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Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion by jacinda on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @02:46AM (#24834516)
> plenty of people try it, find it doesn't work for them, and quit.

This seems like it would lend itself to selection bias - only people for whom homeschooling is a good fit continue to pursue it.

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Re:When You Get into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like a Religion by petertodd on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @02:51AM (#24834546)
Exactly my point!

Homeschooling/unschooling very likely works well for some (I think it worked well for me). But that doesn't mean it would work well on average.

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