College-educated workers are taking over the American factory floor

Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by fzeroracer on Monday December 09, 2019 @03:34PM (#21746227)

Homeschooling as a 'hack' requires your family to be able to afford having one person become a teacher at home as their full time job essentially. For families working two full time jobs, this isn't really an option.

In general that sort of thing would probably be better served going to highschool and taking community college classes on the side, which is what I did when I was growing up.

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Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by duelingjello on Monday December 09, 2019 @03:47PM (#21746374)

Yes. This usually only works in an US household where one parent earns six-figures or more. Most people simply are too indentured to five-figure jobs (money and healthcare) to pull this off.

What also works with theis having a city "efficiency" (tiny) dwelling for the working parent and a cheaper house/homestead in a suburban/rural area to raise a family. Preferably, in the office area on weekdays/commuting home for weekends and 50% telecommuting/50% office for 1 or 2 weeks at a time. For these folks who don't make $300k+, living in a big city full time would be unwise. For almost everyone, Commuting long distances in an ICE solo-occupant vehicle is unwise.

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Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by cosmotic on Monday December 09, 2019 @05:01PM (#21747096)

Public schools employ eachers that teach at more-or-less the speed of the slowest student, where the time of the teacher is divided n-ways. If a student can learn more quickly than that of the slowest student in the public school or with anything-but-the-least-divided-attention, then the home-schooling adult would not need to be 'full-time'.

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