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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by packetlost on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:52AM (#28672224)
Anecdotal, but I grew up in a cult that encouraged home-schooling. While I was lucky and did not get home schooled, nearly every person I know who did was socially stunted in some way.
Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by ryandrake on Monday September 27, 2021 @12:56PM (#28673151)
I wouldn't say the homeschooled people I have encountered were "stunted" but definitely "different enough to not gel smoothly with the rest of society." They kind of just run in totally different circles: They socialize but with a totaly disjoint set of kids. All their friends are from their church and they don't know anyone in public school, their parents take them to totally different movies (Christian movies, no Marvel superheroes), listen to totally different music. Can't talk sports with them because they literally can't name a football team. No culture overlap at all. Totally siloed off in their own world.

Maybe these traits are specific to Christian homeschoolers and not homeschoolers in general, but frankly I have never met someone who was homeschooled because of secular, rather than religious reasons.

Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by oceanplexian on Monday September 27, 2021 @01:47PM (#28673790)
I don’t think life would be worse off if I never watched popular movies or if Football didn’t exist. I have actually given this some thought given recent events.

These last two years have changed my perspective. While the vast majority of people were bathing in hand sanitizer, hoarding toilet paper, locking themselves away in quarantine, and avoiding elevator buttons, the people who were least in tune with popular culture (Religious, rural, etc.) seemed like the most rational actors. In my opinion turning off the TV and ignoring mass media, sports, culture is probably the most healthy thing a person could do.

Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by dragonwriter on Monday September 27, 2021 @01:02PM (#28673238)
> I wouldn't say the homeschooled people I have encountered were "stunted" but definitely "different enough to not gel smoothly with the rest of society."

IME, the homeschooled people raised by people (homeschooled or not) to whom that description does not apply also do not tend to fit it, but people to whom (again, homeschooled themselves or not) that description does apply are overrepresented among those choosing homeschooling for their kids.

Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by d883kd8 on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:16PM (#28674072)
Personally I was homeschooled and sports was one of the main points of common ground I had with kids from "regular school"