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Homeschooling hits record numbers

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193 points bilsbie | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 00:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | 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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1970-01-01 ◴[21 Nov 25 18:46 UTC] No.46007513[source]▶
Is there an answer for athletics, music, robotics, and all the other after school teams? How does that work?
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1. mikece ◴[21 Nov 25 19:56 UTC] No.46008263[source]▶
There are tons of clubs for such things. My kids are in a homeschool music program (and learning piano and, until recently, bagpipes); half of my kids are playing competitive sports via homeschool programs that compete with other high schools; one is getting his certification as a welder (as part of a State program that pays for it if one is still in high school). Because class times and locations are more flexible this opens up far more possibilities for extra curricular activities.