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I'm guessing this depends on the locality and the circles you run in. The homeschooling I know had solid curriculums, where involved in other social activities,

I'm guessing this depends on the locality and the circles you run in. The homeschooling I know had solid curriculums, where involved in other social activities, and were more likely to think outside the box. Indoctrination happens at public schools too, so it's a situation by situation thing.

ryandrake 3y ago
I totally agree. Whenever these homeschool threads start up, it's always HNers singing the praises of homeschooling because their exposure to it is always in the context of engaged parents wanting a higher quality education for them: the happy path case where homeschooling probably works well. You're not going to hear a lot of HNers talk about the other side of homeschooling, which is when it's done for reasons of religious separatism (and lately, for political separatism reasons). You're not going to see those cases on HN because they are not going to be success stories. I don't know which group is bigger, but they're different sides of the same "homeschooling" coin, and they both need to be talked about when you advocate for homeschooling.
- lupire 3y ago
  Homeschooling is rare. The 2 homeschooled children I know we're absolutely brilliant, incredibly successful adults, and also very religious. Outside of a small area of biology, Creationism vs Evolution just isn't important to lifelong success or eusocial behaviour. Unsurprising, I don't know any religious separatists who live on their family compound locked away from the larger world.
- giantg2 3y ago
  I'm not sure exactly what degree you mean by separatism. Most of the examples I know of did have a religious component as a factor, but they weren't cults or extremists. They still taught science, technology, etc and associated with people of different backgrounds. I'm sure there are bad homeschools, just as there are bad public schools.

ryandrake 3y ago

I totally agree. Whenever these homeschool threads start up, it's always HNers singing the praises of homeschooling because their exposure to it is always in the context of engaged parents wanting a higher quality education for them: the happy path case where homeschooling probably works well. You're not going to hear a lot of HNers talk about the other side of homeschooling, which is when it's done for reasons of religious separatism (and lately, for political separatism reasons). You're not going to see those cases on HN because they are not going to be success stories. I don't know which group is bigger, but they're different sides of the same "homeschooling" coin, and they both need to be talked about when you advocate for homeschooling.

lupire 3y ago
Homeschooling is rare. The 2 homeschooled children I know we're absolutely brilliant, incredibly successful adults, and also very religious. Outside of a small area of biology, Creationism vs Evolution just isn't important to lifelong success or eusocial behaviour. Unsurprising, I don't know any religious separatists who live on their family compound locked away from the larger world.
giantg2 3y ago
I'm not sure exactly what degree you mean by separatism. Most of the examples I know of did have a religious component as a factor, but they weren't cults or extremists. They still taught science, technology, etc and associated with people of different backgrounds. I'm sure there are bad homeschools, just as there are bad public schools.