The question they should be asking is whether or not the socialization kids get at schools is actually "good" socialization. My kid was homeschooled and moved about a lot, and he was always able to meld into neighborhood groups of kids and was often the leader after a few days.

my deal is just that i grew up very introverted and i just don't see how on earf shuffling from class to class with a few breaks in between is supposed to do anything about that? I think the bulk of socialization happens outside of school contexts. But I guess if it's a setup where most of the kids in a school have homes located in the same area I guess that helps a bit

I guess there's different types of socialization; like collaborating on tasks, articulating your viewpoint, discussion, co-operation etc sure school helps with that (and you get to practice that for years upon years). But with informal, casual interaction? Not particularly... anyway making a reductive sort of virtue of socialization makes me a bit uneasy and it's worth opening the box there to see what exactly we mean; socialization into a type of cultural context, is it good or are there different ways to think about being together as human beings vs. the trappings of a particular time and place's peer-group socialization within an ostensibly academic context

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