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> This "homeschooling results in poor social skills" trope is absurd and needs to stop. I think it will stop shortly. Thanks to COVID the vast majority of the
by voisin 3y ago
> This "homeschooling results in poor social skills" trope is absurd and needs to stop.
I think it will stop shortly. Thanks to COVID the vast majority of the western world got to see what a version of homeschooling could look like and perhaps unsurprisingly, many found it to be as good for the mind as WFH is for adults and chose to keep their children homeschooling post-COVID. I know a ton of people who have done this. Soon it will be seen as just another option for education without the social stigma.
- viraptor 3y ago> vast majority of the western world got to see what a version of homeschooling could look like Did they? I've only heard of what the experience looked like in 3 schools really, but all of them were essentially "same program, more homework, fewer lessons, all online". That seems very different to an actual homeschooling situation.
- fsagx 3y agoIndeed. The pandemic at-home schooling I witnessed was just a much worse version of regular school over zoom. It was very far removed from the homeschooling I was saw pre-Covid.