{"id":1091,"date":"2011-09-01T00:05:56","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T07:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2011-09-01T00:05:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T07:05:56","slug":"study-home-schooled-kids-not-as-weird-as-they-used-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"Study: Home-Schooled Kids Not as Weird as They Used to Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nA recent study conducted at Stanford University shows that kids schooled at home by their parents are significantly less weird now than they were 25 years ago. The study, which has been going on for more than two decades, followed 1,200 home-schooled kids each year from 1985 through 2010. Results clearly show a decline in weirdness from that time until now.\n\u201cRight now, there is only speculation as to why home-schooled kids aren\u2019t nearly as different as they used to be,\u201d says lead doctor on the project Dr. Greg Artz. \u201cThere is still so much work to be done.\u201d Some speculation is that large class sizes and lack of personal attention to students is not nearly as beneficial now as it was 25 years ago. \u201cTechnology may be affecting the way kids in public schools socialize now,\u201d says Dr. Artz. \u201cBecause of the homogenization public schools are creating, along with the \u2018everyone wins\u2019 attitude, what we consider normal now may not be so normal.\u201d\nSome Stapleton residents share this belief. \u201cI knew kids that were home-schooled back in Grand Rapids, Michigan when I was a kid,\u201d says resident Allison Riekse. “These kids were super-weird, and luckily, our parents taught us to treat them differently. However, I just found out last week that one of my son\u2019s best friends in the neighborhood is home-schooled, and he is obviously totally normal since my son hangs out with him. I never knew he was home-schooled until now. I just figured they were Catholic.\u201d\nHome-schooling in Stapleton seems to be a growing trend, and if that trend continues, the public school classroom sizes may get some much needed relief.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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