So right before our eyes we have seen very recently the perception shift of homeschooling, which was for decades considered even more “elite” than catholic or private schools. To 2023 where anyone who dares homeschooling is “a religious nut”, “depriving their children of a real education”, and on an on. As homeschooling became more prevalent with conservatives it became less of a “gold standard” in education to an “Alex Jones Q anon indoctrination camp”.
Semi related: this all came about because I’m watching old South Park and season 3 episode 12 showed perfectly how “homeschooling” kids were perceived, all intellectual and no social skills.
My best friend was in homeschool till highschool. He said the biggest thing he had to learn was to pretend to be stupid to get along.
We went to rival high schools. Mine was the diverse one, his was the preppy clique upper middle class one. His parents thought the school had a gifted program. AP is not gifted BTW. Especially the way they did it.
So his highschool experience was trying to get along in a world that demanded you have status not smarts. The classes were entirely about setting status and not education. It was demanded by teachers. I knew what he meant because I had just been in one.
I just realized he had to be their most diverse guy because he was a 6 foot tall vietnamese guy.