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disclaimer: I think school is mostly inefficient and a waste of time in terms of education. Yet, I wouldn't take my kids away from school, basically because I
by baby 4y ago
disclaimer: I think school is mostly inefficient and a waste of time in terms of education.
Yet, I wouldn't take my kids away from school, basically because I remember when I was a kid and meeting kids that had been homeschooled (either later in school, or in activity centers) and they were always weird. I'm wondering how they grew up, and if it was much more difficult for them to acclimate after that, or if it was actually fine. But I feel like the world is a hard place, and the more you delay the reality the harder it'll be for kids. I'd be interested in stats like, for example, rate of suicide amongst homeschooled kids vs non-homeschooled kids.
- wussboy 4y agoI grew up at a small college, and you could always pick the home-schooled kids out of the crowd. I said this in an earlier reply, but I agree that school is inefficient at education, but I'd argue that's not what the benefit of school is. School is about learning the social skills to succeed in life as an independent adult. That skill helps with learning later. Unfortunately, the reverse is not true: Intelligence is no guarantee to cross the social bridge.