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Re:Ask HN: If you’ve considered homeschooling, what’s stoppi... by jimhefferon on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:29PM (#31952396)
> essentially no negative ones

Negative interactions can sometimes be a help, or a part of life, or whatever is the right phrase. In Jr High one day after school some kids beat me and a friend up (for no reason that I could figure out). Of course, I won't say "it made me who I am today" or any baloney like that but it certainly helped cement a resolve to not be them.

> nearly non-verbal

Yes, for sure the individual kid is the prime thing a person worries about. I am glad to hear he does well.

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Re:Ask HN: If you’ve considered homeschooling, what’s stoppi... by wccrawford on Friday July 01, 2022 @04:41PM (#31952543)
I still hate bullies to this day, but there's no denying that they made me tougher.
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Re:Ask HN: If you’ve considered homeschooling, what’s stoppi... by JackFr on Friday July 01, 2022 @05:34PM (#31953282)
All my life I had been taught that bullies were dumb. Imagine my surprise when I arrived at college and came across the first bully I met who was smarter than me. Much smarter than me. Didn’t make me tougher, but it made me realize even as you become an adult there are simply people to be avoided.
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