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		dakotasmith on July 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Problems for the next decade? I’ve got a second grader and myself & other parents are wondering how useful a public school education will be in 10 years when they are graduating

culopatin on July 9, 2023 [–]

It never was useful, people differentiate based on the choices they make outside of school and the people they meet. Public education is there to level out the childhood trauma and normalize things. It’s a big sander that levels down.

palata on July 9, 2023 | [–]

It is not my experience at all, but I suppose you implicitly mean "in the US"?

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