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@pir8t0x@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

What are your views on homeschooling?

What are your opinions on homeschooling?

@lonefighter@sh.itjust.works on sh.itjust.works Open parent

The studies that show that homeschooled kids perform better academically are actually flawed. Adults who were homeschooled are much less likely to finish higher education and statistically have lower incomes than adults who attended school. crhe.org/research/

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@Nemo@slrpnk.net on slrpnk.net Open parent

I have to object to using income level as metric of success.

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@lonefighter@sh.itjust.works on sh.itjust.works Open parent

My landlord doesn’t accept thoughts and prayers.

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@Nemo@slrpnk.net on slrpnk.net Open parent

Being poor sucks. But above fairly low baseline, income level signifies antisocial tendencies more than hard work, education, or intelligence.

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lonefighter in !asklemmy

@lonefighter@sh.itjust.works · Mar 05

But why wouldn’t you want your child to have the highest chance of having enough money to survive, or the best chance of getting a job they want? I know so many homeschooled kids who ended up working for exploitative employers or doing really hard labor for really shitty pay because they weren’t educated enough (both academically and in life skills) to get jobs doing anything else. To just be like “well, you don’t need money to be happy or do well in life so I’m going to give my child a subpar education” in this economy is just naive at best and cruel at worst.

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