Most homeschoolers lack a normal social life. That is to say, they are not exposed to the same experiences that public school kids are exposed to daily. Many homeschoolers are ill-prepared to jump into a social scene rampant with drugs, foul language, and rebellion. Many homeschooled kids crack under the pressure of these new experiences, giving in to the pressure of their new peers. However, one thing that has prepared me for the people that we are all bound to meet someday, is my time at Burlington County College.
I am currently in my second semester at Burlington County College. My first semester, I took Chemistry, and its accompanying lab. I was extremely fortunate to have (completely unexpected by me, I might add) two friends of mine from the homeschooling community in my lab with me. We worked as a lab group (even though we were short one person), and got to know each other better because of this. One of the things that we all had in common was a common annoyance at foul language. It really didn't bother us too much, we just weren't used to it, having been sheltered from it in our community. In the lab group next to us, there was one particular gentleman that gave us quite a laugh, because every time he dropped an "F-bomb", he said it in a thick accent that we just could not place. Over the course of the semester, we got gradually used to these outbursts, occasionally sharing a knowing look among the three of us. This first semester was perfect for me, as I was not only slowly exposed to it, but had some excellent friends there with me to share my experiences with (to this day, we have been trying to one-up each other with the most awkward or inappropriate thing we have witnessed during our various classes at BCC).
This semester, I was finally pushed out of my comfort zone (put me with friends and I don't care what we're doing, I can handle it) when I had to take Biology and nobody I knew was in it. In Biology lab, I have been extremely fortunate to end up with three very good lab partners. Being somewhat gregarious in nature, it wasn't too difficult for me to develop a mutual friendship with these students (two girls, one guy). There is always an interesting conversation going on between us while performing an experiment. While these students are not Christians, they appear to have relatively good morals (in the worlds eyes, that is). This semester's experience has forced me to enter into school relationships with fellow students that I would not have previously been comfortable with. Overall, the last two semesters at BCC have gradually pushed me out of my comfort zone, and familiarized me with the different behaviors that I am used to seeing.
2 comments:
Geez, man. You cannot write without having three main points and restating your theory at the bottom. I am very impressed.
And Biology is barf anyways, so you should have known.
Whatever that had to do with your post, sorry.
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