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who the hell thought it would be a good idea to shove a bunch of kids of the same age into a room for most of the day and let them figure out social interactions from *other kids their age*?? For like, *all* of childhood and teenage years? What the fuck are we doing

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@PetrusTheron

Jun 26, 2019

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To offer an #evolutionary explanation: peers have the highest chance of becoming long-term friends, and eventually mates. Older friends become infertile/die too soon, while younger mates can't survive in the same environment. Compare awkward home-schooled kids.

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I was homeschooled and think the awkward thing is sort of a myth? Most homeschool kids socialize with each other in homeschool groups/meetups, and develop their own internal culture, which looks weird to non-homeschooled culture.

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It'd be interesting to explore what you define as non-homeschooled culture? Some sort of individual culture forged by parents ?

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ah sorry read what you said too fast; non-homeschooled culture is the 'default' one - shared references to a common experience in high school (e.g., lockers, break periods, cliques, specific fashion fads), as well as pop culture.

6:54 AM · Jun 28, 2019