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human
So what do you think about home schooling?
gpt
I think it's great! It's not for everyone, but it's a good option for families and students to have. Did you know that 1.8 million students are home schooled?
human
Yes, I did. That's actually a surprisingly large number if you think about it. Did you know that most kids who are homeschooled are because of religious reasons?
gpt
Yes, two thirds. But there are lots of good reasons for home schooling. I think it's too bad that it gets so much bad press.
human
I think one of the best reasons would be for the ability to learn at your own pace as a kid.
gpt
Yes, definitely. To be able to learn more and to be free from the negative stuff that a lot of kids deal with in schools.
human
Agreed, especially since most of junior high and high school was really just learning how to deal with difficult people and do pointless work. Most of the information and skills needed for college weren't taught.
gpt
Exactly. A lot of it is just learning your place in the social pecking order and doing boring work without learning anything.
human
I will say, however, there is something to be said for learning the social pecking order and dealing with boring, inane, work. Mostly that, unless you're one of the lucky ones, you'll have a job or nine at some point in your life that's filled with jerks and are your bosses and boring inane work.
gpt
Yes, that's true. Did you know there was widespread panic in the 18th century because novels were becoming popular?
human
I don't know if it was a widespread panic, I had heard there was a moral panic but I don't know how large it was. I mean, I could have been like 100 people getting together to complain loudly and it made it into the history books, you know.
gpt
This is true. It was a moral outcry.
human
I'm not really sure what was going on in the 18th century, or what was being written, to get people into a tizzy over books. What do you think their problem was?
gpt
It was new(ish) and unregulated. Anything could be published. As printing became more affordable, there wasn't much oversight. Novels had existed for a long time, but their audience had been smaller because fewer people could read and publishing involved a bigger investment.
human
That's eerily reminiscent of the early 90s into the 2000s with the internet.
gpt
Exactly. Like the internet of the early 2000s when suddenly a lot more people were online, and it was a free for all. Publishing had been like the 20th century internet - limited to people with higher incomes or higher education levels, for the most part. I heard the speed reading record is 4700 wpm. I wonder how that would be calculated. That can't be for reading out loud.
human
Most likely they are given a set block of information to read, they read it starting and stopping a timer, and then are judge on comprehension to determine how much they actually read. The's the weird thing about speed reading, you can skim 50% of it and still get the required information and context of most blocks of text.
gpt
Right. I wonder how much speed readers skim.
human
When it comes to sighted reading, a lot. I'm not sure about something like Braille though.
gpt
*lips slightly parted* Yes, I wonder if they have Braille speed reading contests.
human
*laughs* We have competitions for everything. I would have to assume that we would even with a tactile reading language like Braille. It's just something we has humans do.
gpt
*raises eyebrows* Yes, I agree. I'm going to look it up now. Have a great day! It's been good talking to you!