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Isolating kids is bad, but modern schools are a very weird, artificial (and often unpleasant) social environment. Many of the social skills you learn in them ar
by apsec112 6y ago
Isolating kids is bad, but modern schools are a very weird, artificial (and often unpleasant) social environment. Many of the social skills you learn in them are useless or even harmful:
http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
Also, homeschooling doesn't mean you can only learn from your parents. You can use any other resource that's available to you.
- mwcampbell 6y agoFrom the pg essay you linked: > Nor, as far as I can tell, is the problem so bad in most other countries. So why is this a distinctly American problem? If we understand the answer to that question, might that help us solve the problem?
- gowld 6y agoIt's not. Don't trust someone with no relevant knowledge about the world telling you that the only place he has experience with is exceptional compared to the rest of the world.