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title: "Via @[15609767:2048:Peter St Onge] "Survey how "unschoolers" turn out…"
date: 2017-03-21
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# Via @[15609767:2048:Peter St Onge] "Survey how "unschoolers" turn out…

*March 21, 2017 · Facebook*

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[https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/02/how-do-unschoolers-turn-out/](https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/09/02/how-do-unschoolers-turn-out/){target="_blank"}
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Via @\[15609767:2048:Peter St Onge\]\
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\"Survey how \"unschoolers\" turn out \-- the 10% minority of home-schoolers who follow no curriculum at all, rather let the kids learn what they like.\
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Punchline: fully 96% felt their education was superior to formal schooling, only 11% felt behind in any academic subject at all. 83% go on to higher education, typically starting at community college by 16 then on to BA\'s, and disproportionately in STEM subjects. About 20% felt socially isolated, which author notes is similar to social isolation in actual schools, but then some of these kids pre-dated social media.\
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I\'d say pretty shocking that absence of any schooling or curriculum whatsoever gives better results than 12 years\' of \"scientific\" formal education at \$150,000 per head \-- naturally not counting the value of the kids\' time.\
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Note unschooling parents are typically middle-class, but at a minimum suggests formal schooling is an utter waste for the majority of kids.\"
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