Homeschooling hits record numbers

Post by linkregister » Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 1:47 AM UTC

calmbell wrote: post #468

kylehotchkiss wrote: post #147

I can't say my public school experience was great, I was bullied and didn't really click with the popular kids, but being around a cross section of actual American kids in my age group (my school district mixed middle class with lower class neighborhoods) helped me shape my worldview and learn to deal with people who didn't look or talk like me. I frequently saw fights, so I learned that you just stay away and watch…

The public school experience in the U.S. depends so much on your ZIP Code. I attended the best public schools in my state while my wife attended the worst in the same state. I am genuinely pro-public school, but there is a point where the benefit of being around different people is overshadowed by distractions and low standards. My wife had to be diagnosed with a learning disability in college to receive test accommo…

Post by FireBeyond » Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 1:52 AM UTC

BJones12 wrote: post #182

jayd16 wrote: post #167

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Covid showed me that on the average home schooling (or at least remote learning) leaves kids extremely under developed. The stunted social and academic skills were pretty apparent in retrospect once the schools reopened.

Remote learning. You didn't see homeschooling, which is a very different thing, you saw remote learning. The homeschooling crowd has developed methods over the years to compensate. The COVID remote learning cohort did not, and suffered for it.

Post by FireBeyond » Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 1:52 AM UTC

negzero7 wrote: post #196

breakyerself wrote: post #43

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You might actually be referring to yourself. Homeschoolers are better educated, more likely to get into college, and have better socialization skills than their publicly educated peers. https://nheri.org/research-facts-on-homeschooling/#:~:text=r... https://chewv.org/college-preparation/college-admissions/?ut... https://nheri.org/research-facts-on-homeschooling/?utm_sourc...

Post by jgwil2 » Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 1:53 AM UTC

arevno wrote: post #380

kylehotchkiss wrote: post #331

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I think it's an important development milestone to learn that people don't want to be their friends, and the longing for human connection might be a good moderating force in their life. I was a really pessimistic teenager, which I received plenty of feedback on, and have worked against my own nature to become a more positive and cheery adult.

This is a strange claim. In my personal experience, the asshole kids overlapped greatly with the popular kids in a Venn diagram sense. People, in general, did want to be their friends.

Post by whatsupdog » Sat, Nov 22, 2025, 1:54 AM UTC

russdill wrote: post #446

whatsupdog wrote: post #397

This is the result of more propaganda and brainwashing than education in schools. We should have left the politics out of the schools, after we got the prayers banned. But I guess some people will stop at nothing.

When the hell did praying get banned?