As yall probably know, I was homeschooled from birth to the end of 'high school', and cut off from most secular culture - except for 3 months, when I attended public school at the age of 14, and ran into a lot of public school norms that shocked and confused me (cont).
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3. The maturity level of the other kids. I'm not sure how 'legit' I'd view it today, but I remember distinctly thinking that the kids in public school felt approximately two years 'younger' - in jokes and mannerisms - than the other homeschooled kids I knew of the same age.
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4. The lack of community. Maybe this was partially me-specific because I was weird and religious, but it seemed true even beyond me - that you couldn't trust kids that weren't your friends. I was used to near-total trust in all the other kids I met in my life.
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Again, not sure how much my school experience was warped cause I was the weird religious kid - but overall it felt more fearful, more impersonal, and more useless than homeschooling did, by a significant margin. If I ever have kids I'm 100% keeping them away from public school.
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as a side note, i think this might explain my aversion to classes. I essentially grew up being tutored (tho by my mom), and it was such a great, efficient way to learn that now if I want to learn a skill, I can't stand group classes, but rather seek out individual training.
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I find that very odd. I was a private school teacher and form tutor for several decades. One of the best things about the job was the personal attention you could give to individuals. The parents demonstrably appreciated that.
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They have, like, 200-300 other kids (high school) they can’t treat anyone special, they don’t have the time
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