• Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    I was homeschooled. It’s a horrible practice for so many reasons. Luckily my parents enrolled me in college (dual enrollment) early and I was able to get a halfway decent education

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      2 days ago

      There ARE some parents who actually do homeschooling right. But it does seem to be the exception rather than the rule.

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        2 days ago

        Thank you for saying this.

        The US education system is cooked. It’s not hard to do better.

        Homeschooling gets a bad wrap because it is very poorly regulated and leads to some of the dumbest, least well adjusted adults you can possibly create.

        But it can also lead to a much better, proper education if the parents are intelligent and truly care about the kids education.

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          Yes, I know at least one family that homeschools and does a good job. My sister-in-law does it as well, but it’s the wrong way, unfortunately.