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iambateman ◴[] No.46008656[source]
When a social failure happens at a public school - a child fails a class, drugs are found, a teenager gets pregnant, there’s a fight - most people don't question the public school system itself. But when a social failure happens to a homeschooler, we wonder if the system of _homeschooling_ is broken.

In reality, stories of homeschooling failure are probably no more common than stories of failure in public high school, they're simply more attention-grabbing.

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rootusrootus ◴[] No.46008943[source]
The adults I know who are most against homeschooling today are the ones who were homeschooled themselves. Maybe it's just a pendulum.
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1. pyuser583 ◴[] No.46009373[source]
The adults I know who are most against public school went to public schools themselves.

The adults I know most against college went to college themselves.

The adults I know most against private high schools went to private high schools themselves.

Being really negative about your own education is an American tradition!