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An Indian Teacher, Instructional Coach & Applied Education Researcher Co-founder @innerkern | Host @teachersunmuted | Working on #ClassroomShapeshift
Aug 14, 2022 16 tweets 8 min read
When I say that #homeschooling will eventually embed caste-system, am I not seeing the 100000s of kids who get bullied in schools in the name of disabilities and abilities and either need traditional schools to be inclusive or need homeschooling?

#Thread↓ As someone who had faced bullying in school (both from teachers & peers!), I can assure you I see them first when I disagree with our current enthusiasm around making homeschooling mainstream and pitching it as a better option than schools.

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Aug 14, 2022 12 tweets 5 min read
When ever I try to draw people's attention to the social evils that #homeschooling may intentionally or unemotionally promote, I get the word the word 'parental choice' thrown at me!

#Thread↓ It seems that the parents have the right to choose how to educate their children and therefore you should not discourage a parent who exercises that right to choose #homeschooling, they tell me!

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Aug 14, 2022 12 tweets 8 min read
Some people want to promote #homeschooling that will eventually embed caste system back in India because they feel Indian schools unfairly promote class-system and class-discrimination based on parental income.

#Thread1. They clearly seems to have not attended their Social Science 101 lessons.

The struggle against caste, class, racial, color discrimination is a perpetual struggle. What they do not know is our common schools are at the forefront of these struggles, against odds!

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Aug 13, 2022 47 tweets 31 min read
Whenever I come across an attempt to promote #homeschooling in India, I feel compelled to discourage it as a responsible citizen and a conventional educator. Since this video is no different, here is another 'homeschool-bashing' #thread.
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@SamrajSanjana & @aramanujaa are great tweeple to follow. I am merely voicing my disagreement with the idea of #homeschooling in India here, and it has nothing against them, personally. They are amazing people, from what I know about them so far.
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