hey kurtis! i’m the author of the article and i’m also a huge huge fan of yours. the article was meant to be about how youtube tends to fail its creators but commentary youtubers like yourself are still thriving (and saving youtube). i love your work (like i said i am a giant fan) and i also didnt make the thumbnail so please go easy on me
“No one will love your child more than you will” As a former preschool teacher and part time sub,I strongly disagree. Not all parents love their children. Love is an action. Homeschooling is not inherently bad. In many cases it can be ideal. It’s not loving for a parent to deny their child access to education Church is not education
Agreed. I keep mentioning in people’s comments like, hey, let’s please be critical of why homeschooling exists. Because most governments do not have true reflections of our known knowledge, some governments are essentially just propaganda within their “education” systems, and the government systems in place need to be substantially overhauled and remade.
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed Comments like yours are why homeschooling is so bad in the first place. Stop being paranoid. There are lots of problems with the government and the education system, obviously, but you're implying that every teacher is some satanist government-lover. Most teachers do their damned best to teach you things your school or government doesn't care to help you with. As a future teacher, I will do my damned best to teach kids things the school or government doesn't care to help them with. If the government scares you so much, go to therapy.
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed uh no you told someone who got SA as a minor in church that she wouldn’t of had any better of an understanding that she was sexually assaulted if she went to public school which isn’t true, even if sex ed potentially wouldn’t talk abt oral kids do. i do agree there are certain times when homeschooling is good but for the majority of people it doesn’t help them, especially not the woman you basically victim blamed 🖤
About the Dave Chapelle thing: The person who attacked him on stage was not a trans person nor did he attack Chapelle in the name of the trans community. It was a completely unrelated motive. Trans people are now getting the blame for what happened to Chapelle and it fucking sucks.
Chapelle basically gave an excuse for transphobes to attack trans people without fixing his mistake, and now any unrelated situation that happens to him is going to be used as another scapegoat against the community.
normalizing? i love kurtis but the amount of people who dont want to have kids ever just keeps increasing, having kids or not is a choice, its already one of the most normal things ever😭
@@liana4212 I still feel like it’s frowned upon and you get a lot of negative judgement for saying something like “I don’t ever want to have kids”. Maybe it’s different in other parts of the world but I would say that it definitely isn’t ‘accepted’, even if it is more ‘normal’. With this in mind, I think it’s fair to say Kurtis is normalising not wanting kids
@@jessearmstrong-kooy2930 I agree, it's not considered the default yet (and may never will be) but the more people who are open about that choice and talk about how having kids doesn't have to be automatic, the better. Women still live with the stigma that we are unnatural or cold or not feminine somehow if we don't want children (I'm in my 40's so that ship has sailed but my dad still talks constantly about how he wishes he was a grandfather). There are articles in the news all the time about how society is going down the tubes because more and more couples are choosing not to have children. Just because people feel increasingly comfortable making their own choices about what a family means to them, doesn't mean there still isn't tremendous societal pressure to follow a certain norm.
i think one of the biggest misconceptions about homeschoolers is that we're all antisocial and never interact with others. there are so many places to get social interaction if you're willing/able to look. i was homeschooled, but in a nontraditional way. we weren't religious homeschoolers, my parents just felt that public school wasn't the right fit for us and it was honestly the best possible option for me. my parents were very fortunate to have the resources to homeschool both me and my brother and they were/are well equipped to provide a stellar education for us. the world was and is, quite literally, our classroom and we've had lots of social interaction, no shortage at all, but that's because my parents found and created opportunities for us to do things with other people, so that was never an issue. not all parents have the resources, time or desire to do it and that's okay. it's definitely hard work and isn't for everyone. my brother has actually decided to go to public high school and i'm happy that he's exploring different options for himself. personally, i'm so so glad i was homeschooled the way i was. i'm in college now and have had so many experiences (professional, academic, volunteer, life) that wouldn't have been possible without the homeschool environment i had. it's kind of funny tho when i tell people i was homeschooled til college and they're shocked because i don't fit the homeschool stereotype.
also worth it to say, my brother and i are Black. i got a plethora of education about Black and POC history that i never would have been exposed to in public school. i'm really grateful for that.
@@odessah That's actually super cool, I would love to learn more about black history (primarily American) myself. I think most people would assume that homeschooled kids are white (because they often are, usually for religious reasons), so you're also helping break down those stereotypes by mentioning such a small detail. I'm about to start college as well, after 4 years finally lol. Public schooling really drained me, but I'm glad I wasn't homeschooled (lots of home trauma). I'm so ready to get back into school, and I bet college is gonna be one hell of an adventure for the both of us! Good luck to you! Get those degrees
I was homeschooled too but only because the education system in the country I live in is really bad. My mother was a teacher before she got married so she had a lot of experience teaching. So I don't think homeschooling in general is bad, it just depends on your environment and your parents reason for homeschooling.
I love hearing about the Black and POC history you were able to learn in homeschooling!! I’ve noticed that people who are homeschooled like you, with the opportunities to socialize and the parents that can provide that kind of education, don’t fit the homeschool stereotypes you mentioned. I think that says a lot about the harmful parts of “traditional” (religiously driven) homeschooling and this notion of totally binary public vs home school
that’s awesome! i think there’s a huge difference between ppl who are homeschooled for religious reasons and those homeschooled for other reasons. for my family it was kind of a mix of both, which was alright (because there were co-ops etc) until we moved to a different country where homeschooling didn’t exist, and we continued to homeschool. even when i begged, my parents wouldn’t put me in school so i could meet friends. at the same time, i think i learned more being homeschooled than i ever would have in real school. i had some great opportunities to study within my interests which has definitely helped me get a jumpstart for my major in college. having private tutors for things my mom couldn’t teach made all the difference.
For real! I keep telling people it's kinder to themselves and to other people to just cut ties. Beating around the bush is never going to solve any problems! I don't block a lot of people, but I do block people who bring a lot of negativity into my life. It's the right thing to do, for either person involved.
I've experienced people saying "ew" about my appearance to my face and behind my back my entire life. I stream on twitch under Beauty and Body art and someone literally came in this week and said that the category was for beautiful people and not "people like me." So gross and hateful, and I'm sorry you have to go through it. Those people suck, though, and it says way more about them than you. I love your cute little mullet 💕
@@uchihamarss thank you. Luckily I have really high self confidence and I'm actually cute as hell (I'm just fat!) Still, it's amazing what people will say to make themselves feel superior.
@@sgsummerisle I wish my gf thought this way😞 She's just a little chubby (In a cute/sexy way!) And she's super selfcontious about her appearance and thinks she's fat even though I tell her she's not fat and I like both her body and personality
With peace and love, most homeschooled kids I met were severely under-equipped to deal with social situations. It sucks because it’s not even their fault, but often think it is. One of my coworkers recently decided to homeschool his kids and it terrifies me. He talks about how him and his wife developing their curriculum. Wild stuff.
Honestly, if I hadn't been so sheltered (a combination of homeschooling and religion) I would have known/ had the opportunity to learn a lot of things that could've saved me years of therapy. I didn't know what oral sex was until I was 18 in therapy describing a weird thing some 28 year old dude in the church did to me when I was 16. I had to find that out from my therapist. Very traumatizing, Do Not Recommend 🤷🏻♀️
Yeah so what you would have “learned” about oral also could have been a horrible and warped version bc most teenagers don’t understand consent since this isn’t taught properly in most places… so like maybe count your blessings on that one. I think a lot of people are missing out on why homeschooling exists (bc systems and structures put in place are failing and need to be updated with modern and correct knowledge.) Almost all people need years of therapy to exist within the systems in place homeschooled or not.. and beware of people who have not actively worked on themselves.
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed My point wasn't "had I not been homeschooled everything would've been perfect." To be honest, sexual education within the public school system is a nightmare and extremely inconsistent. However, that doesn't mean I was better off with -zero- sexual education. My intended message was: had I been exposed to more social interaction and had an external support group (those outside of family) to bounce ideas and experiences off of, I might have been a bit more aware/prepared for the things I would face as an older teen, and later as an adult. My opinion of homeschooling is soley based on my experience. No one here is saying all homeschooling is bad; I am simply explaining how it failed me personally. Perhaps if more people were aware of the potential repercussions of homeschooling, some of the larger flaws could be avoided in future. I wasn't making a blanket statement, indicating everyone who is homeschooled will need therapy. I was purely highlighting the fact that I could have possibly avoided years of said therapy (for reasons previously stated), had I the opportunity to know more about the world. Instead, I was essentially kept inside a bubble with limited access to outside information. I was tossed into a world with no knowledge of how to protect myself. Might I add, "count your blessings" as a response to my being sexually assaulted, is extremely insensitive. Like what the actual fuck were you trying to do with that statement.
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed wtf dude they just described a horrific event (child sexual assault) and that’s what you say in response? extremely insensitive and tone deaf
The reason people Homeschool a lot of times is to make sure their kids r never exposed to other opinions or ideas other then theirs. So they grow up to be little replicas of their parents
Well… I would homeschool my kids if I ever had any to teach them actual history (not the whitewashed version approved for the sensitive Texan snowflakes taught today.) you know, so my kids wouldn’t be deemed as idiot Americans by the rest of the world (other than the places America keeps bombing into submission and “territories” aka colonies.) It’s more our education system is outright failing bc the government funded by donations from corporations and funds stolen from the American people are used to enforce power abroad instead of investing it into our collapsing infrastructure.
yo the guy that tackled dave chapelle was neither trans nor did his aggression have anything to do with trans people, chapelle saying it was "a trans dude" that attacked him afterwards was insanely outta pocket I'm so tired of hearing about him
I was homeschooled, and you're right in that you really don't learn social skills until you're expected to find a job, or until you're able to sneak onto the internet to make friends there. You're also right that you miss out on stuff that your parents don't know; math was never my mom's strong suit, so you know who can't do basic multiplication at age 20? Me LMAO
Multiplication is the bane of my existence. I still have to recite these shitty jingles relating to bible stories that help teach multiplication tables almost every single time.
Anybody who wants to spend every waking moment with their kids is insane to me. As a mother of two, school is not only when I work (remote) but also when I get shit done around the house without being asked for snacks or to play uno. I NEED those 35 hours a week to just be alone. Does it or does it not take a village? Teachers are a part of that village. Like jeeeesus. I’m a better, more present mom when I can be away from them for a bit during the week. My kids ARE WORTH IT and staying home with your kids is NOT a small sacrifice, it’s a massive, life altering sacrifice. I don’t care if I have a job or not, I’m sending them to school.
I feel like you have to be someone very dependent on your kids. My mother used to feel really anxious if I wasn't around her and she had really bad control issues. Very "you are mini-me and if you're not then fix it". She constantly fat shamed me and I'm not even fat. Like I fit straight sizing and my stomach is fairly flat with some pudge but because she says that she was a cheerleader/soccer player/ tennis player/etc... and she wore crop tops always therefore I am too fat. She liked going out and I don't therefore I am antisocial. She didn't have friends with alternative styling preferences therefore they are weirdos and I should get better friends. She likes bright colors therefore I have no style and should try to be more girly. Being homeschooled by her would've been a nightmare and if I had no friends or outside opinions then I'd probably be significantly more depressed and I wouldn't have any social skills and I'm sure I would probably have the worst performance anxiety. Not to mention I'd probably have no hobbies I truly enjoyed and I would have little to no personality due to being constantly censored and shit down. I'd be on the path towards having a massive break leading to me moving out and calling a few times a year for holidays and living with roommates in a van.
27:04 Yeah alot of parents feel like Kurtis here, not because they don't want to deal with their kid ie. Neglectful, but because they AREN'T neglecting their kid kids and are teaching them shit all day and giving them positive reinforcement. Also you can always send your kid to a charter school if your child doesn't do well in public school but children socializing with other kids and learning to work together in group activities is very important for social development
@@yukikanegawa7470 lol god i ended up being homeschooled by that "you're my mini me" mom and lemme tell ya. i live 1000 miles away, my parents just visited this weekend, and it took me being subtly stoned the *entire* weekend to get through it and i just took a fat dab to fall asleep tonight. it's been a lotta fuckin therapy to get over this shit, you can probably get the idea :)
Just wanted to clarify that the guy who attacked Dave Chapelle is not connected to the trans community in any way. I keep seeing us getting blamed for his actions or that we somehow encouraged him but this is just a reminder that the trans community does not want violence.
literally like i saw someone say the other day, people (probably conservatives) were like ooh look the trans community is so violent but when it came out that the person who attacked him wasn’t trans but a “right-winger” nobody had anything to say
I was homeschooled in k-4 grade. My dad used to be a professor so he really knew how to teach and it was very nice. I had friends that I met at parks. I wouldn't want to do it now but I think it was good for tiny me. My family's super progressive my dad just hates the school system
I would probably homeschool my kids up until middle or high school because I too hate the school system but I believe in actual science. I always regretted how mainstream learning didn't foster my natural desire to learn. Plus I'd get my kid enrolled in sports and art classes so they could meet other kids
I play the bassoon and no one ever knows what it is, I audibly gasped when you said it's one of your favorite instruments. made me 1000% more stoked to see you in vancouver. I gotta say tho, I'd throw my bassoon out the window for a jackhammer any time
Due to my circumstances last year, I interacted with many kids that were homeschooled by heavily evangelical baptist families (their father was the pastor of the baptist church). I didn't grow up with that kind of background (I never went to church my whole life (even though my mother is Christian, the religion just didn't agree with me)), so it was super surreal hanging out with them. They were nice, but it felt weird having to tiptoe what I said around them, and even though I was only a couple years older than them (I was 18 at the time), it was like hanging out with kids much younger than me (and the youngest of them was 15). Being in the "kids' room" of their church honestly scared the hell outta me because the posters on the walls were anti-evolution and homophobic propaganda (and being someone that is majoring in biology and is bi, definitely did not gel with me)
EYO i can comment on this one, i'm a homeschool student, just graduated at 16 and am going to college this fall. my parents aren't evangelical or anything, I just have chronic ptsd and anxiety so public schooling wasn't a good fit for me. it lets you learn at your own pace and as an artist it lets me have my own schedule to work on my freelance shit
hey, i was homeschooled, and here my (slightly traumatic) experience: i was homeschooled until i was about 8 years old. My mother was a single mom who recently went through a divorce, and even before, we had been homeschooled. My dad worked for the government and by the time I was 10 we had moved 6 times in 3 different states. But there was extra stress on her because we were forced to move out of our house across the country. I had two older sibling who were homeschooled until 4th and 6th grade. Our mother was a very religious teacher (should i even use that word?) and she was not a patient woman. I remember before I was even old enough to start school, i would witness my older siblings getting screamed at, and hit when there was a concept they couldn’t understand and my mom could not explain. When i was finally old enough to start lessons, my mother mostly focused on religion and put that before my other academics. I learned very quickly what my siblings had gone through, as i was hit and screamed at, mostly reading my lessons through blurred tears. most of the time my mom would stop lessons completely because she was so frustrated and couldn’t get us to focus because we were crying so hard. I was forced to memorize religious passages and had learned cursive by age 7. When we finally transitioned into public school, my little child world was shattered. It was like a rug being pulled out from under me. I had very little social interaction with kids my age at that point, and i was kind of the “weird” kid. i would openly proclaim my crushes and would not be afraid to share my opinion, because i hadn’t been exposed to the wrath of 2nd graders. by about 4th grade, i had developed extreme social anxiety and had shut down completely. i was able to make a couple friends that i felt comfortable around, but ultimately i was not comfortable being myself or confident in any of my abilities. I am now a junior in high school and still struggle with severe social anxiety/panic attacks, burnout syndrome, multiple sh disorders, and probably a lot of undiagnosed shit. i have very low self esteem and cant bring myself to socialize outside my small circle of friends. i am terrified for my future and not being able to function like an adult, and my anxiety remains untreated because my mother views it as something i need to “get over”. at my most important stage of development and where social interaction was most important, i had not been given the tools/ exposed to normal kids my age, while dealing with an abusive mother. She has gotten better in recent years, but i still blame her for all the trauma she caused by choosing to homeschool me. don’t homeschool your kids please. lol sorry for the trauma dump, but please give your kids the chance to grow without your micromanagement, it will help them in the long run :)
ive been homeschooled all of highschool (i’m a junior) and i’ve lost all of my social skills because i never leave the house anymore. it’s better for me academically because i can work at my own pace but it’s definitely not ideal socially
Oh dang, that sucks. If it makes you feel any better, I'm a high school senior and I've never been homeschooled other than quarantine and I still don't have social skills. I have like 1 friend.
I’m a preschool teacher, and having kids call me mom is THE BEST!!! I had two separate kids insist on calling me mommy/mom because they just love me so much 🥺, and believe me, it makes up for all the stress and overtime work!!
I turn 32 next month and I have such intense existential dread about aging. Your attitude inspires me. Hopefully I can learn to embrace getting older. Happy belated birthday, Kurt. P.S. Your hair looks GREAT!
i was homeschooled all the way through, didn’t know anything other than being homeschooled. even though i had a great childhood, i don’t think i’d homeschool my own kids. there’s a lot i missed out on social wise that took a lot of years to figure out, including parents that were very sheltering of us, and it made for some rough growing pains in the real world. as far as music went, we were fortunate to go to private tutors for that, even though we weren’t wealthy, they made it work. i don’t rag on homeschooling, it can be done right, but most of the time it seems like it’s right wing radicals “protecting” their kids from society, so i’m glad i was homeschooled in the 90’s and not today.
"No one loves your kids more than you do" - That's such a toxic view. My daughter is everything to me... nobody will love her IN THE SAME WAY I do, because I'm her mother. But it's not a dang competition. She's in college now, but over the years she's been so fortunate to have wonderful teachers in PUBLIC school who cared for and loved her (and her peers) - teachers that gave their heart and soul every day to teach their kids. Gratitude is sorely lacking in these people. Can homeschooled kids succeed? Absolutely! I just wonder what kind of service these parents really think they're doing for their kids? School is socialization and preparation for society - it's an opportunity to meet people who are not like you. Diversity makes us stronger and smarter... and eventually, homeschooled kids DO enter society, right? These folks are so frightened of "others". I'm so sad for them. What a bleak life they have.
I was home schooled up until high school and honestly I'm greatful for it. I learned a lot about personal time management and responsibility by being home schooled. I also didn't have to waste time waiting for other students to catch up when I understood subjects quickly. I was able to skip a grade level because I was ahead. And there is a stereotype that ppl who were home schooled can't make friends, but I never had trouble making friends. There were plenty of social events specifically for home schooled kids and when I joined public school, I was able to jump right in with joining clubs and making friends. Home school experiences basically can vary depending on what kind of home schooling is being done. (For example some parents are all about religion over secular studies in their home schooling. Or there's also the kind of home schooling that's basically still following the curriculum of the public schools in your region, except you're just basically taking online classes. There's also the kind of home schooling that's basically like you're attending private school where you go to some location and work with a small number of other kids. And im sure there's even more other types.)
Thank you for this! I 100% agree and have a very similar perspective on homeschooling. Not to sound braggadocios but I got a job by age 14 and was always surrounded by people, and had 0 social issues. if anything, I feel like I have developed specific passions from homeschooling because I was not inhibited by a rigid, corrupt curriculum that is forced on students today, which I can speak to because I went to public school for the second half of my upbringing. I wouldn’t trade my homeschooling for public schooling.
I was homeschooling growing up. It ended up being what was best for me. For a long time I felt like I had been deprived of the school experience. Then I went to a year of school for seventh grade and realized. By the end of the year I was begging to be home schooled again. It wasn't as if I didn't socialize while being home schooled. The difference was that I only socialized with people I liked. Whereas in school I was constantly surrounded by peers that for the most part made fun of me. I was ahead in all my classes because my mom (who is now a teacher) had made teaching us her whole life. Being smart in public school just made me more unpopular and outcast. I think also that having adhd and a slew of other mental disorders made homeschooling and one on one teaching the best option for me. All that being said, my kids go to public school. They really enjoy it, and I can't imagine being able to teach them everything they would need to learn.
I feel the exact same way as you do regarding aging, I'm one year older than you, I also had my birthday this May, and I used to be so upset and scared of getting older, now I'm kinda like ehhh, it's whatever, I'm accepting it. Which is weird cause I really would freak out about it so much up until 3 years ago, but I'll be 30 next year and I'm like oh welllll, it's fine i guess, lol.
I am currently homeschooled and oh boy it sucks. There is ways to make friends if you’re homeschooled and there’s home meet ups and it was easier to make friends when I was younger but now it’s incredibly difficult because of quarantine no one is meeting up and even before quarantine I still couldn’t make friends because other teenagers don’t ever go to meet ups so when I actually went to meet ups there was only little kids. I am also not very smart since my mum doesn’t have a job she tried to teach me and she isn’t very smart or persistent so whenever I would be to lazy to work when I was younger I would just not work and my mum didn’t try that hard. I only have 3 other friends which I’m very lucky to have. I don’t really recommend homeschool but I also don’t recommend school because it’s still really flawed especially now a days
so IM personally not a homeschooled kid but the girl i sit next to in my english class was! we’ve talked abt this before. she was homeschooled from 3rd to 8th grade (so like later half of elementary school and all of middle school). she said it was really lonely. she has social anxiety and said that she feels like she missed out on a lot of opportunities to develop better social skills by talking to more kids her age. she said she likes going to public high school wayyy more!
totally agree about the blocking thing. i used to think it was “strong” or something to keep accounts of ex friends who bullied the shit out of me my freshman year of college unblocked, but that just led to online harassment! once i finally blocked them, things got a little better and i found so much peace in no longer seeing their faces and remembering their ugly comments. blocking has been painted as this weak move that shows someone can’t handle criticism (this may be true in SOME instances, ex. gus johnson’s blocking spree on twitter). however, people who post or say unwarranted, critical, rude comments totally worth blocking! love you kurt boy, the haircut looks awesome😊
When I was homeschooled I was severely depressed from having no friends, not being allowed to hang out with people, not being able to keep up with my schoolwork, (Because of my mental illnesses and being Neurodivergent) and not being able to get away from my overbearing parents. Also without any actual teachers I was super confused often.
as someone who was homeschooled my whole time in school, i totally agree that being able to do it is very privileged. and that’s fine if the parents know how to teach but it often goes along with the white evangelical privilages that promote bigotry against queer people, racism, and sexism.
Let me tell you those teens messaging you about your haircut are absolutely doing it to get your attention, some ppl will genuinely insult ppl they like online to get their attention, you could insult them back and they'd be like "omg Kurtis ! You replied ! I love the haircut haha all jokes, love your videos!!" 💀
When I used to go to youth group back in middle school there was this group of kids that were homeschooled as well as cousins, so they only talked to each other and had no social skills. They were all rude and full of themselves. This one kid though, his whole personality was that he could quote bible verses. That's it. And they were all blonde and tall...kinda creepy
I was homeschooled and it was easily the most damaging thing that could have happened to me. My parents pulled me out of school because the special education teacher suggested I get screened for autism and they disagreed, so instead they gave me my curriculum books and expected me to figure out school on my own with no outside help, not for the learning itself and not to figure out how to live as a neurodivergent. Now I'm a college dropout trying to figure out self discepline, social balance, and time management with no real frame of reference. My mother was antivax and a flat earther, so I had a lot to unlearn when I went to community college. I am of the belief that no homeschooling is good homeschooling, and I will stand by that.
I was homeschooled and was part of several homeschool groups, which gave me lots of interaction with people, but then I also have some pretty amazing parents, so I can understand how homeschooling could be bad in several cases
The "Commentary" genre has a lot of potential on UA-cam. You have the "film in front of yourself and state your thoughts with funny banter" types of channel like penguinz0 and SomeOrdinaryGamers, you have skit channels like Kurtis, Danny Drew and Cody, (and to some extent, Pyrocynical) you have topic "News" commentary (Scarce and Omni), you got the gameplay commentary channels (LeafyIsHere (terminated, but still), Cyrus, diesel patches and Dumpy) and you got the video essay channels (SunnyV2, Patrick Cc, The Right Opinion and EmpLemon). The latter has so much potential as a great learning tool for many on youtube. Sick to see it thriving.
I do have counter arguments I disagree with gameplay commentary channels having potiential or at least the ones you mentioned. Leafy was a massive bully during his prime and was terminated off of the website, Diesel Patches is completely off UA-cam and social media because of him losing motivation, and Dumpy is in my opinion, a generic channel that thrives off of toxicity. And another argument is that the commentary community does bring out toxicity (I am *not* talking about UA-camrs like Critikal or skit channels, those guys all have a great community full of great people). I won't give my opinion on video essay channels since I only watch ones that don't get involved in UA-cam drama since UA-cam drama is toxic as fuck. But then, I do agree that there are UA-camrs with potiential "funny banter" UA-camrs like Critikal or skit UA-camrs like Kurtis, Drew or Danny and even video essay UA-camrs. Did I come off as mean? I hope I didn't.
@@Justin-ul7fh not at all dude! You were not mean, just giving off criticism! And you make a lot of good points. I will say that when I mentioned gameplay commentary channels, I was not really saying they were good. Diesel seemed funny, but I do not like Dumpy, and I never got into Cyrus. I am mixed on Leafy, as he definitely was a pioneer in commentary like h3h3 and Pyrocynical, but his content was not good. Especially his stuff in 2016, as he seemed really mean and a bully where he attacked vulnerable people, even if that was supposed to be characterized. His stuff in 2020 was not too mean as it just seems to be shitposting content and giving off “whatever” opinions and nothing else. I do not agree with his termination as it did not go with the three strike rule, even if his content was bad to me. I do not like YT drama either, only when it is actually for a good cause to deplatform awful UA-camrs (like The Act Man Vs. Quantum TV situation right now) But nah man, you were fine! Not mean at all! Appreciate your reply!
Off topic but being homeschooled had saved my moms life! In eighth grade, my mom and I had been home alone when she had fallen, hit her head and had severe brain damage. We had signed me up for homeschool just one day prior because I struggled with how large my school was and I would have frequent panic attacks in the hallways. She hit her head early in the morning, right after my step-dad left for work and I immediately got her help but she lost her memory and she had to relearn how to talk. She's made a full recovery after years of speech therapy and going to the neurologist and I'm thankful for having been there. I'm not religious but I think of that homeschooling as a blessing!
I have fewer than 1 friend in the World. That's right. Everybody disses me for making bad videos. I think they are perfect though. Who is right? My dissers or me? Which side are you on, dear mi
I went to a homeschool type of thing for most of high school. We still had on campus classes twice a week most weeks, actual teachers and monthly check ins on what we were doing with an education coordinator and we still did all the normal school type stuff like dances and plays and I even took a trip to Morocco through the school. I'm honestly terrified of the amount of freedom parents get with homeschooling, but this system was great, I received a proper education that was monitored by a professional, teachers were on campus for all basic subjects and some enrichment classes so you didn't have to rely on your parents to teach you as well as the ability to take college classes, and they provided books and plenty opportunities to socialize with kids your age.
i’m currently homeschooled and at least for me personally it’s a lot better than being in mainstream because of my anxiety and other issues wich schools in my area aren’t equipped to handle. ive had experience of being in school for a while so it’s not like i have no idea what it’s like there. i still interact with kids my age and am open to going back to mainstream if i want to. also i’m very grateful that my mum is able to homeschool me properly and have the time to do that for me. so there are definitely ways around it and making it work without making your kids unaware of issues and social stuff wich could be really damaging. you just need to let the kid be open and have options so that your not pushing this on them leaving them unprepared for life after school. ps i luv ur hair kurtis
I'm currently homeschooling too, and I chose to homeschool because public school was just a really bad experience and the education system where I live sucks. Homeschooling is a lot better for me cause I don't feel as pressured and I'm still learning loads.
Unfortunately people actually really will just comment on the physical appearance of strangers just doing their jobs all the time. I worked at the same food place for 5 years from 16-21 and I changed my hair a ton and got tattoos in that time, cause ya know became a adult, and the amount of crusty regulars who felt entitled to not only comment but insult the changes to my appearances was wild like so sorry sir I’ll definitely make sure to consider the opinions of literal strangers before I do something for myself next time
I feel so mixed on homeschooling...I had a great experience with it because my parents, while religious, let me explore all types of learning and made sure I socialized with a lot of different-minded people, and living in a red state with piss-poor educational standards (the revisionist American history they teach here would be funny if it wasn’t dangerous), I’d love to homeschool my future children in the way I was educated. But I met way too many families that were basically indoctrinating their children with religious/political extremism and completely overlooking educational standards. I believe homeschooling can be done well and can create well-rounded, lifelong learners, but it also creates some really toxic communities. It’s hard to navigate...
The jackhammer in the symphony bit is really funny to me cause in highschool we played Holst 2nd Suite in F and the 3rd movement is called 'Song of the Blacksmith' and some have played it to where they are banging on a literal anvil and it's LOUD
@@theangel666100 The Minecraft community's still going strong and I'm pretty sure a lot of the gaming community still is to. The commentary community isn't really carrying it, because I think other than channels like Danny, Drew, and Kurtis, the other commentary channels like Turkey Tom and Daft Pina are straight up fucking dying, the former known for falsely accusing someone as a pedo and the latter known for falsely accusing someone of faking a mental illness. I heavily disagree that the commentary community carries the website by any means, because there's way more communities out there getting popular and it's honestly a community that has a astronomically bad rep (except for channels like Danny's and Kurtis's of course)
I was homeschooled for a bit of elementary and when I went to public school for the first time, I realized how little I knew about the world, I knew all the academics and I had learned 2 years ahead at home but I had no knowledge of how people act and how things work. I eventually realized that when I was homeschooled, it was like I had no thoughts of my own. I just believed whatever my parents told me because they were the only influences in my life which caused me to have a lot of internalized homophobia, sexism, transphobia, and racism which took me years to completely deconstruct. Which also kind of tore me up because I’m part of the lgbtq community and it took me a lot longer to accept myself than those who grew up going to public school or in supporting households. I also became very socially awkward and had a lot of social anxiety, I still struggle with both. So yeah, there’s my homeschooling experience. Even though I wasn’t homeschooled for very long, it affected me for a long time and still affects me.
I would never homeschool (shout out to those who suffered from it), but a cousin of mine homeschooled her two kids and they turned out p adjusted. As a mom, she really prioritized outside socialization and education. Alternative parenting has a lot of nuance! thank mayor edit: my cousin isn’t a racist jesus person, she just lives in a super rural area and had the financial privilege to be a stay at home mom.
I knew a mom of 5 who homeschooled all of her kids. Ages ranging 10 years. The middle two ended up not being able to read. Like still in their 30s not being very literate. They started popping out kids very young. I felt so bad for them. Second to last child went into the military because that was their only option. Youngest is in prison. You're right. No one parent knows it all but especially big families it's impossible to give each kid attention for their grade levels.
i was home schooled until i was ten - i lived in a really conservative small town with an extra shitty school district, and my parents didn't want me and my sister to get our asses kicked all the time, so we were just little home school freaks in the woods. i think it was good that i didn't have to go to school in that town, but i for SURE wasn't socialized well - I'm 22 now, and I still have a hard time understanding social interactions and interpersonal dynamics with my peers because I never really learned how to interact with people other than my parents and sister. I also definitely agree that some parents aren't cut out for it - my parents did fine up until a certain point, and I'm really lucky that they had the time and decent socio-political opinions, but then I started having to learn more advanced math than either of my parents knew and they were fucked
Ya I’m a mom who considers myself generally pretty smart and educated but I’m not equipped at all to homeschool. Teachers are literally trained for that, in varying subjects. I don’t understand how these parents think they can. And what agendas they think are pushed. What do they think goes on in schools? In “liberal” schools it’s just normal subjects. It’s the right wing schools that have agendas.
i was homeschooled & sheltered for a few very formative years (3rd - 6th grade) & then got dropped into public middle school with an incredibly flawed understanding of social cues & interactions. it was genuinely traumatizing & i still feel the effects as an adult.
I was homeschooled until high school and let me tell you, the transition from super conservative Christian home school groups, to public high school was something else. Public school sucked, but mainly because I had no clue how to interact with large quantities of people. My first day of high school I was around more people then I’d ever been in my whole life. Oh, and also, I had to teach myself evolution, had no sex ed, and had no idea how to spell and could barely do math. I’m pretty sure that happens to public school kids as well, but some parents can’t teach. I wouldn’t recommend it, and there’s no way I’d homeschool my own kids.
I'm a teacher and it is 100% the best when my kids accidentally call me mom. They're 8th graders too (13/14 years old) so it's extra great. Makes my day!
i was homeschooled middle through high school. it wasnt my mom teaching me at the kitchen table tho i instead went to a homeschool school i guess. it was basicaly a once a week christian based private school where i pick and choose my classes- like a college. i also did a diferent homeschool curriculum that was mulltiple courses i couldnt choose with one group of kids, also christian based and once a week. (that one was more weird bc we pledged to the bible every morning, did latin, and the science books were super christian biased). overall i had a pretty positive homeschool experience bc i was able to do some stuff on my own pace and i think made the transition to college easier.
My mom randomly taught me and my siblings latin for a semester in like 2nd or 3rd grade. I forgot about that until your comment. Is that just a Christian thing? Teaching your kids latin?
@@raleighvickers1202 it’s definitely a Christian homeschool thing idk why something about being able to read original documents/ scriptures maybe??? idk
@@adeana_ but aren't original documents written in hebrew? The bible was first written in hebrew, then translated to Latin and then to English. That's what I was taught but I could be wrong
I was homeschooled off and on for years and it was a lot better than normal school for so many reasons but also not great because I didn’t gain some information that I sometimes wish I had now. The weirdest part was the homeschool groups and meet ups, since a lot of us were never fully socialized around other kids so we were all really strange it was wild but fun.
Dude, I feel you on the not having kids shit 😭 I'm 28 and all these people I went to high school with have like 2 or 3 kids. It's like they were waiting to graduate to ruin their lives with having kids 🤦🏻
im homeschooled and although there are many good things about it i always felt like there was something missing and i needed that socialization in my life. as homeschoolers (coming from me + homeschoolers i know) we very often feel like we're missing out. also yea i didnt learn a lota stuff that public schoolers do and so im left feeling stupid quite a bit.
I was homeschooled from the time I was in second grade. Until my mom gave up on me 🙃 I was diagnosed with type one diabetes and that was when my mom went crazy. Decided the schools couldn’t care for my diabetes which was wrong. Decided vaccines caused my diabetes. Wrong. Decided she could teach me better. Double triple wrong. Homeschooling works for some people where the parents help the children grow and learn and the kids are super gifted and learning at their own pace helps them but for me later in my life I learned that how I learn is by doing and participating in groups. So tldr I got my GED last November. I’m going to be 29 in august. Passed it with flying colors. Had to retake math but tested out of two of the other subjects to where if I wanted to go to college I wouldn’t need to take like the introductory classes that kinda refresh your knowledge. My mom didn’t do that. She stopped helping me learn when I was around 11. After that I just was a babysitter to her. I did that just by wanting to learn. I was lucky to live by a zoo that offered an amazing youth volunteer program and through them I learned a lot about science and English. I took leadership classes that taught about giving speeches and teaching others. Learned about animal, insect, and herpetology biology. All kinds of things I could have learned in school but never did. My children are the same way. My daughter is 6 and she’s in school. She was never able to pay attention to me properly to learn from me and being in school has helped her so much. I am positive she learns like I do. She needs to be in a group setting. Also yes. I want a break from my kids. I love them but when they’re around all the time it’s a little bonkers my guy. Lol. I am grateful for schools and teachers.
I was homeschooled from 4th-8th grade. I was in a program that still had actual teachers so it wasn't my mom teaching me. I also had undiagnosed mental problems going on so there were subjects I did really well in and others I nearly failed bc I didn't have the help i would've got in person. Also I was already an anxious kid but being homeschooled for that long period of time made my anxiety worse and I feel like my social skills are way behind. I didn't start doing really well in school until i went in person for highschool because I wasn't basically teaching myself anymore I actually had teachers explaining things in a better way for me.
my mom home schooled me throughout middle school and sheltered me from “worldy” things. It made me curious and i got into bad shit because i simply wanted to know what it was that she was hiding. also she would complain about homeschooling me when it was her choice ??? wouldn’t recommend
i was homeschooled majority of HS, but it was due to my disability making me unable to be in a school environment. my family’s breaking point was me being hospitalized for 2 weeks at the end of the semester, and teachers bombarding me with make-up tests as soon as i got back. my situation was pretty dire, but honestly i hated homeschooling and if i had the option to, i would have stayed in public school. the isolation is absolutely terrible and im sure it would be worse still for a younger kid.
i attended a private catholic academy for the majority of my school days, but this past school year i decided to do online school and it was honestly amazing. being at home, away from the oppressive and toxic atmosphere of my old school helped me come to terms with myself. my sexuality, identity, etc.. it also helped me form my own opinions without teachers constantly shoving their beliefs down my throat. it was a huge sigh of relief to finally be independent and figure those things out.
Hey, some input from a previously homeschooled student! I am now a senior in high school, but I was homeschooled up until 8th grade and I personally hated every second of it. I felt isolated, lonely, and like I was missing out on a “normal” experience, (which I was). Especially as a trans, queer, and autistic person, it was one of the worst things to ever happen to me. I was surrounded by hateful ideas that hurt my mental health everyday, and blamed for things that weren’t my fault. I was unable to get out of the echo chamber I was in, and therefore had no exposure to the phrase “there is nothing wrong with you”. I had no possibility of receiving any support or having anyone to talk to. I had nobody safe, and I never felt safe. Now, I know that either way, school would have been a nightmare for me. But at least if I had gone, I could have made friends. I could have had a support group, and I could have had people that shared my experiences. I feel like homeschooling is great for people who agree with everything their parents believe, but if you don’t, it will likely be hell for you. I obviously don’t speak for anyone but myself, but that is my own personal experience with it.
I was homeschooled for a few years as a kid and ngl i see some positives to it! my parents were not fundamentalists (or religious at all) so it was mostly about me learning math, english, science, history, etc etc at my own pace and based on what i was interested in. i also got outside a lot and hung out with other homeschooled kids. but even though my experience was positive i can see how homeschooling can be very dangerous and keep kids sheltered to an unhealthy degree (especially with regards to religious morals, lack of proper sex ed, and revisionist history)
Can completely identify with getting negative comments about hairstyle choices. I had mine cut really short because it has the potential to get out of control very quickly. I was really pleased with myself and ignored un-constructive criticism until I got similar comments from my grandparents. I now can’t look at pictures of myself during that era.
I was home schooled for the last part of high school. I think there is value to both and blanket statements don’t adequately account for the needs of each individual and their learning style
i'm currently doing online school and the only reason i started was because of the virus. i just got used to it and didn't feel like going back because im heavily introverted so i've done it for a while. i still interact with people in real life because i'm still in touch with my friends from public school + i do martial arts. i have very cool parents so i have the choice to go back to in-person if i want to anytime edit: eh guess it isn't the same as homeschool, i just needed an excuse to comment on here
Homeschooling was the worst thing that could've happened to me when I hit highschool. I became second mom to the younger children and was in charge or creating my own curriculum. So I'm learning basically nothing in whatever free time I have after work and child care duties and the only socialization I had was church. I feel uneducated, I feel robbed of a normal teenage life, and I feel like I didn't get a realistic view of college or the help options available to me. I dropped out of college after a year because I had no support or building blocks. My parents were not equipped to school me and just didn't want me to get pregnant in highschool and wanted a built in nanny. It still affects me.
I wasn't homeschooled but I did do school from home - I went to an online charter school. It actually prepared me for college way more effectively than my local schools would have!
my comments on kids getting homeschooled is just the fact that has anybody ever met anybody that was homeschooled and they don’t end up being a social inept adult
i am homeschooled but my parents actually don’t have to teach me! they can go to work while i basically just have an online tutor. it’s free and has helped me so much with my school anxiety !
The homeschooling thing KILLED me as a VERY non Christian & non conservative person who plans to homeschool (my kid isn’t even 3 yet tho lol). For the record, I definitely just plan to send my kid to community college classes if she wants to do stuff I can’t teach as a teenager, or like hire people for stuff like instruments if she wants to play em. I also don’t make a ton of money, but I bartend so I’m conveniently home during school hours 🤣 plus like I have terrible adhd & I can tell my kid does too so I want her to avoid having her self worth dictated by whether she can remember her homework….although I think public schools in Canada are probably better than in the US too
I’m a private music teacher and a large number of my students are home schooled. It gives them an opportunity to get out of the house and be with someone different. I try my best to insert more progressive morals and ideas into their lessons lol My favorite thing is when my students will show up with the bottom half of their hair colored (like mine) and I’m just like “wow I’m truly an influence 🥹” Music Lessons are generally anywhere from $30-$60 an hour. Craigslist is actually a great way to find teachers or you can find a local music school.
Hiii I'm home schooled!! I've been home schooled since kindergarten and now I'm a rising senior! Honestly home schooling was the move for me personally because I did a home school co-op were we met once a week in a setting similar to a normal private school sorta and academically it worked out really well for me. I still had plenty of friends to not feel like I was lacking socially plus I had theater outside of school as well. It wasn't your average high school experience (I got my foreign language credits needed for high school in Latin in grade 7 lol) but I went to prom, had friends, hang out with my class throughout my week, had study dates, dated a bit, and I actually loved it. I know home schooling isn't for everyone and I think it's important for parents to realize what kids would do well in it and which ones should remain public schooled but for me it was a good fit :) not sure who's reading this but I hope you're having a great day. Love you kurtis can't wait to see your show in atl!!
hey so idk if you know this or not but the guy who tackled dave chapelle was a trump dude, not a trans activist. the "that was a trans man" joke was in really fucking poor taste and unfortunately is contributing to misinformation about what happened and leading to more stigma against trans people when we really dont fucking need it
kurtis i really hope you say something publicly about this to correct yourself, because this fucking broke my heart, and it makes me distrust you as a cis creator.
Hey Kurt, there’s a hilarious scene in the movie “Movie 43” about these parents who homeschool their son and he seems completely normal at first but he is an actual freak who’s in love with a broomstick that he dressed as a girl, his mom was his first kiss, his dad bullies him, etc. it’s so funny and reminded me of exactly what you were talking about.
I'm homeschooled because I'm transgender and I literally tried being out as school but I got shit from EVERY SINGLE TEACHER and EVERY SINGLE PERSON I INTERACTED WITH its just so tiring I would have panic attacks twice a week too because of my anxiety Not a diss to you just trying to explain why I'm homeschool ily kurty squirt
hey kurtis! i’m the author of the article and i’m also a huge huge fan of yours. the article was meant to be about how youtube tends to fail its creators but commentary youtubers like yourself are still thriving (and saving youtube). i love your work (like i said i am a giant fan) and i also didnt make the thumbnail so please go easy on me
all good hahaha thanks for plugging me and my work in the article!!!
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@@e_dryl Maeve?
@@e_dryl yoooooo Maeve gang
“No one will love your child more than you will”
As a former preschool teacher and part time sub,I strongly disagree.
Not all parents love their children. Love is an action.
Homeschooling is not inherently bad. In many cases it can be ideal. It’s not loving for a parent to deny their child access to education
Church is not education
Agreed. I keep mentioning in people’s comments like, hey, let’s please be critical of why homeschooling exists. Because most governments do not have true reflections of our known knowledge, some governments are essentially just propaganda within their “education” systems, and the government systems in place need to be substantially overhauled and remade.
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed Comments like yours are why homeschooling is so bad in the first place. Stop being paranoid. There are lots of problems with the government and the education system, obviously, but you're implying that every teacher is some satanist government-lover. Most teachers do their damned best to teach you things your school or government doesn't care to help you with. As a future teacher, I will do my damned best to teach kids things the school or government doesn't care to help them with. If the government scares you so much, go to therapy.
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed uh no you told someone who got SA as a minor in church that she wouldn’t of had any better of an understanding that she was sexually assaulted if she went to public school which isn’t true, even if sex ed potentially wouldn’t talk abt oral kids do. i do agree there are certain times when homeschooling is good but for the majority of people it doesn’t help them, especially not the woman you basically victim blamed 🖤
Yeah most mother's I've met put their own convince above their child's needs
Everything you said is what I believe
About the Dave Chapelle thing: The person who attacked him on stage was not a trans person nor did he attack Chapelle in the name of the trans community. It was a completely unrelated motive. Trans people are now getting the blame for what happened to Chapelle and it fucking sucks.
Chapelle basically gave an excuse for transphobes to attack trans people without fixing his mistake, and now any unrelated situation that happens to him is going to be used as another scapegoat against the community.
kurtis normalizing not wanting kids and never having them. that's king behavior ❤️❤️❤️
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normalizing? i love kurtis but the amount of people who dont want to have kids ever just keeps increasing, having kids or not is a choice, its already one of the most normal things ever😭
@@liana4212 I still feel like it’s frowned upon and you get a lot of negative judgement for saying something like “I don’t ever want to have kids”. Maybe it’s different in other parts of the world but I would say that it definitely isn’t ‘accepted’, even if it is more ‘normal’. With this in mind, I think it’s fair to say Kurtis is normalising not wanting kids
@@jessearmstrong-kooy2930 I agree, it's not considered the default yet (and may never will be) but the more people who are open about that choice and talk about how having kids doesn't have to be automatic, the better. Women still live with the stigma that we are unnatural or cold or not feminine somehow if we don't want children (I'm in my 40's so that ship has sailed but my dad still talks constantly about how he wishes he was a grandfather). There are articles in the news all the time about how society is going down the tubes because more and more couples are choosing not to have children. Just because people feel increasingly comfortable making their own choices about what a family means to them, doesn't mean there still isn't tremendous societal pressure to follow a certain norm.
@@liana4212 I literally get bullied by my family for it 🙃
even if you do know the person, it's still insane to me to make a comment like that about someone's appearance-- in regard to the first bit
I zoned out a little during his limo story and thought he was talking about getting blackout drunk in 8th grade 💀
I didn't zone out. And still had the same thought LMAO
Bunch of 13 year olds gone wild! I was listening too and had the same impression
SAME
YES SAME
I thought so too and I was very confused for a long time
I absolutely love the grandad slippers kurtis wears in these
yassss
they look very cosy and warm
i feel like if he was a pair of shoes he would be those. they just kinda fit his vibe
i think one of the biggest misconceptions about homeschoolers is that we're all antisocial and never interact with others. there are so many places to get social interaction if you're willing/able to look. i was homeschooled, but in a nontraditional way. we weren't religious homeschoolers, my parents just felt that public school wasn't the right fit for us and it was honestly the best possible option for me. my parents were very fortunate to have the resources to homeschool both me and my brother and they were/are well equipped to provide a stellar education for us. the world was and is, quite literally, our classroom and we've had lots of social interaction, no shortage at all, but that's because my parents found and created opportunities for us to do things with other people, so that was never an issue. not all parents have the resources, time or desire to do it and that's okay. it's definitely hard work and isn't for everyone. my brother has actually decided to go to public high school and i'm happy that he's exploring different options for himself. personally, i'm so so glad i was homeschooled the way i was. i'm in college now and have had so many experiences (professional, academic, volunteer, life) that wouldn't have been possible without the homeschool environment i had. it's kind of funny tho when i tell people i was homeschooled til college and they're shocked because i don't fit the homeschool stereotype.
also worth it to say, my brother and i are Black. i got a plethora of education about Black and POC history that i never would have been exposed to in public school. i'm really grateful for that.
@@odessah That's actually super cool, I would love to learn more about black history (primarily American) myself. I think most people would assume that homeschooled kids are white (because they often are, usually for religious reasons), so you're also helping break down those stereotypes by mentioning such a small detail.
I'm about to start college as well, after 4 years finally lol. Public schooling really drained me, but I'm glad I wasn't homeschooled (lots of home trauma). I'm so ready to get back into school, and I bet college is gonna be one hell of an adventure for the both of us! Good luck to you! Get those degrees
I was homeschooled too but only because the education system in the country I live in is really bad. My mother was a teacher before she got married so she had a lot of experience teaching. So I don't think homeschooling in general is bad, it just depends on your environment and your parents reason for homeschooling.
I love hearing about the Black and POC history you were able to learn in homeschooling!! I’ve noticed that people who are homeschooled like you, with the opportunities to socialize and the parents that can provide that kind of education, don’t fit the homeschool stereotypes you mentioned. I think that says a lot about the harmful parts of “traditional” (religiously driven) homeschooling and this notion of totally binary public vs home school
that’s awesome! i think there’s a huge difference between ppl who are homeschooled for religious reasons and those homeschooled for other reasons. for my family it was kind of a mix of both, which was alright (because there were co-ops etc) until we moved to a different country where homeschooling didn’t exist, and we continued to homeschool. even when i begged, my parents wouldn’t put me in school so i could meet friends. at the same time, i think i learned more being homeschooled than i ever would have in real school. i had some great opportunities to study within my interests which has definitely helped me get a jumpstart for my major in college. having private tutors for things my mom couldn’t teach made all the difference.
blocking people is so healing. even with someone you barely know or known forever it will always feel soooo good to end toxic things
It really does
For real! I keep telling people it's kinder to themselves and to other people to just cut ties. Beating around the bush is never going to solve any problems! I don't block a lot of people, but I do block people who bring a lot of negativity into my life. It's the right thing to do, for either person involved.
I think I'm probably toxic, so that's why I just cut out the middleman and never talk to my friends. I'm like Fukushima over here
@@bananawitchcraft Er... I hope you're not bragging about being toxic, lol. That's not a good thing.
I've experienced people saying "ew" about my appearance to my face and behind my back my entire life. I stream on twitch under Beauty and Body art and someone literally came in this week and said that the category was for beautiful people and not "people like me." So gross and hateful, and I'm sorry you have to go through it. Those people suck, though, and it says way more about them than you. I love your cute little mullet 💕
i’m really sorry someone said that to you 💝
@@uchihamarss that’s so fucked
Yo fuck those people. Tell them to hop on Twitch and show us what they got!
@@uchihamarss thank you. Luckily I have really high self confidence and I'm actually cute as hell (I'm just fat!) Still, it's amazing what people will say to make themselves feel superior.
@@sgsummerisle I wish my gf thought this way😞 She's just a little chubby (In a cute/sexy way!) And she's super selfcontious about her appearance and thinks she's fat even though I tell her she's not fat and I like both her body and personality
With peace and love, most homeschooled kids I met were severely under-equipped to deal with social situations. It sucks because it’s not even their fault, but often think it is.
One of my coworkers recently decided to homeschool his kids and it terrifies me. He talks about how him and his wife developing their curriculum. Wild stuff.
kurtis with a tiny coffee and a haircut is fitting the older sisters cool boyfriend vibe still
That is such an accurate vibe for him-
Jarvis is the older sister's cool boyfriend
@@DMO-DMO-DMO Jarvis is the girlfriend’s older brother vibe
@@jackliebo7297 oooooh okay sure sure
For some reason I always get the vibe that Nick is like Kurtis' lil cousin so can he be the cool boyfriends lil cousin vibe?
Honestly, if I hadn't been so sheltered (a combination of homeschooling and religion) I would have known/ had the opportunity to learn a lot of things that could've saved me years of therapy. I didn't know what oral sex was until I was 18 in therapy describing a weird thing some 28 year old dude in the church did to me when I was 16. I had to find that out from my therapist. Very traumatizing, Do Not Recommend 🤷🏻♀️
that's terrible, I hope ur okay and I wish u the best of luck 💝
Yeah so what you would have “learned” about oral also could have been a horrible and warped version bc most teenagers don’t understand consent since this isn’t taught properly in most places… so like maybe count your blessings on that one.
I think a lot of people are missing out on why homeschooling exists (bc systems and structures put in place are failing and need to be updated with modern and correct knowledge.) Almost all people need years of therapy to exist within the systems in place homeschooled or not.. and beware of people who have not actively worked on themselves.
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed they just described one of the worst things that could happen to someone (csa) and thats what u take away from it
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed
My point wasn't "had I not been homeschooled everything would've been perfect." To be honest, sexual education within the public school system is a nightmare and extremely inconsistent. However, that doesn't mean I was better off with -zero- sexual education. My intended message was: had I been exposed to more social interaction and had an external support group (those outside of family) to bounce ideas and experiences off of, I might have been a bit more aware/prepared for the things I would face as an older teen, and later as an adult.
My opinion of homeschooling is soley based on my experience. No one here is saying all homeschooling is bad; I am simply explaining how it failed me personally. Perhaps if more people were aware of the potential repercussions of homeschooling, some of the larger flaws could be avoided in future.
I wasn't making a blanket statement, indicating everyone who is homeschooled will need therapy. I was purely highlighting the fact that I could have possibly avoided years of said therapy (for reasons previously stated), had I the opportunity to know more about the world. Instead, I was essentially kept inside a bubble with limited access to outside information. I was tossed into a world with no knowledge of how to protect myself.
Might I add, "count your blessings" as a response to my being sexually assaulted, is extremely insensitive. Like what the actual fuck were you trying to do with that statement.
@@StressedDepressednOverdressed wtf dude they just described a horrific event (child sexual assault) and that’s what you say in response? extremely insensitive and tone deaf
kurtis you've been slaying these past few months!!!!! keep up the good work!!!!!
yes and his hair is also slaying
@@azucena-hm2wo kurtis extra slay era
Slay what you wanna slay
Your honour your honour hes slaying
I heard somewhere recently that you can only say "slaying" if your black, is that true at all lol
Dave Chappelle’s attacker was a MAGA rapper, despite many conservatives trying to say he was a “woke leftist” mad about Chappelle’s jokes
The reason people Homeschool a lot of times is to make sure their kids r never exposed to other opinions or ideas other then theirs. So they grow up to be little replicas of their parents
This
Either that or they become the complete opposite (me)
@@imnothollytoday well I'm certain that wasn't their intent lol
@@DMO-DMO-DMO you’re right lol. I misunderstood the original comment
Well… I would homeschool my kids if I ever had any to teach them actual history (not the whitewashed version approved for the sensitive Texan snowflakes taught today.) you know, so my kids wouldn’t be deemed as idiot Americans by the rest of the world (other than the places America keeps bombing into submission and “territories” aka colonies.) It’s more our education system is outright failing bc the government funded by donations from corporations and funds stolen from the American people are used to enforce power abroad instead of investing it into our collapsing infrastructure.
yo the guy that tackled dave chapelle was neither trans nor did his aggression have anything to do with trans people, chapelle saying it was "a trans dude" that attacked him afterwards was insanely outta pocket I'm so tired of hearing about him
I was homeschooled, and you're right in that you really don't learn social skills until you're expected to find a job, or until you're able to sneak onto the internet to make friends there. You're also right that you miss out on stuff that your parents don't know; math was never my mom's strong suit, so you know who can't do basic multiplication at age 20? Me LMAO
Multiplication is the bane of my existence. I still have to recite these shitty jingles relating to bible stories that help teach multiplication tables almost every single time.
Lmao same! I'm 20 to also except I can multiply but I have no idea how to do long devision and I suck at subtraction
Same here! I know a lot about writing essays, but ask me to do basic math and I am out of luck.
Anybody who wants to spend every waking moment with their kids is insane to me. As a mother of two, school is not only when I work (remote) but also when I get shit done around the house without being asked for snacks or to play uno. I NEED those 35 hours a week to just be alone. Does it or does it not take a village? Teachers are a part of that village. Like jeeeesus. I’m a better, more present mom when I can be away from them for a bit during the week. My kids ARE WORTH IT and staying home with your kids is NOT a small sacrifice, it’s a massive, life altering sacrifice. I don’t care if I have a job or not, I’m sending them to school.
I feel like you have to be someone very dependent on your kids. My mother used to feel really anxious if I wasn't around her and she had really bad control issues. Very "you are mini-me and if you're not then fix it". She constantly fat shamed me and I'm not even fat. Like I fit straight sizing and my stomach is fairly flat with some pudge but because she says that she was a cheerleader/soccer player/ tennis player/etc... and she wore crop tops always therefore I am too fat. She liked going out and I don't therefore I am antisocial. She didn't have friends with alternative styling preferences therefore they are weirdos and I should get better friends. She likes bright colors therefore I have no style and should try to be more girly.
Being homeschooled by her would've been a nightmare and if I had no friends or outside opinions then I'd probably be significantly more depressed and I wouldn't have any social skills and I'm sure I would probably have the worst performance anxiety. Not to mention I'd probably have no hobbies I truly enjoyed and I would have little to no personality due to being constantly censored and shit down. I'd be on the path towards having a massive break leading to me moving out and calling a few times a year for holidays and living with roommates in a van.
27:04 Yeah alot of parents feel like Kurtis here, not because they don't want to deal with their kid ie. Neglectful, but because they AREN'T neglecting their kid kids and are teaching them shit all day and giving them positive reinforcement. Also you can always send your kid to a charter school if your child doesn't do well in public school but children socializing with other kids and learning to work together in group activities is very important for social development
@@yukikanegawa7470 lol god i ended up being homeschooled by that "you're my mini me" mom and lemme tell ya. i live 1000 miles away, my parents just visited this weekend, and it took me being subtly stoned the *entire* weekend to get through it and i just took a fat dab to fall asleep tonight. it's been a lotta fuckin therapy to get over this shit, you can probably get the idea :)
Just wanted to clarify that the guy who attacked Dave Chapelle is not connected to the trans community in any way. I keep seeing us getting blamed for his actions or that we somehow encouraged him but this is just a reminder that the trans community does not want violence.
Fr! The narrative keeps changing/getting worse because lots of ppl are just going with the joke comment Dave made. That dude was a MAGA rapper!! LMFAO
Was going to comment this as well
literally like i saw someone say the other day, people (probably conservatives) were like ooh look the trans community is so violent but when it came out that the person who attacked him wasn’t trans but a “right-winger” nobody had anything to say
i really hope kurtis makes a correction in a future video or something
@@lex5258 I have so many more questions now lol
I was homeschooled in k-4 grade. My dad used to be a professor so he really knew how to teach and it was very nice. I had friends that I met at parks. I wouldn't want to do it now but I think it was good for tiny me. My family's super progressive my dad just hates the school system
I was homeschooled til 4th grade too :) it was a great experience
i think it’s awesome to be homeschooled at that age honestly. it becomes more of a big problem when they’re older imo
I would probably homeschool my kids up until middle or high school because I too hate the school system but I believe in actual science. I always regretted how mainstream learning didn't foster my natural desire to learn. Plus I'd get my kid enrolled in sports and art classes so they could meet other kids
I play the bassoon and no one ever knows what it is, I audibly gasped when you said it's one of your favorite instruments. made me 1000% more stoked to see you in vancouver. I gotta say tho, I'd throw my bassoon out the window for a jackhammer any time
bassoons are cool af
the bassoon is an incredible instrument, no orchestra or concert band is complete without one.
Due to my circumstances last year, I interacted with many kids that were homeschooled by heavily evangelical baptist families (their father was the pastor of the baptist church). I didn't grow up with that kind of background (I never went to church my whole life (even though my mother is Christian, the religion just didn't agree with me)), so it was super surreal hanging out with them. They were nice, but it felt weird having to tiptoe what I said around them, and even though I was only a couple years older than them (I was 18 at the time), it was like hanging out with kids much younger than me (and the youngest of them was 15). Being in the "kids' room" of their church honestly scared the hell outta me because the posters on the walls were anti-evolution and homophobic propaganda (and being someone that is majoring in biology and is bi, definitely did not gel with me)
EYO i can comment on this one, i'm a homeschool student, just graduated at 16 and am going to college this fall. my parents aren't evangelical or anything, I just have chronic ptsd and anxiety so public schooling wasn't a good fit for me. it lets you learn at your own pace and as an artist it lets me have my own schedule to work on my freelance shit
Exactly!! I was in the exact same position and it was so needed
Felt that, I also graduated at 16 while being homeschooled!
hey, i was homeschooled, and here my (slightly traumatic) experience: i was homeschooled until i was about 8 years old. My mother was a single mom who recently went through a divorce, and even before, we had been homeschooled. My dad worked for the government and by the time I was 10 we had moved 6 times in 3 different states. But there was extra stress on her because we were forced to move out of our house across the country. I had two older sibling who were homeschooled until 4th and 6th grade. Our mother was a very religious teacher (should i even use that word?) and she was not a patient woman. I remember before I was even old enough to start school, i would witness my older siblings getting screamed at, and hit when there was a concept they couldn’t understand and my mom could not explain. When i was finally old enough to start lessons, my mother mostly focused on religion and put that before my other academics. I learned very quickly what my siblings had gone through, as i was hit and screamed at, mostly reading my lessons through blurred tears. most of the time my mom would stop lessons completely because she was so frustrated and couldn’t get us to focus because we were crying so hard. I was forced to memorize religious passages and had learned cursive by age 7. When we finally transitioned into public school, my little child world was shattered. It was like a rug being pulled out from under me. I had very little social interaction with kids my age at that point, and i was kind of the “weird” kid. i would openly proclaim my crushes and would not be afraid to share my opinion, because i hadn’t been exposed to the wrath of 2nd graders. by about 4th grade, i had developed extreme social anxiety and had shut down completely. i was able to make a couple friends that i felt comfortable around, but ultimately i was not comfortable being myself or confident in any of my abilities. I am now a junior in high school and still struggle with severe social anxiety/panic attacks, burnout syndrome, multiple sh disorders, and probably a lot of undiagnosed shit. i have very low self esteem and cant bring myself to socialize outside my small circle of friends. i am terrified for my future and not being able to function like an adult, and my anxiety remains untreated because my mother views it as something i need to “get over”. at my most important stage of development and where social interaction was most important, i had not been given the tools/ exposed to normal kids my age, while dealing with an abusive mother. She has gotten better in recent years, but i still blame her for all the trauma she caused by choosing to homeschool me.
don’t homeschool your kids please.
lol sorry for the trauma dump, but please give your kids the chance to grow without your micromanagement, it will help them in the long run :)
ive been homeschooled all of highschool (i’m a junior) and i’ve lost all of my social skills because i never leave the house anymore. it’s better for me academically because i can work at my own pace but it’s definitely not ideal socially
Oh dang, that sucks. If it makes you feel any better, I'm a high school senior and I've never been homeschooled other than quarantine and I still don't have social skills. I have like 1 friend.
The only man who can keep his microphone
I’m a preschool teacher, and having kids call me mom is THE BEST!!! I had two separate kids insist on calling me mommy/mom because they just love me so much 🥺, and believe me, it makes up for all the stress and overtime work!!
I turn 32 next month and I have such intense existential dread about aging. Your attitude inspires me. Hopefully I can learn to embrace getting older. Happy belated birthday, Kurt. P.S. Your hair looks GREAT!
happy (late) birthday brittany!
Kurtis: I'm 28 I'm an old man
Also Kurtis: are my slippers on backwards?
It’s so weird the way that people get upset when content creators change their look. I love that you love it, because that’s all that matters.
i was homeschooled all the way through, didn’t know anything other than being homeschooled. even though i had a great childhood, i don’t think i’d homeschool my own kids. there’s a lot i missed out on social wise that took a lot of years to figure out, including parents that were very sheltering of us, and it made for some rough growing pains in the real world. as far as music went, we were fortunate to go to private tutors for that, even though we weren’t wealthy, they made it work. i don’t rag on homeschooling, it can be done right, but most of the time it seems like it’s right wing radicals “protecting” their kids from society, so i’m glad i was homeschooled in the 90’s and not today.
same here
"No one loves your kids more than you do" - That's such a toxic view. My daughter is everything to me... nobody will love her IN THE SAME WAY I do, because I'm her mother. But it's not a dang competition. She's in college now, but over the years she's been so fortunate to have wonderful teachers in PUBLIC school who cared for and loved her (and her peers) - teachers that gave their heart and soul every day to teach their kids. Gratitude is sorely lacking in these people.
Can homeschooled kids succeed? Absolutely! I just wonder what kind of service these parents really think they're doing for their kids? School is socialization and preparation for society - it's an opportunity to meet people who are not like you. Diversity makes us stronger and smarter... and eventually, homeschooled kids DO enter society, right?
These folks are so frightened of "others". I'm so sad for them. What a bleak life they have.
I was home schooled up until high school and honestly I'm greatful for it. I learned a lot about personal time management and responsibility by being home schooled. I also didn't have to waste time waiting for other students to catch up when I understood subjects quickly. I was able to skip a grade level because I was ahead.
And there is a stereotype that ppl who were home schooled can't make friends, but I never had trouble making friends. There were plenty of social events specifically for home schooled kids and when I joined public school, I was able to jump right in with joining clubs and making friends.
Home school experiences basically can vary depending on what kind of home schooling is being done. (For example some parents are all about religion over secular studies in their home schooling. Or there's also the kind of home schooling that's basically still following the curriculum of the public schools in your region, except you're just basically taking online classes. There's also the kind of home schooling that's basically like you're attending private school where you go to some location and work with a small number of other kids. And im sure there's even more other types.)
Thank you for this! I 100% agree and have a very similar perspective on homeschooling. Not to sound braggadocios but I got a job by age 14 and was always surrounded by people, and had 0 social issues. if anything, I feel like I have developed specific passions from homeschooling because I was not inhibited by a rigid, corrupt curriculum that is forced on students today, which I can speak to because I went to public school for the second half of my upbringing. I wouldn’t trade my homeschooling for public schooling.
I was homeschooling growing up. It ended up being what was best for me. For a long time I felt like I had been deprived of the school experience. Then I went to a year of school for seventh grade and realized. By the end of the year I was begging to be home schooled again. It wasn't as if I didn't socialize while being home schooled. The difference was that I only socialized with people I liked. Whereas in school I was constantly surrounded by peers that for the most part made fun of me. I was ahead in all my classes because my mom (who is now a teacher) had made teaching us her whole life. Being smart in public school just made me more unpopular and outcast. I think also that having adhd and a slew of other mental disorders made homeschooling and one on one teaching the best option for me.
All that being said, my kids go to public school. They really enjoy it, and I can't imagine being able to teach them everything they would need to learn.
I feel the exact same way as you do regarding aging, I'm one year older than you, I also had my birthday this May, and I used to be so upset and scared of getting older, now I'm kinda like ehhh, it's whatever, I'm accepting it. Which is weird cause I really would freak out about it so much up until 3 years ago, but I'll be 30 next year and I'm like oh welllll, it's fine i guess, lol.
Hearing this from people gives me some hope that I won't feel so bad about aging in the future, here's hoping
I am currently homeschooled and oh boy it sucks. There is ways to make friends if you’re homeschooled and there’s home meet ups and it was easier to make friends when I was younger but now it’s incredibly difficult because of quarantine no one is meeting up and even before quarantine I still couldn’t make friends because other teenagers don’t ever go to meet ups so when I actually went to meet ups there was only little kids. I am also not very smart since my mum doesn’t have a job she tried to teach me and she isn’t very smart or persistent so whenever I would be to lazy to work when I was younger I would just not work and my mum didn’t try that hard. I only have 3 other friends which I’m very lucky to have. I don’t really recommend homeschool but I also don’t recommend school because it’s still really flawed especially now a days
I do want to ask what you'd recommend if school itself doesn't work and neither does homeschool? Also if I sound rude about this, I apologize.
@@Justin-ul7fh pretty much everything is horrible there’s not really one spectacular option but I would say going to school is better for most people
Kurtis your hair absolutely slayed
so IM personally not a homeschooled kid but the girl i sit next to in my english class was! we’ve talked abt this before. she was homeschooled from 3rd to 8th grade (so like later half of elementary school and all of middle school). she said it was really lonely. she has social anxiety and said that she feels like she missed out on a lot of opportunities to develop better social skills by talking to more kids her age. she said she likes going to public high school wayyy more!
was literally just thinking how boring youtube is at the moment when i got the notification
totally agree about the blocking thing. i used to think it was “strong” or something to keep accounts of ex friends who bullied the shit out of me my freshman year of college unblocked, but that just led to online harassment! once i finally blocked them, things got a little better and i found so much peace in no longer seeing their faces and remembering their ugly comments.
blocking has been painted as this weak move that shows someone can’t handle criticism (this may be true in SOME instances, ex. gus johnson’s blocking spree on twitter). however, people who post or say unwarranted, critical, rude comments totally worth blocking!
love you kurt boy, the haircut looks awesome😊
When I was homeschooled I was severely depressed from having no friends, not being allowed to hang out with people, not being able to keep up with my schoolwork, (Because of my mental illnesses and being Neurodivergent) and not being able to get away from my overbearing parents. Also without any actual teachers I was super confused often.
as someone who was homeschooled my whole time in school, i totally agree that being able to do it is very privileged. and that’s fine if the parents know how to teach but it often goes along with the white evangelical privilages that promote bigotry against queer people, racism, and sexism.
Let me tell you those teens messaging you about your haircut are absolutely doing it to get your attention, some ppl will genuinely insult ppl they like online to get their attention, you could insult them back and they'd be like "omg Kurtis ! You replied ! I love the haircut haha all jokes, love your videos!!" 💀
Glad to hear ur blocking people who say crappy things about you! Your hair looks good buddy, FOK THE HATERS
"Play the jackhammer" sent me into the abyss of giggles 🤣 it really is the simple things in life 👌🏾 thanks kurk
When I used to go to youth group back in middle school there was this group of kids that were homeschooled as well as cousins, so they only talked to each other and had no social skills. They were all rude and full of themselves. This one kid though, his whole personality was that he could quote bible verses. That's it. And they were all blonde and tall...kinda creepy
I was homeschooled and it was easily the most damaging thing that could have happened to me. My parents pulled me out of school because the special education teacher suggested I get screened for autism and they disagreed, so instead they gave me my curriculum books and expected me to figure out school on my own with no outside help, not for the learning itself and not to figure out how to live as a neurodivergent. Now I'm a college dropout trying to figure out self discepline, social balance, and time management with no real frame of reference. My mother was antivax and a flat earther, so I had a lot to unlearn when I went to community college. I am of the belief that no homeschooling is good homeschooling, and I will stand by that.
I was homeschooled and was part of several homeschool groups, which gave me lots of interaction with people, but then I also have some pretty amazing parents, so I can understand how homeschooling could be bad in several cases
The "Commentary" genre has a lot of potential on UA-cam. You have the "film in front of yourself and state your thoughts with funny banter" types of channel like penguinz0 and SomeOrdinaryGamers, you have skit channels like Kurtis, Danny Drew and Cody, (and to some extent, Pyrocynical) you have topic "News" commentary (Scarce and Omni), you got the gameplay commentary channels (LeafyIsHere (terminated, but still), Cyrus, diesel patches and Dumpy) and you got the video essay channels (SunnyV2, Patrick Cc, The Right Opinion and EmpLemon).
The latter has so much potential as a great learning tool for many on youtube. Sick to see it thriving.
I do have counter arguments
I disagree with gameplay commentary channels having potiential or at least the ones you mentioned. Leafy was a massive bully during his prime and was terminated off of the website, Diesel Patches is completely off UA-cam and social media because of him losing motivation, and Dumpy is in my opinion, a generic channel that thrives off of toxicity.
And another argument is that the commentary community does bring out toxicity (I am *not* talking about UA-camrs like Critikal or skit channels, those guys all have a great community full of great people). I won't give my opinion on video essay channels since I only watch ones that don't get involved in UA-cam drama since UA-cam drama is toxic as fuck.
But then, I do agree that there are UA-camrs with potiential "funny banter" UA-camrs like Critikal or skit UA-camrs like Kurtis, Drew or Danny and even video essay UA-camrs.
Did I come off as mean? I hope I didn't.
@@Justin-ul7fh not at all dude! You were not mean, just giving off criticism! And you make a lot of good points.
I will say that when I mentioned gameplay commentary channels, I was not really saying they were good. Diesel seemed funny, but I do not like Dumpy, and I never got into Cyrus. I am mixed on Leafy, as he definitely was a pioneer in commentary like h3h3 and Pyrocynical, but his content was not good. Especially his stuff in 2016, as he seemed really mean and a bully where he attacked vulnerable people, even if that was supposed to be characterized. His stuff in 2020 was not too mean as it just seems to be shitposting content and giving off “whatever” opinions and nothing else. I do not agree with his termination as it did not go with the three strike rule, even if his content was bad to me.
I do not like YT drama either, only when it is actually for a good cause to deplatform awful UA-camrs (like The Act Man Vs. Quantum TV situation right now)
But nah man, you were fine! Not mean at all! Appreciate your reply!
Off topic but being homeschooled had saved my moms life! In eighth grade, my mom and I had been home alone when she had fallen, hit her head and had severe brain damage. We had signed me up for homeschool just one day prior because I struggled with how large my school was and I would have frequent panic attacks in the hallways. She hit her head early in the morning, right after my step-dad left for work and I immediately got her help but she lost her memory and she had to relearn how to talk. She's made a full recovery after years of speech therapy and going to the neurologist and I'm thankful for having been there. I'm not religious but I think of that homeschooling as a blessing!
Ima have to hear this later but THANK YOU KURTIS FOR EXISTING
I have fewer than 1 friend in the World. That's right. Everybody disses me for making bad videos. I think they are perfect though. Who is right? My dissers or me? Which side are you on, dear mi
Yk what, I’m not shocked that there’s another person in these comments who also likes mitski, and also likes teahuyn / txt…
@@river8834 Add me to the list. A fan of Kurtis and also a MOA
@@crazyowlgirlcncowner period, moas are invading all the fandoms 💀💀💀
I went to a homeschool type of thing for most of high school. We still had on campus classes twice a week most weeks, actual teachers and monthly check ins on what we were doing with an education coordinator and we still did all the normal school type stuff like dances and plays and I even took a trip to Morocco through the school. I'm honestly terrified of the amount of freedom parents get with homeschooling, but this system was great, I received a proper education that was monitored by a professional, teachers were on campus for all basic subjects and some enrichment classes so you didn't have to rely on your parents to teach you as well as the ability to take college classes, and they provided books and plenty opportunities to socialize with kids your age.
i’m currently homeschooled and at least for me personally it’s a lot better than being in mainstream because of my anxiety and other issues wich schools in my area aren’t equipped to handle. ive had experience of being in school for a while so it’s not like i have no idea what it’s like there. i still interact with kids my age and am open to going back to mainstream if i want to. also i’m very grateful that my mum is able to homeschool me properly and have the time to do that for me. so there are definitely ways around it and making it work without making your kids unaware of issues and social stuff wich could be really damaging. you just need to let the kid be open and have options so that your not pushing this on them leaving them unprepared for life after school.
ps i luv ur hair kurtis
I'm currently homeschooling too, and I chose to homeschool because public school was just a really bad experience and the education system where I live sucks. Homeschooling is a lot better for me cause I don't feel as pressured and I'm still learning loads.
@@dakshayini8207 that’s the same for me i don’t know where you live but i’m the uk the education system sucks💪
@@caitlin4228 I'm from Malaysia
Unfortunately people actually really will just comment on the physical appearance of strangers just doing their jobs all the time. I worked at the same food place for 5 years from 16-21 and I changed my hair a ton and got tattoos in that time, cause ya know became a adult, and the amount of crusty regulars who felt entitled to not only comment but insult the changes to my appearances was wild like so sorry sir I’ll definitely make sure to consider the opinions of literal strangers before I do something for myself next time
i look forward to this every week
I like your haircut, it looks good and maintained effectively
I feel so mixed on homeschooling...I had a great experience with it because my parents, while religious, let me explore all types of learning and made sure I socialized with a lot of different-minded people, and living in a red state with piss-poor educational standards (the revisionist American history they teach here would be funny if it wasn’t dangerous), I’d love to homeschool my future children in the way I was educated. But I met way too many families that were basically indoctrinating their children with religious/political extremism and completely overlooking educational standards. I believe homeschooling can be done well and can create well-rounded, lifelong learners, but it also creates some really toxic communities. It’s hard to navigate...
The jackhammer in the symphony bit is really funny to me cause in highschool we played Holst 2nd Suite in F and the 3rd movement is called 'Song of the Blacksmith' and some have played it to where they are banging on a literal anvil and it's LOUD
“The Downfall of UA-cam-” If anything, Kurtis and other long-form commentary channels are literally carrying UA-cam right now, but go off. 🤨
that’s basically what the article says tho
yeah... That's the point. It's just this one type of content that has to carry the whole site, whereas it used to be way more diverse.
@@theangel666100 The Minecraft community's still going strong and I'm pretty sure a lot of the gaming community still is to. The commentary community isn't really carrying it, because I think other than channels like Danny, Drew, and Kurtis, the other commentary channels like Turkey Tom and Daft Pina are straight up fucking dying, the former known for falsely accusing someone as a pedo and the latter known for falsely accusing someone of faking a mental illness. I heavily disagree that the commentary community carries the website by any means, because there's way more communities out there getting popular and it's honestly a community that has a astronomically bad rep (except for channels like Danny's and Kurtis's of course)
I was homeschooled for a bit of elementary and when I went to public school for the first time, I realized how little I knew about the world, I knew all the academics and I had learned 2 years ahead at home but I had no knowledge of how people act and how things work. I eventually realized that when I was homeschooled, it was like I had no thoughts of my own. I just believed whatever my parents told me because they were the only influences in my life which caused me to have a lot of internalized homophobia, sexism, transphobia, and racism which took me years to completely deconstruct. Which also kind of tore me up because I’m part of the lgbtq community and it took me a lot longer to accept myself than those who grew up going to public school or in supporting households. I also became very socially awkward and had a lot of social anxiety, I still struggle with both. So yeah, there’s my homeschooling experience. Even though I wasn’t homeschooled for very long, it affected me for a long time and still affects me.
I would never homeschool (shout out to those who suffered from it), but a cousin of mine homeschooled her two kids and they turned out p adjusted. As a mom, she really prioritized outside socialization and education. Alternative parenting has a lot of nuance!
thank mayor
edit: my cousin isn’t a racist jesus person, she just lives in a super rural area and had the financial privilege to be a stay at home mom.
I knew a mom of 5 who homeschooled all of her kids. Ages ranging 10 years. The middle two ended up not being able to read. Like still in their 30s not being very literate. They started popping out kids very young. I felt so bad for them. Second to last child went into the military because that was their only option. Youngest is in prison. You're right. No one parent knows it all but especially big families it's impossible to give each kid attention for their grade levels.
i was home schooled until i was ten - i lived in a really conservative small town with an extra shitty school district, and my parents didn't want me and my sister to get our asses kicked all the time, so we were just little home school freaks in the woods. i think it was good that i didn't have to go to school in that town, but i for SURE wasn't socialized well - I'm 22 now, and I still have a hard time understanding social interactions and interpersonal dynamics with my peers because I never really learned how to interact with people other than my parents and sister. I also definitely agree that some parents aren't cut out for it - my parents did fine up until a certain point, and I'm really lucky that they had the time and decent socio-political opinions, but then I started having to learn more advanced math than either of my parents knew and they were fucked
Ya I’m a mom who considers myself generally pretty smart and educated but I’m not equipped at all to homeschool. Teachers are literally trained for that, in varying subjects. I don’t understand how these parents think they can. And what agendas they think are pushed. What do they think goes on in schools? In “liberal” schools it’s just normal subjects. It’s the right wing schools that have agendas.
i was homeschooled & sheltered for a few very formative years (3rd - 6th grade) & then got dropped into public middle school with an incredibly flawed understanding of social cues & interactions. it was genuinely traumatizing & i still feel the effects as an adult.
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I was homeschooled until high school and let me tell you, the transition from super conservative Christian home school groups, to public high school was something else. Public school sucked, but mainly because I had no clue how to interact with large quantities of people. My first day of high school I was around more people then I’d ever been in my whole life.
Oh, and also, I had to teach myself evolution, had no sex ed, and had no idea how to spell and could barely do math. I’m pretty sure that happens to public school kids as well, but some parents can’t teach. I wouldn’t recommend it, and there’s no way I’d homeschool my own kids.
Last time I was this early, my parents were screaming "he's not due for another month!"
I'm a teacher and it is 100% the best when my kids accidentally call me mom. They're 8th graders too (13/14 years old) so it's extra great. Makes my day!
i was homeschooled middle through high school. it wasnt my mom teaching me at the kitchen table tho i instead went to a homeschool school i guess. it was basicaly a once a week christian based private school where i pick and choose my classes- like a college. i also did a diferent homeschool curriculum that was mulltiple courses i couldnt choose with one group of kids, also christian based and once a week. (that one was more weird bc we pledged to the bible every morning, did latin, and the science books were super christian biased). overall i had a pretty positive homeschool experience bc i was able to do some stuff on my own pace and i think made the transition to college easier.
My mom randomly taught me and my siblings latin for a semester in like 2nd or 3rd grade. I forgot about that until your comment. Is that just a Christian thing? Teaching your kids latin?
@@raleighvickers1202 it’s definitely a Christian homeschool thing idk why something about being able to read original documents/ scriptures maybe??? idk
@@adeana_ but aren't original documents written in hebrew? The bible was first written in hebrew, then translated to Latin and then to English. That's what I was taught but I could be wrong
@@lemonshark4961 greek, hebrew, and aramaic!
I was homeschooled off and on for years and it was a lot better than normal school for so many reasons but also not great because I didn’t gain some information that I sometimes wish I had now. The weirdest part was the homeschool groups and meet ups, since a lot of us were never fully socialized around other kids so we were all really strange it was wild but fun.
Dude, I feel you on the not having kids shit 😭 I'm 28 and all these people I went to high school with have like 2 or 3 kids. It's like they were waiting to graduate to ruin their lives with having kids 🤦🏻
“It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” literally has the line “mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again”
im homeschooled and although there are many good things about it i always felt like there was something missing and i needed that socialization in my life. as homeschoolers (coming from me + homeschoolers i know) we very often feel like we're missing out. also yea i didnt learn a lota stuff that public schoolers do and so im left feeling stupid quite a bit.
your moustache gives me so much serotonin i can't even explain it. that plus the new haircut is just amazing chef kiss
I was homeschooled from the time I was in second grade. Until my mom gave up on me 🙃 I was diagnosed with type one diabetes and that was when my mom went crazy. Decided the schools couldn’t care for my diabetes which was wrong. Decided vaccines caused my diabetes. Wrong. Decided she could teach me better. Double triple wrong. Homeschooling works for some people where the parents help the children grow and learn and the kids are super gifted and learning at their own pace helps them but for me later in my life I learned that how I learn is by doing and participating in groups. So tldr I got my GED last November. I’m going to be 29 in august. Passed it with flying colors. Had to retake math but tested out of two of the other subjects to where if I wanted to go to college I wouldn’t need to take like the introductory classes that kinda refresh your knowledge. My mom didn’t do that. She stopped helping me learn when I was around 11. After that I just was a babysitter to her. I did that just by wanting to learn. I was lucky to live by a zoo that offered an amazing youth volunteer program and through them I learned a lot about science and English. I took leadership classes that taught about giving speeches and teaching others. Learned about animal, insect, and herpetology biology. All kinds of things I could have learned in school but never did. My children are the same way. My daughter is 6 and she’s in school. She was never able to pay attention to me properly to learn from me and being in school has helped her so much. I am positive she learns like I do. She needs to be in a group setting. Also yes. I want a break from my kids. I love them but when they’re around all the time it’s a little bonkers my guy. Lol. I am grateful for schools and teachers.
I was homeschooled from 4th-8th grade. I was in a program that still had actual teachers so it wasn't my mom teaching me. I also had undiagnosed mental problems going on so there were subjects I did really well in and others I nearly failed bc I didn't have the help i would've got in person. Also I was already an anxious kid but being homeschooled for that long period of time made my anxiety worse and I feel like my social skills are way behind. I didn't start doing really well in school until i went in person for highschool because I wasn't basically teaching myself anymore I actually had teachers explaining things in a better way for me.
my mom home schooled me throughout middle school and sheltered me from “worldy” things. It made me curious and i got into bad shit because i simply wanted to know what it was that she was hiding. also she would complain about homeschooling me when it was her choice ??? wouldn’t recommend
i was homeschooled majority of HS, but it was due to my disability making me unable to be in a school environment. my family’s breaking point was me being hospitalized for 2 weeks at the end of the semester, and teachers bombarding me with make-up tests as soon as i got back. my situation was pretty dire, but honestly i hated homeschooling and if i had the option to, i would have stayed in public school. the isolation is absolutely terrible and im sure it would be worse still for a younger kid.
looking swag as always, thanks for making my day even better :)
i attended a private catholic academy for the majority of my school days, but this past school year i decided to do online school and it was honestly amazing. being at home, away from the oppressive and toxic atmosphere of my old school helped me come to terms with myself. my sexuality, identity, etc.. it also helped me form my own opinions without teachers constantly shoving their beliefs down my throat. it was a huge sigh of relief to finally be independent and figure those things out.
Love your haircut Kurt!!!!
Hey, some input from a previously homeschooled student! I am now a senior in high school, but I was homeschooled up until 8th grade and I personally hated every second of it. I felt isolated, lonely, and like I was missing out on a “normal” experience, (which I was). Especially as a trans, queer, and autistic person, it was one of the worst things to ever happen to me. I was surrounded by hateful ideas that hurt my mental health everyday, and blamed for things that weren’t my fault. I was unable to get out of the echo chamber I was in, and therefore had no exposure to the phrase “there is nothing wrong with you”. I had no possibility of receiving any support or having anyone to talk to. I had nobody safe, and I never felt safe. Now, I know that either way, school would have been a nightmare for me. But at least if I had gone, I could have made friends. I could have had a support group, and I could have had people that shared my experiences. I feel like homeschooling is great for people who agree with everything their parents believe, but if you don’t, it will likely be hell for you. I obviously don’t speak for anyone but myself, but that is my own personal experience with it.
I was homeschooled for a few years as a kid and ngl i see some positives to it! my parents were not fundamentalists (or religious at all) so it was mostly about me learning math, english, science, history, etc etc at my own pace and based on what i was interested in. i also got outside a lot and hung out with other homeschooled kids. but even though my experience was positive i can see how homeschooling can be very dangerous and keep kids sheltered to an unhealthy degree (especially with regards to religious morals, lack of proper sex ed, and revisionist history)
Can completely identify with getting negative comments about hairstyle choices. I had mine cut really short because it has the potential to get out of control very quickly. I was really pleased with myself and ignored un-constructive criticism until I got similar comments from my grandparents. I now can’t look at pictures of myself during that era.
the hair is looking good man
I was home schooled for the last part of high school. I think there is value to both and blanket statements don’t adequately account for the needs of each individual and their learning style
i'm currently doing online school and the only reason i started was because of the virus. i just got used to it and didn't feel like going back because im heavily introverted so i've done it for a while. i still interact with people in real life because i'm still in touch with my friends from public school + i do martial arts. i have very cool parents so i have the choice to go back to in-person if i want to anytime
edit: eh guess it isn't the same as homeschool, i just needed an excuse to comment on here
Homeschooling was the worst thing that could've happened to me when I hit highschool. I became second mom to the younger children and was in charge or creating my own curriculum. So I'm learning basically nothing in whatever free time I have after work and child care duties and the only socialization I had was church. I feel uneducated, I feel robbed of a normal teenage life, and I feel like I didn't get a realistic view of college or the help options available to me. I dropped out of college after a year because I had no support or building blocks. My parents were not equipped to school me and just didn't want me to get pregnant in highschool and wanted a built in nanny. It still affects me.
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I wasn't homeschooled but I did do school from home - I went to an online charter school. It actually prepared me for college way more effectively than my local schools would have!
my comments on kids getting homeschooled is just the fact that has anybody ever met anybody that was homeschooled and they don’t end up being a social inept adult
i am homeschooled but my parents actually don’t have to teach me! they can go to work while i basically just have an online tutor. it’s free and has helped me so much with my school anxiety !
You have good hair, Kurtis. You always do. 💇♂️👍
"I dont know calculus. Im not learning for u".
This KILLED me!
The homeschooling thing KILLED me as a VERY non Christian & non conservative person who plans to homeschool (my kid isn’t even 3 yet tho lol). For the record, I definitely just plan to send my kid to community college classes if she wants to do stuff I can’t teach as a teenager, or like hire people for stuff like instruments if she wants to play em. I also don’t make a ton of money, but I bartend so I’m conveniently home during school hours 🤣 plus like I have terrible adhd & I can tell my kid does too so I want her to avoid having her self worth dictated by whether she can remember her homework….although I think public schools in Canada are probably better than in the US too
I’m a private music teacher and a large number of my students are home schooled. It gives them an opportunity to get out of the house and be with someone different. I try my best to insert more progressive morals and ideas into their lessons lol
My favorite thing is when my students will show up with the bottom half of their hair colored (like mine) and I’m just like “wow I’m truly an influence 🥹”
Music Lessons are generally anywhere from $30-$60 an hour. Craigslist is actually a great way to find teachers or you can find a local music school.
Hiii I'm home schooled!! I've been home schooled since kindergarten and now I'm a rising senior! Honestly home schooling was the move for me personally because I did a home school co-op were we met once a week in a setting similar to a normal private school sorta and academically it worked out really well for me. I still had plenty of friends to not feel like I was lacking socially plus I had theater outside of school as well. It wasn't your average high school experience (I got my foreign language credits needed for high school in Latin in grade 7 lol) but I went to prom, had friends, hang out with my class throughout my week, had study dates, dated a bit, and I actually loved it. I know home schooling isn't for everyone and I think it's important for parents to realize what kids would do well in it and which ones should remain public schooled but for me it was a good fit :) not sure who's reading this but I hope you're having a great day. Love you kurtis can't wait to see your show in atl!!
hey so idk if you know this or not but the guy who tackled dave chapelle was a trump dude, not a trans activist. the "that was a trans man" joke was in really fucking poor taste and unfortunately is contributing to misinformation about what happened and leading to more stigma against trans people when we really dont fucking need it
kurtis i really hope you say something publicly about this to correct yourself, because this fucking broke my heart, and it makes me distrust you as a cis creator.
Hey Kurt, there’s a hilarious scene in the movie “Movie 43” about these parents who homeschool their son and he seems completely normal at first but he is an actual freak who’s in love with a broomstick that he dressed as a girl, his mom was his first kiss, his dad bullies him, etc. it’s so funny and reminded me of exactly what you were talking about.
I'm homeschooled because I'm transgender and I literally tried being out as school but I got shit from EVERY SINGLE TEACHER and EVERY SINGLE PERSON I INTERACTED WITH its just so tiring I would have panic attacks twice a week too because of my anxiety
Not a diss to you just trying to explain why I'm homeschool ily kurty squirt
Also I'm in a homeschool program that's with the school so my parents aren't the one teaching me and I'm still learning with a curriculum 💅
That's shit that u had to go through that, I'm glad you're not having to put up with them on the daily now ♥️✊🏼
That’s a good reason to homeschool! The reason my parents homeschooled me was bad (they didn’t want me to become a liberal.)
@@imnothollytoday damn liberals & their science crap 😡😡
@@imnothollytoday did you become one? LOL