I've Been To Over 20 Homeschool Conferences. The Things I've Witnessed At Them Shocked Me.

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I've Been To Over 20 Homeschool Conferences. The Things I've Witnessed At Them Shocked Me.
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Thank goodness homeschooling is illegal in this country. The best effect is that crazy nutjob parents are not able to install their delusions on their kids as much as they can in the US.

Homeschooling is also illegal in Brazil, and you can bet the mf of Bolsonaro and his government tried to make it legal. The Supreme Court strike them down, with the argument that socializing was a fundamental part of education and a kid's right and the law passed by the government couldn't guarantee that the kids would have it.

While it would help with the crazies, it would very much hurt people who genuinely need it. I was one of those: I was, to put it mildly, a "wild child" with horrible social skills, no matter the efforts, so public school was out of the question. It would have been nothing but bullying for me and gray hairs for teachers. And while I didn't go to school, mom did her best to socialize me.

I ended up going to a very good middle school, an AMAZING high school and now in a good uni. And yes, now putting my best effort into socializing, so might very well end up having friends now!