring the hardships of simply growing up with other kids. Both of my parents still pushed me and encouraged me more than any teacher, though my school system was the best in Ohio and has rather impressive curriculums, and my extracurricular activities helped form me into who I am now. Parents should not be afraid of their children being “dumbed” by the system, because a lot of other activities and teaching can be packed into a day after school and on the weekends! It is how you nurture what is already there. We all have our paths, and we are all going to turn out as whom we are supposed to be, you know? We all find our ways to thrive in the world, whether or not we had to suffer through being asked to prom.
