• Jaytreeman@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I homeschooled for a few years in an area without school shootings (not the USA). It was weird for me because I don’t think kids belong in factories and want/ed to get my kids real critical thinking and media literacy.

    I’m apparently a gigantic weirdo and struggled to hold conversations with other homeschooling parents because they were most definitely not interested in helping their kids have independent thought.

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      1 year ago

      That’s something I’m concerned about too. I want to get away from the academic factory model, but I don’t want to associate with the religious loonies to do it.

      • cytokine0724@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        As a person who homeschools his three kids, it is tough but it is possible to find folks. We’ve lived in some pretty remote places and there’s usually at least a few families within a half-hour drive. In cities, it’s a lot easier.

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      1 year ago

      Independent thought for many people is deciding whether Miller Lite tastes great OR is less filling