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Online Dating Faces Social Stigmatism

Do you know an online dater? You might think the answer is no, but more and more the odds are that you do. The reality is though that most people are too embarrassed to admit that they are using the internet to find dates. For years now, there has been a certain social stigmatism attached to dating through the internet. People continue to think of online dating sites as scams, pornography, and a waste of time. But the reality is that thousands of people have found real romance online, and more continue to every day. But how many of them actually admit to their friends and family that online dating is how they met their current date?

Online dating firms have sprung up all over the internet, and in fact some of them are scams. The reality of any internet dating site is that it is only successful if it has membership. The larger the member base, the better the chance of finding a compatible match. Most sites use filtering criteria to try and pair people together based on key points of interest. Beyond that, some sites actually use personality tests to try and match their clients. How is this any worse than meeting a guy at a bar?

Some analysts theorize that the real reason for the snobbery against online dating is the impersonal aspect of it. You often "meet" and have "conversations" with a potential date through email and chat long before you actually talk on the phone. Critics contend that you can't really learn anything about a person through such a sterile medium. The reality is that in many cases people are more comfortable getting to know each other through the semi-anonymous nature of the internet. Online dating benefits from that anonymity.

So should you tell your friends and family? Frankly, if it's working for you why not? There's nothing to be ashamed of. Internet dating is a real, viable alternative. And the sooner the rest of your social group accepts it, the better for you and for everyone who finds happiness through a keyboard.

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Home school Students More Socialized

More than any other issue, the socialization question seems to scare away parents from homeschooling. The thought of raising a socially-awkward child is more than most parents can bear, and for good reason. To raise a child without opportunities to socialize with peers is doing children a disservice. The question is: Are homeschooled children given opportunities to socialize, and if so, are they able to assimilate well into adult life as a result?

According to the National Home Education Research Institute, the concern of socialization is mostly unfounded. In areas of emotional, social, and psychological development, home school students met or surpassed their public school counterparts. In fact, home schoolers were found to be more socially comfortable speaking with adults. Peer interaction, self image, leadership skills, family cohesion, and self-esteem are other categories in which home school students scored high.

As far as community involvement goes, homeschoolers lead the pack. Whether through athletic groups, scouting groups, 4-H clubs, political activism, volunteer work, or church activity, homeschoolers are showing that the home education experience is more than being cooped up in the house all day.

The HSLDA shows that homeschoolers successfully enter the workplace and become comfortable within their communities in a recent study as well. The idea of the misfit homeschooler that spends the rest of his or her life isolated in mom and dad's basement is disappearing. Home educated students are able to excel in academics without sacrificing social skills. Parents should stop worrying about the socialization issue because it is an inaccurate stereotype.

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As human beings, we all share certain basic wants and needs: we have need for food, water, shelter, safety, love, respect and self esteem. We all share an in-built tendency, as Freud stated, to want to move away from pain and toward pleasure. This tendency is part of the human condition for our own good; it keeps us away from harm and generally helps us to make good choices. Most people settle for a pursuing a career that satisfies these basic human wants and needs; and never really think beyond them to what their life could be about.