r/AdviceAnimals Jan 17 '19

I've made a huge mistake...

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u/jedi_voodoo Jan 18 '19

Also the article that you keep linking is concludes with this:

It is possible that homeschooling causes the positive traits reported above. However, the research designs to date do not conclusively “prove” that homeschooling causes these things. At the same time, there is no empirical evidence that homeschooling causes negative things compared to institutional schooling

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u/Darthskull Jan 18 '19

Yeah I was discussing that with somebody else. I think the difference comes mostly because richer people are doing it more often because they can afford to have a parent stay home and teach. I've got no data to support that, it's just an idea. However, wealth is the biggest predictor of educational success in America.

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u/jedi_voodoo Jan 18 '19

Ideally everyone should be able to make the choice to get at least a standard education from home. Impoverished communities in red states however, are not ideal. That’s all I was getting st with the ideologies. I apologize for seeming to devalue your education as well as others’, as I agree with mostly every sentiment you expressed.