Scattered Pearls – لُؤْلُؤًا مَّنْثُورًا


“I feel bad for you.”
February 11, 2009, 3:41 am
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My jaw dropped. What on earth is she thinking? And she even had the guts to say it on my face? Yeah, and I swallowed it down like a bitter pill.

I don’t know why she feels bad for me. She barely knows me. I don’t even look worthy of pity, either.

A lot of the people I meet think I’m shy because I’m home-schooled. Sorry to pop the bubble, people, but school ruined my social skills. The intimidation received from the bullies at school slowly but surely deteriorated my ability to freely talk to other children. For all I know, I was quite a social child, able to make friends quickly and talk freely, but the kids at the ISLAMIC school were mean. And I was too nice of a kid to be mean to them.

She was shocked when I told her I go out. Like for real?  That was stupid of her. She said she thought home schooling was all about staying home. As if. She ALSO thinks my parents are really strict. Sure, they are, but for the better. That doesn’t mean they prevent me from doing what’s good, does it? It gets really annoying to have people that don’t know you jump to conclusions about you.

I remember once upon a time this aunty came to our house with a friend and she was telling her about how “they home school their daughters and the son goes to school”. Oh, how that stung. It’s not even about having girls stay at home. My brother is going to be home schooled as well. Yay! I get to be the teacher.

I wish I could go back in time and give her a nice lecture. The next day, someone else said the same thing. I told them off. They’re never going to bring up THAT topic ever again. Booya.

Anyways, the point of this was… WHY DON’T YOU JUST UNDERSTAND THAT HOME SCHOOLING DOES NOT MAKE ME THE LEAST BIT ANTI SOCIAL?!

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Home Schooling Myths
January 12, 2009, 3:30 pm
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1. No, we don’t sleep any more than you – Please. Just because I’m not forced to go sit in a  classroom, that doesn’t mean I don’t need to get up when the sun rises, or wait… before that, for fajr. And no, we don’t necessarily go back to sleep after fajr. We got stuff to do too. (ok, well, not all home schoolers are as motivated as me :D )

2. We.Are.Not.Dumb! – Gosh, stop giving us that “Oh, I’m sure you don’t know about this” look. We’re not DUMB! We’re a whole lot smarter than YOU! A classroom with a desk and a teacher isn’t the only thing that makes you smart. We know what goes around the world. Though I have to admit, I could care less about what’s in and what’s not because my world does not revolve around the fashion world so knowing nothing about it does not make me any less smarter than you. We can easily finish school 1-2 years before you! I know this girl who’ll be finishing TWO years before the “normal”.

3. We’re not forced – This one’s the funniest. I had a friend, who thought that me and my sister were forced to do homeschooling. I was shocked. Was that how people thought? That we were forced? That was disgusting. Well, I chose it. I asked my parents about it. I said I wanted to do it.  And I don’t regret it. In your face.

4. We don’t really want to go back to a school – Not until 12th grade. But that’s just me. Most kids like homeschooling and they don’t really want to go to a “real” school.

5. Um, yes we have exams and colleges accept us as well – Aunties ask that a lot.

6. Yes, we socialize – The MAJORITY of home schoolers aren’t sitting at home all day with their noses buried in books. There are SOME people that do, and I know quite a few, but that’s just not the way it’s supposed to be. Going to school and socializing just with kids that are your age is definately not a healthy form of socialization. Sure you have to be around kids your age, but that’s not where it stops. And we don’t even have to deal with peer pressure!

That’s all I can think of…

And yes, I would homeschool my kids as well.

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