I think the point is that part of having a functioning society (civic life, engagement, tolerance of others) is having people mix together. School is one of the prime places where that happens.
If you allow a lot of people to pull away from that "forced" engagement with others then you start to stress a lot of societal bonds.
the purpose of education is largely opposite of indocrination (plus few other things). if your kid is being educated is such an environment you should move (or pay for private education).
100%. The school and the Internet are the two places children can encounter opinions different from their parents’ for the first time. With an increase in homeschooling and recent pushes to ban social media for children, it’s clear that critical thinking is going to suffer most. I still have not met someone who was homeschooled who was remotely thankful for it.
Honestly, support for these policies that benefit, more than anyone else, abusive parents, makes me suspicious of people’s motives.
Hello! My parents were early homeschooling pioneers, and I never had any conventional schooling. I think it suited me very well, and I'm glad my parents did it. I am solidly middle-aged now, but nothing I've seen or heard in all these years has given me the impression that I missed out on any experience worth having.
nvahalik|3 months ago
With that attitude you might as well just tell parents that they shouldn't participate in society!
kochikame|3 months ago
If you allow a lot of people to pull away from that "forced" engagement with others then you start to stress a lot of societal bonds.
bdangubic|3 months ago
netsharc|3 months ago
(I'm not saying it's true for 1 religion and false for the other, but I'm betting a lot of people would think so...).
JoshTriplett|3 months ago
SabrinaJewson|3 months ago
Honestly, support for these policies that benefit, more than anyone else, abusive parents, makes me suspicious of people’s motives.
marssaxman|3 months ago
GaryBluto|3 months ago