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Comment by SauntSolaire

3 hours ago

This[1] thread has a good collection of them. Has plenty of comments in favor of course, but the negative ones are present in high quantities. There's a reason even anodyne headlines like that can get 800+ comments on HN.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45999842

I missed that one. But it seems like a lively debate for the most part rather than a single opinion pile on.

But yeah I get your point that it's like there's an unreasonable number of people who have a strong opinion on it despite having no actual experience or evidence or reason to comment. Homeschool is a small minority and the majority are biased to what they know. We homeschool 3 kids, didn't intend to to it before it happened, and I would have held some very incorrect opinions about it too, for what little thought I ever actually gave it.

Yeah, that's the one that came to mind.

I was surprised at how much negativity surrounded the topic, despite what feels like a general dissatisfaction with the public schools at this time.