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Homeschooling hits record numbers

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216 points bilsbie | 2 comments | 21 Nov 25 00:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.531s | source
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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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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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1. 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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2. 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”.