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From personal experience, I would say optimizing for higher IQ at the cost of lower EQ to the extent that homeschooling makes possible is a very poor tradeoff -
by socillion 14y ago
From personal experience, I would say optimizing for higher IQ at the cost of lower EQ to the extent that homeschooling makes possible is a very poor tradeoff - and it is also an extremely easy one to make.
> The oldest is 15, enjoys poetry, plays basketball competitively, likes to tinker with computers, reads history, does math, etc.
FWIW, that sounds like me at 15 and I regret having been homeschooled.
- joelhooks 14y agoAt 15 I was learning how to binge drink, smoke weed competitively, disrupt class, and use my fists offensively/defensively. So ya, I might have some advantage in the EQ department, but I regret having blown my youth in school.
- joelhooks 14y agoShould also add that we don't "force" home education, we discuss it regularly and he's the primary decision maker in terms of what to do for high school.