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necropolist
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Re: proud parents akshully
Apr 22, 2002, 16:30
The main reason home educated people do much better statistically is that they are an overwhelmingly middle-class bunch! With well-educated parents themselves and all (or at least most of) the resources they need at home of course they’re gonna do well – just as they would if they’d have gone to school – even one of those nasty working-class schools.

I also doubt whether they will really get a more balanced outlook from home. Far from it they will get far more of the parents outlook. Often this may be that of a decent liberal human being who genuinely gives a shit about the world. But they will be missing those views of people who don’t give a shit – and that’s not actually a good thing. Because those people do exist in the real world, and everyone should learn what such people think, and WHY they think it, and how to argue against it (if they want to)

And finally, what if the poor little tykes hate their bloody parents (a constitutional right I think!) – where are the poor sods gonna go if they haven’t got school?

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