[mc32]

One of the biggest advantages as well as disadvantage of homeschooling I think would be limiting the amount of school induced brainwashing.

I don’t mean they make kids into automatons, but there is a tendency to _tell_ kids this is right and that is wrong along ideological lines without allowing kids to discover those things for themselves.

I’m talking about things like tax policy, education, religion, government, etc.

For example, kids are indoctrinated to believe if they get good grades they can go to college and they’ll be set. That government is there to take care of you, that the education system is good, etc.

So these kids graduate, go to college, university and then wonder why after doing all that their humanities or business classes don’t land them jobs.

They should be allowed to discover more and question the whole system more. Some should be tracked for vocational schools rather than everyone expecting they are fit to work anywhere they desire... its unrealistic.

[DavidVoid]

I feel like this would be a strong argument against homeschooling (and private religious schools for that matter). Because if they're home-schooled then they'll get exposed to fewer people from different social backgrounds than themselves, and that would reasonably reduce the amount of "brainwashing".

[mc32]

It depends for sure. However most households have a diversity of friends and the kids do have to go in group outings. Besides, depending on school district your claim might not be accurate (ie you may attend a school full of rich brats, you may attend a school full of ne’er do wells, or a school where everyone is on the lunch program) neither broadens horizons).

Religion might be a problem with strictly religious parents, but I don’t see the damage being worse than that done by school systems. I experienced way too many friends who didn’t fit in and dropped out and other kids who believed in the system and believed things their teachers told them.

[gowld]

People who can afford to homeschool tend to live in areas where the the local public school does not have diverse social backgrounds.

[twic]

Kids get vastly more indoctrination through homeschooling than at any state school.

[mc32]

If Rodger Waters thinks the schools are a bit heavy , there’s gotta be a problem.

Children are very impressionable and unless their parents are attentive and let on that there’s more to things in life than school's take on things (which is potentially six hours or more of institutional indoctrination), the kids have little chance.

[nathanbarry]

What data do you base that claim on?