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by codyb 2547 days ago
I’m sure “kids just learning some new skills on their own” is a perfectly cromulent system.

Universal public education is one of America’s greatest achievements and a tremendous equalizer. At school children learn to socialize, and history, and the arts. They play sports, and get in trouble, put on plays and sign yearbooks.

And it’s a tremendous thing we do that should be encouraged and valued.