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00:00 Homeschooling can lead to more socially awkward children than public schooling
4:52 Parents should have a say in what their children learn at school
16:35 Kids are safer at home than in schools
22:06 Homeschool kids are smarter than public school kids
29:08 Homeschool parents are not qualified to be teachers
35:35 Public schools are the best way to expose children to diverse groups
42:07 I am satisfied with the American education system

[christinacanto]

What I heard: strong families school better than public schools. Public schools school better than broken homes.

[Worstminigolfer]

I was homeschooled and one thing my parents were intentional about was socializing me… but not with my peers, with adults. I learned to speak to adults of all ages, professions, ethnicities, etc. and it set me up for the real world in ways that are still benefitting me.

[cairegrigsby]

Camille really hit a great point on homeschooling to create kids who are thinkers and not just workers.

[kiki]

A lot of people need to understand that two things can be true at once

[stellacarr]

i feel like a video with only the kids would be interesting

[reesearizona]

I’m Reese from the video :) I really enjoyed hearing different perspectives, opinions, and experiences of people who attended public school vs. people who were homeschooled. I feel like its definitely not one or the other, but rather what works best for each individual child, their family, and their environment. ❤

[megandoesntexistanymore]

I think there's completely different "types" of homeschooling and people unfortunately believe all homeschooling is the stereotypical way when that is not at all true.

[megan]

I’m so glad I went to public school. It exposed me to people from all walks of life and helped me get prepared for college and the real world.

[paulinasjoberg]

I was homeschooled, loved it, and own a company now. Social butterfly, neurodivergent, and happily married with no social stunts. It really does depends on the parents and how they go into it, and what they expose their kids to. Im cultured, street smart, and humble. I grew up in a bad neighborhood, was a lwader and never let my circumstances define me.

[ellanora]

I like how diverse the people were in this middle ground video, different ages, different professions, parents and kids who were homeschooled etc- really great video!

[nicoleraheja]

I wasn't okay being bullied in school, and I wish I had been homeschooled and had more freedom of what I was actually interested in doing.

[beckylang]

This is by far one of the best Middle Ground episodes ever. People are reasonable and respect each other. More of this, please.

[mysteriousyoutuber]

I hate that so many people think homeschooling means my parents are the ones teaching me everything. When I was younger they did, but now in high school I learn from textbooks, online classes, and even community college. For myself and most homeschoolers I know, homeschooling doesn't mean your parents teach you, it just means that YOU get to control your own education instead of the public schools. I think that control and freedom is one of the greatest benefits of being homeschooled.

[TheCloveart]

One thing I noticed about these prompts is that they can be boiled down to a case by case basis. There are too many variables when it comes to people and children.

As long as each teacher or organization whether homeschooled or public schooled has sufficient resources then the majority of the children can have an enriched experience.

[rogeliofernandez]

My brothers and I were homeschooled. We all focused on learning and growing as individuals and all three of us became doctors. Homeschooling allowed us to think for ourselves and not be influenced by “the cool kids” at school.

[oneiropompos]

Home school should be divided into two broad categories:

(1) Where parents are dissatisfied with the accommodations provided in a school setting; and

(2) Religious families that find the school setting to not align with their religious beliefs.

Each category will have distinct profiles of weirdness.

[simonaflores]

this is beyond any point anyone made, but that fly is driving me insane haha

[jeffstirl]

Thank you for this episode! I'm a public school teacher in my 24th year. I've seen many homeschool and public school kids who were extremely bright, intelligent, hard-working, and open-minded. I've also seen quite the opposite from both. It all depends on the environment.

[houston-coley]

I was homeschooled and I’m generally grateful for it. Yes, there are definitely awkward homeschoolers out there—but I generally found growing up that if the parents were weird and overprotective, the kids were weird too. If the parents were pretty chill, the kids were normal. It’s not like public school doesn’t have weird or socially awkward kids! The main thing I’d say is that being homeschooled (or at least, doing lots of different hybrid programs that let me choose individual classes online/in-person and go to class only certain days of the week) gave me far more leeway to be able to focus on my creative pursuits and cultivating those skills. People think being homeschooled is just learning everything from your parents at home every day, but in the last 20 years there have been loads of different options and part-time programs outside the house. One of the programs I did had a videogame design class, and another one had a stop-motion animation course. And then the ability to make my own schedule allowed me to work on my own creative projects in my freetime, which has pretty directly led to everything I do for work as a filmmaker today. Don’t get me wrong, I def know people who have had bad experiences (mostly bc of extremely sheltering parents) but the concept as a whole can be really liberating and empowering so that kids can learn in the way that suits them and spend their time on things that matter.

[jennifermedrano]

Absolutely nothing wrong with homeschooling. My sister in law is one of the best people with such a great personality that came into our family and she was home schooled and told me how she loved her upbringing and now she’s homeschooling her children. Kids don’t need public schools to be prepared for the real world or learn how to socialize.

With everything that Ive been seeing in public schools, I’m honestly considering homeschooling mine!