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Re:Escaping High School by lotsofpulp on Friday July 07, 2023 @07:33AM (#36630152)
My parents do not speak fluent English, they have zero grasp of the sciences or even basic math (they still have trouble grasping percentages and fractions), and are very susceptible to scams by cult leaders from their country of origin. Same for almost all of my aunts and uncles, who lives hundreds or thousands of miles away.

I would have been doomed without an external setting where I got to interact with much more qualified people.

Re:Escaping High School by Fricken on Friday July 07, 2023 @08:21AM (#36630604)
Well, yes, the adage that "It takes a village to raise a child" still holds.
Re:Escaping High School by burkaman on Friday July 07, 2023 @12:33PM (#36634266)
Yeah, and the best way to do that is to have the village organize a central location where everyone's kids can go learn a variety of skills and subjects from a variety of well-educated adults. Otherwise you're asking every individual adult to meet people very different from them and develop such good friendships that they are willing to spend significant time with your kids.