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Ah, just as grocery stores didn't exist before the taxes that support them. Hm. Wait.

• jibiki 17y ago
  But grocery stores cost money! I don't think Alex can simultaneously claim: 1. A million-odd dollars in savings by the age of 22 by forgoing public education 2. An education by the age of 22 At very least, it requires some justification.
  • Alex3917 17y ago
    Homeschooling, competitive athletics, community engagement, apprenticeships, mentors, freelancing, boostrapping, public libraries. And maybe a Ph.D. someday just for fun.
    • scott_s 17y ago
      Homeschooling isn't free. Your suggestion is basically school-vouchers with no strings attached. For the kids whose parents want them to get an education, they would use that 11k a year to help pay for it - either private schools, tutors, educational materials and food. (If you, like me, went to a public school, then about a third of your food on the weekdays was heavily subsidized by the school system. Normal lunch at my high school cost $1.55 ten years ago - the food I ate cost more than that.)
    • dinkumthinkum 17y ago
      This is all pretty naive stuff. "And maybe a PhD someday just for fun." Really? I say revisit some of these ideas because they are pretty contradictory.