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Homeschooling hits record numbers

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193 points bilsbie | 5 comments | 21 Nov 25 00:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.67s | 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. 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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2. sanktanglia ◴[21 Nov 25 19:18 UTC] No.46007863[source]▶
What a horrible story to share.
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3. buellerbueller ◴[21 Nov 25 19:29 UTC] No.46007995[source]▶
I didn't see it as horrible. I saw it as a story of human triumph. And good fortune.
4. 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
5. 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.