John Oliver discusses homeschooling, its surprising lack of regulation in many states, and, crucially, Darth Vader’s parenting skills.
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It means his segment was more nuanced than I expected. It’s not “homeschooled = religious weirdos with no social skills”.
It’s rare to run into people who know what HSLDA is, and have an understanding of how different laws in each state create different environments for homeschooling.
It means his segment was more nuanced than I expected.
They always are. I always cringe when I learn that a generalist journalist is covering something in my areas of expertise, because I worry that they’ll feed into misconceptions, but the two segments I remember John Oliver doing in areas that I have professional experience, he explained things better than an expert, in a way that laypersons could understand.
So I’ve come to trust him a lot more than even more serious journalists, despite his show being a comedy show.
Is that a good or bad review?
It means his segment was more nuanced than I expected. It’s not “homeschooled = religious weirdos with no social skills”.
It’s rare to run into people who know what HSLDA is, and have an understanding of how different laws in each state create different environments for homeschooling.
They always are. I always cringe when I learn that a generalist journalist is covering something in my areas of expertise, because I worry that they’ll feed into misconceptions, but the two segments I remember John Oliver doing in areas that I have professional experience, he explained things better than an expert, in a way that laypersons could understand.
So I’ve come to trust him a lot more than even more serious journalists, despite his show being a comedy show.