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We just had a baby boy and I'm not going to lie, stuff like this has me worried. We were already considering home schooling (we split time between multiple cou
by Mikeb85 4y ago
We just had a baby boy and I'm not going to lie, stuff like this has me worried. We were already considering home schooling (we split time between multiple countries and that's not conducive to a normal school schedule) but this is also a good argument for it.
I'd hate for biases in institutional schooling to lead him to hate school and potentially lead to poor life outcomes.
And now that I think about it, there was a massive spread between the grades I was given by teachers and my standardized test results (talking like 30 point difference).
- castlecrasher2 4y agoI suggest reading the book Boys Adrift (https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Adrift-Epidemic-Unmotivated-Underachieving/dp/0465072100 https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Adrift-Epidemic-Unmotivated-Unde...). It speaks to exactly this topic.
- Mikeb85 4y agoThanks for the recommendation. Reading the synopsis and reviews it does mirror some of what I've seen in society and some of the less successful/ambitious men my age that I know so has already got me curious. Will probably pick up the ebook.