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by alex_lav 1179 days ago
School can be awful for kids in america. Schools can't keep kids safe. Bullying is rampant. Extremist political groups campaign to get history rewritten to match their agenda. It can be insanely grueling.

Certainly homeschooling isn't the only answer, but I also think most people are handwaving how terrible the school system can be for kids here.

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> Certainly homeschooling isn't the only answer

Can you list a few "other answers"? This is a serious question. The public schools around here are terrible and the private schools (which are by no means guaranteed to be much better,) are absolute highway robbery.

With the educational resources that are available to everybody at the push of a button, homeschooling seems compelling, to me. I'd even spring for private tutors. What other options are there?

With homeschooling, extremist political groups can rewrite history to match their agenda? No wait...
> School can be awful for kids in america. Schools can't keep kids safe. Bullying is rampant. Extremist political groups campaign to get history rewritten to match their agenda. It can be insanely grueling.

Good thing life outside of school isn't like that.

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