You can like homeschooling.
You might dislike it.
But it doesn’t matter, we are all homeschoolers by default.
Whether you like it or not, the most crucial life skills aren't taught in traditional classrooms. As William Upski Wimsatt points out:
“There were no sex classes. No friendship classes. No classes on how to navigate a bureaucracy, build an organization, raise money, create a database, buy a house, love a child, spot a scam, talk someone out of suicide, or figure out what was important to me. Not knowing how to do these things is what messes people up in life, not whether they know algebra or can analyze literature.”
When we were younger, our family and friends taught us the skills we needed. As we get older and more capable of independent self-education, we start taking on this role ourselves. This marks the beginning of a lifelong journey of self-directed learning.
However, there's a problem. Most people never embark on this journey. The majority stop learning as soon as they leav…
