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Why isn't anyone farting in school? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 11 months ago by Anon518 to c/[email protected]

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I was homeschooled previously with a small group of other children and we fart in class all the time.

Now I'm in public school for high school and no one is farting. I was very sheltered and public school is like a whole new world for me, so I don't know what the norms are. I've been holding it in but my stomach hurts and it leaks out anyway.

I don't understand how there are so many more people in high school and yet zero farts...

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 11 months ago (4 children)

This is satire, right? I want to believe homeschooled kids are not as bad as they are often pictured

[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago

Having seen how some evangelical adults act (and eat) after being homeschooled, you could tell me this whole thread was 100% true and I'd believe it. I'm not saying it is, but combine social awkwardness with the hot garbage food fundie women post on Instagram, it's feasible. Or, on the flipside, some of the more granola homeschool families I've seen would also be believable in this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Homeschool survivor here. It's that bad.

[+] Anon518 -20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Homeschooled kids are bad because they fart?

[–] [email protected] 70 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

it's a common argument against homeschooling that kids who have no exposure to peers in a school setting end up with poor social skills. unless this post is satire, which I am like 99% sure it must be, this seems to be a case of that

edit: I'm in no way saying it's the strongest or the most important argument against homeschooling

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

If you act towards everyone else how you act towards your siblings (or parents if you're an only child) and they don't take you to meet up and play often with other homeschooled kids, then yes you're going to be weird.

It's a very accurate stereotype. Have you ever seen an unsocialized dog around other dogs who have been properly socialized? And it takes so many more years to learn human socialization.

Former homeschooled kid