Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education

Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by lolinder on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:43PM (#38092381)

You must be skipping over all of the comments on this thread where homeschooled kids do exactly that.

Hi. I was homeschooled. I graduated university top of my class, have a high-skill high-paying job, think more critically (about everything including religion) than most people that I know, and overall I enjoy my life very much. I'm homeschooling my kids.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by davemp on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:57PM (#38092943)

Pretty similar background here. Maybe successfully homeschooled adults are just hesitant to dive into this sort of discussion anecdote first?

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by rpmisms on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:09PM (#38093044)

Given the stigma that many people still associate, we probably learned not to talk about it, maybe even subconsciously.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by gemstones on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:40PM (#38093656)

You should be hesitant.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by lolinder on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:35PM (#38094343)

Agreed: generally speaking, diving into any discussion anecdote-first is unhelpful and should be avoided.

It's a pity that some people will take a collection of anecdotes as data and treat a lack of countering anecdotes as conclusive proof.

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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by davemp on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @07:53AM (#38097071)

Yeah that’s what I was trying to imply.

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