First off, I can't get this niche of a revelation out of my mind so here goes. I'm here at my Tia Julia's house and she lives with her 2 daughters and their children. One daughter, whose name I just neglectfully forgot, has a son named Julio. The kids only 3 years old but hes not shy and timid like so many other young kids I've met here in Honduras. Anyways, I can tell he's the king of his whole domain because theres no other kids his age around and he hasn't had much interaction with other boys his age also. So this kids the man, real cool and playful, but you can tell when he gets irritated. Kinda that terrible twos theory psychologists have explored.Anyway my point is little Julio has lived a very selfish life up until now. Not that its his fault, but everything in his world has pretty much revolved around him. His mother is great and I know she teaches him the usual catholic Latino family morals and all. Besides that though, the kid is pretty free and loving. What makes me sad is that this won't last long. I dunno if school has the same affect on all kids, but I know its gonna change him. Right now he has and gets everything he needs, and has a blast doing it. Just look at the smile on his face 24-7. Kids great. But I wonder, how will a new social environment alter Julios sense of utopia. Its fully necessary as education always is, but I can see now how parents fear public or even private institutions and keep their children sheltered at home. I use to criticize the fearful parents, making them feel cowardly and over protective. I've always tried to see things from both sides of an argument, but just being around Julio makes my perspective on homeschooling a whole lot different.
In conclusion, I'd say send Julio to public school. His character is strong, and he´ll do just fine as long as his home life doesn't change too much. It's a mere tragedy to erase a child's perfect state of peace. But the end result of a sheltered young boy in a mans body could be more tragic. It's a battle field out there in the real world. We're expected to live happily, with true peace and a successful career. Pressures of the real world tell us to get money drive nice cars and sleep with attractive women. Pressures of religion tell us to live holy and worship an omnicent being instead of ourselves. Happiness looks more attractive on the real worlds side, but maybe the spiritual side can offer a greater level of peace. When you think of all this big scale problems a young boy has to face becoming a man, I know I want to prepare mine for it all. Give him the world, because it's where we live and who we are as humans. Let the tiger run out of its cage first, and when it comes back, its stronger faster wiser. I'm sorry, the judgment of an experienced man who's been there is in a whole bigger favor than the judgment of a man whose only been taught to not experience the world.
