During his freshman year at Rockhurst University, Gabriel Jones conducted a research project for his psychology class that studied public, private and home school students' perceptions of each other.
His findings showed that other students saw home-schoolers as perhaps "academically superior" but also "nerdy," "geeky" and "lacking in social skills." Jones, a 23-year-old home-school graduate from Millersburg, laughs when he talks about the study, because he said the perception that home-schoolers are socially inept is a common misconception - just a stereotype.
To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.