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Homeschooling hits record numbers

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193 points bilsbie | 16 comments | 21 Nov 25 00:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.014s | source | bottom
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jmathai ◴[21 Nov 25 01:56 UTC] No.46000348[source]▶
I do think Covid forced people to ask questions they hadn’t before.

We have sent our kids to private, poor quality and top rated schools.

We saw a stark difference between the poor quality and higher cost options. No surprise.

But the reason we are considering home schooling our younger kids was surprising. It says something about a system dedicated to teaching children when parents think they can do as well or better.

That’s just education. The social situation in schools is ludicrous. Phones, social media, etc. what a terrible environment we adults have created for kids to learn both educationally and socially.

Home schooling has answers for ALL of that.

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1. mcphage ◴[21 Nov 25 02:15 UTC] No.46000478[source]▶
> It says something about a system dedicated to teaching children when parents think they can do as well or better.

6% of American think they can beat a grizzly bear in a fight. That says absolutely nothing about the bear, and says a lot about how misinformed people are.

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2. jmathai ◴[21 Nov 25 13:21 UTC] No.46004273[source]▶
That’s not a great example though, is it?

I’ve seen many kids, including my own older ones, who have gone through the school system and others who haven’t.

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3. mcphage ◴[21 Nov 25 13:54 UTC] No.46004639[source]▶
I’ve watched people on YouTube make all sorts of amazing things, and they make it look easy. Which leads to thoughts of “hey, that’s easy, I could do that”.
4. Brendinooo ◴[21 Nov 25 18:52 UTC] No.46007576[source]▶
This is why it's useful to look up stats when we have them.

For example, homeschooled students do better on the ACT than public school kids.

https://www.act.org/content/dam/act/unsecured/documents/Info...

Obviously the schooling venue itself isn't the only factor here, but if you think homeschooling a kid is worth an analogy to fighting grizzlies, might be worth a reframe.

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5. BJones12 ◴[21 Nov 25 19:02 UTC] No.46007683[source]▶
An acquaintance of mine fought (got mauled by) a grizzly bear a month ago. He went to the ICU (since released), but the bear got shot and died. It was a pyrric victory, but he did win the fight.
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6. albedoa ◴[21 Nov 25 19:06 UTC] No.46007734[source]▶
This is some fascinating insight. Do you think that the things being compared are [homeschooling] and [fighting grizzlies]?
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7. sanktanglia ◴[21 Nov 25 19:18 UTC] No.46007863[source]▶
What a horrible story to share.
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8. missedthecue ◴[21 Nov 25 19:22 UTC] No.46007908{3}[source]▶
I would say the interesting thing is the sudden increase over the last 5 years. Presumably, the number of Americans who think they can KO a grizzly bear is a lizardman constant situation in the surveys over time. But the number of people homeschooling is recently skyrocketing.
9. buellerbueller ◴[21 Nov 25 19:27 UTC] No.46007977[source]▶
I suspect there is a lot of selection bias in that data. My hypothesis is that the homeschooled folks who take the ACT are more likely to do well on the ACT than the homeschooled folks who don't.
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10. buellerbueller ◴[21 Nov 25 19:29 UTC] No.46007995{3}[source]▶
I didn't see it as horrible. I saw it as a story of human triumph. And good fortune.
11. Brendinooo ◴[21 Nov 25 19:30 UTC] No.46008004{3}[source]▶
Given the subject of the thread and the comment I replied to: yes?
12. Brendinooo ◴[21 Nov 25 19:37 UTC] No.46008083{3}[source]▶
Isn't that true of public school kids who do/don't take the ACT as well?
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13. brewdad ◴[21 Nov 25 20:02 UTC] No.46008328{4}[source]▶
My Title 1 school made the ACT available to all students for free (on one specific date). A lot of kids who were unprepared for the ACT took it because, why not?
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14. SauntSolaire ◴[21 Nov 25 20:17 UTC] No.46008487{5}[source]▶
We didn't have that at my school. Unless it's super widespread, it's probably not what's behind the different test results.
15. dooglius ◴[21 Nov 25 21:59 UTC] No.46009476[source]▶
I think the implication of the question is that one doesn't have a firearm
16. FireBeyond ◴[22 Nov 25 01:52 UTC] No.46011335[source]▶
"fun" story and all, but the statistic in question is about people believing they could beat a bear in a fight with their bare hands, not with firearms.