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jmathai ◴[] 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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Atotalnoob ◴[] No.46000848[source]
I was homeschooled and it affected me terribly. Please don’t do it.
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BeetleB ◴[] No.46008052[source]
> I was homeschooled and it affected me terribly. Please don’t do it.

Any idea how many were affected terribly in school? I'm in touch with my high school classmates. Almost half of them blame the school experience to lifelong problems.

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jeffbee ◴[] No.46008313[source]
Everyone from my public high school class is now rich and happy. My anecdote is just as good as yours.
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1. ecshafer ◴[] No.46008602[source]
> Everyone

Did you grow up in Scarsdale or Palo Alto?