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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by xcskier56 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:11PM (#36924062)
I home schooled for 2 years in middle school I wasn’t a social butterfly (and still am not). We were part of a home school co-op where we went once or twice per week and the parents taught various classes.

The kids there were wildly brilliant… 6th grader getting a perfect SAT and ACT score, and almost all were very socially awkward. But I really doubt that regular school would have changed anything and may have made things worse.

The social issue is a chicken vs egg problem. Are the kids socially awkward bc they’re homeschooled, or are they homeschooled bc they’re brilliant and very awkward?

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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by whimsicalism on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:43PM (#36924981)
> 6th grader getting a perfect SAT and ACT score

Almost certainly an exaggeration :)

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Re:How fast should you accelerate your kid in math? by xboxnolifes on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:50PM (#36925622)
> The social issue is a chicken vs egg problem. Are the kids socially awkward bc they’re homeschooled, or are they homeschooled bc they’re brilliant and very awkward?

This is a big annoyance for me in the homeschooling conversation. If someone is homeschooled and is socially awkward, it's the homeschooling's fault. If someone went to public school and is socially awkward, it's their fault / they're an outlier.

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