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Are public schools always better than an echo chamber? Does homeschooling always result in an echo chamber? Do kids always have friends in public schools? Ther
by alex_lav 4y ago
Are public schools always better than an echo chamber? Does homeschooling always result in an echo chamber? Do kids always have friends in public schools?
There seem to be quite a few assumptions in your thinking.
- bcrosby95 4y ago> always Nothing ever always' anything. Thinking in terms of always or never is pointless.
- alex_lav 4y agoExactly! So with that in mind, rereading the post I responded to: > Why would you have that happen? Serious question. Isn’t that putting kids in an echo chamber and restricting their access to friends? The answer is obvious.
- gautamdivgi 4y agoNot sure why you were downvoted. You’re kind of right about the assumption. Most folks who I know opt for homeschooling did so for religious reasons. I’m unsure if there are others. So, yes there’s assumptions built in. It’s just that I’m trying to get past them.
- alex_lav 4y agoYeah I have no idea about the downvotes. Internet forums gonna internet forum, I guess. In seriousness, and without snark, I would like homeschooling to become more common explicitly because I think the US is failing so many kids (from a social perspective). Bullying is crazy, and social-political nonsense is making its way into textbooks. Not to mention the school shootings. I think for many kids school is fine. But, speaking as a person whose schooling experience was specifically _not fine_, I would like it to be more normal to have other options.