College-educated workers are taking over the American factory floor

Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by nvahalik on Monday December 09, 2019 @04:37PM (#21746881)

I guess that depends on what you mean by 'social challenges'. What are the expectations?

We participate in a homeschool community which gives weekly (if not more often) opportunities for both structured and unstructured (i.e. play) social interactions. Balance this with home-interactions between their siblings, kids in the neighborhood, and folks at our church, they interact with a pretty big array of people, and we end up getting to work with them on issues a lot more diligently and quickly.

Our group has a wide range of social skillset folks. From kids who are very hard-to-manage to visible gifted and talented people.

IMO, the "problem" only exists if you, as a parent, don't get involved in the raising of your children.

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Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by fossuser on Monday December 09, 2019 @04:48PM (#21746983)

I think in terms of time, weekly is a lot different than 8 hrs a day 5 times a week (plus more on the weekends or after school).

In this comparison weekly is just the weekend piece. The cumulative time difference is dramatic.

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Re:College-educated workers are taking over the American fac... by malvosenior on Monday December 09, 2019 @07:18PM (#21748263)

The cumulative effect of wasting (more or less) 8 hours a day 5 times a week is also dramatic. You can work to improve the social life of a homeschooled child, improving the education of a publicly schooled child is a much bigger challenge if for no other reason than the amount of time they're "stuck" receiving a rote and mediocre (at best) education.

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