News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education. Parent comment

Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by StevePerkins on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @09:45AM (#38098086)
The fact that school provides ancillary benefits beyond education is great. But portraying those as the primary mission, and the education as an ancillary benefit, IS pretty jarring. I don't homeschool, but I balk at that argument too.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by markhahn on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @11:06AM (#38099216)
doesn't say "ancillary".

but even if that's what the author meant, what's wrong with education being a necessary support for other goals?

it's always quite hard to identify tangible skills that traditional education actually teaches, and explain why those are important to the real lives of graduates. the average person needs, day-to-day, pretty minimal R,W&A skills.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by tomrod on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @11:23AM (#38099479)
No worries, you simply misinterpreted what I said. See other thread.
[ Parent | on HN ]