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Private school was expensive, but my daughter learned a lot. As opposed to public schools which were overcrowded enough before the pandemic and didn't handle ho
by muzani 5y ago
Private school was expensive, but my daughter learned a lot. As opposed to public schools which were overcrowded enough before the pandemic and didn't handle home learning well. Public school teachers were simply sending homework they found from Google every day, the private school ones put a lot of effort into things like activities and fun online quizzes.
My daughter (2nd grade) managed to memorize literally every capital city and flag. When I asked her who her geography teacher was, she said "We didn't have geography this year. I learned it from YouTube." Ironically, no classes made her more interested in the topic.
But you have to have class to have no classes. The kids were begging to go to school by the end of 2021, but didn't want to go early on. The absence of school made them want to learn even more. So I'm not sure if full home schooling is effective.
- cm2012 5y agoThere's a decent amount of evidence that early schooling variation doesn't correlate to future achievement once you control for IQ, income, etc. This is supported by your anecdote.