• interceder270@lemmy.world
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      I knew some kids who were homeschooled.

      They were smarter than most of the kids in my public school class.

      Not saying that’s the case everywhere, but the modern public school system is mostly made for indoctrination and funneling taxpayer money to publishers.

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        The distribution of home schoolers is super bi-modal, either: “we don’t want them learning that sinful science and actual history” or “we don’t think public education will do a good job for our kids, so we’re doing it ourselves”

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        I know people who did it for religious reasons and I know people who did it because their kids needed extras to be able to attend school at all, and regular schools didn’t have the staff and/or the ability, ie: one friend has an adopted son with FAS who, when he was stressed, needed to run outside around the building a few times before he could sit still for a few more hours.

        He was finally able to graduate at 21 … a crowning achievement for him and his family.

    • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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      Why? That’s how it was done for millennia, unless your parents were rich enough to send you to an actual school instead of learning a trade.

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        “That’s the way we’ve always done it!” is never a good reason on it’s own.