[s0kr8s]

The author's thesis is that the rise in home-schooling is driven by a desire to "opt out of being around average people," and he implies that he is not home-schooling his own children in part because he himself was home-schooled and believes that may have contributed to his own struggles with social stress.

However, given his self-description, it seems there is a decent chance he would have struggled with social stressors regardless of what education setting he was in, possibly even more so if he had been exposed to bullying or excessive social stressors in a more traditional public education setting.

Exposing oneself to just the right dose of poison in order to develop immunity is a delicate science.

When I was younger, I was also taught to believe that nurture always triumphs over nature, but as I got older and eventually had my own kids, I found out that nature was winning way more of those battles than I first realized.

[bjt]

Judging by the name and picture, I'm pretty sure Forrest Brazeal is a he.

[s0kr8s]

Excellent point. Comment updated for accuracy.

[pkkkzip]

We live in a social climate where we can't even assert ourselves of someone's gender based on their name out of fear from a very local special interest group that has far reaches into public education system and this is another big reason why parents who can't afford private school opt for home schooling.

The fact that parent had to edit their comment and could not call a man a he answers the article's question very well.

[tdeck]

This is word salad. What does it mean to "assert yourself" of someone else's gender?

[defrost]

It means the user, a relatively recent account, is trawling for bites. The KKK in the username and the slant of many of their comments might hint at a touch of bad faith edge lording.

[pkkkzip]

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

and no, I'm not part of the KKK I wish people would focus on the content of my arguments not my username.

pkzip was taken so I chose something easier to remember.

[defrost]

> and no, I'm not part of the KKK

I can't say I ever said or thought that you were.

I did assume you thought it amusing to stick KKK in your name and stick with it though.

[n4r9]

I find this somewhat hypocritical given that you've recently made suggestive statements about users comments being posted and mocked on other forums, along with vague threats of their real identities being uncovered e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=pkkkzip

[tdeck]

It's funny how I rarely think to look at someone's username.