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hansolo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Amazing how this guy has no idea that schools are just as much about socializing and learning to deal with other people and situations you’ll be in for the rest of your life. That’s not “child care,” it’s a structured environment where the main goal is learning and the real benefits are everything else on the fringes.

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thatonecoder@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I partially agree, but that argument about socializing might be flawed. At least in my experience, such socializing did not happen in schools, but instead in coffee shops (again, my experience may be different from everyone else’s), where I had meaningful debates with adults. Instead, I actively avoided conversations with my peers, particularly because I had nothing in common with them.

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- hansolo@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeah, it’s different for everyone.
  
  My “counterfactual” is knowing a lot of kids that were home schooled. They were just young weird adults that didn’t thrive in most circumstances. They’re a reason why even rural agrarian societies found value is putting kids together.
  
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  - 5too@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    We also now have “COVID kids” who are struggling to socialize, because they were quarantined from their peers during crucial stages of their social development.
    
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- GamingChairModel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Instead, I actively avoided conversations with my peers, particularly because I had nothing in common with them.
  
  Looking at your own social interactions with others, do you now consider yourself to be socially well adjusted? Was the “debating child in a coffee shop” method actually useful at developing the social skills that are useful in adulthood?
  
  I have some doubts.
  
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