<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">ben wrote; <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Socialising is not a crucial part of </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">everyone's development.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Of course I have to disagree with this. A kid who is home-schooled and has no interaction with his peers otherwise is going to be a social moron. However, suppose the Fall and Spring terms, 2020-2021, is canceled. That is far too short a time for any significant disability to happen. It would take years.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">bill w</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 4:24 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 04/07/2020 18:38, Henry Rivera wrote:<br>
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> The kids who desperately need the social interaction are ones who tend <br>
> to only get social interaction at school and within their homes. They <br>
> don’t “socialize” online much like their peers, and they don’t seek <br>
> out social opportunities. Forced socializing at school by virtue of <br>
> participating in work groups, lunch, and answering their teachers is <br>
> their only practical hope for this crucial part of their development. <br>
> These kids even not in a pandemic would not be socializing with others <br>
> if they could help it, and in a pandemic it’s all to easy for them to <br>
> avoid and stay isolated with little opportunity for any alternative. <br>
> Many have regressed socially at this time I imagine. Video learning <br>
> for them may be an option for academic competencies, but it isn’t <br>
> addressing their social development needs.<br>
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Whoa, hang on there. You seem to be assuming that everyone needs the <br>
same social interaction in order to be healthy and happy. I can assure <br>
you, that isn't the case. Why do some people only get significant social <br>
interaction when they are forced to? Usually because they don't want it <br>
(and in some cases, can't bear it). Socialising is not a crucial part of <br>
everyone's development. For some people, social interaction is a <br>
negative experience, and forcing it won't make that any less true, and <br>
definitely won't make them any happier or healthier. I speak from <br>
experience. Treating everyone the same, on the assumption that they are <br>
all the same is never a good idea.<br>
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-- <br>
Ben Zaiboc<br>
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