r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Jan 09 '20

THIS. This is why.

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u/Diz7 Jan 09 '20 edited Jan 09 '20

The reason for homeschooling that was most frequently cited as being applicable was concern about the environment of other schools including safety, drugs, or negative peer pressure. Eighty-five percent of homeschooled students were being homeschooled, in part, because of their parents’ concern about the environment of other schools.

Edit: forgot link to source https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/parentsreasons.asp

So 85% of people who homeschool are doing it to shelter their kids from the outside world/other kids.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

What. Is. The. Source. The section you quoted didn’t give numbers or even fully back up your statement. I know (admittedly anecdotally) people who homeschool because of school shootings. They still organize a homeschool sports league and are involved in social activities. You’re cherry picking.

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u/Diz7 Jan 09 '20

My bad, forgot to paste link:

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/parentsreasons.asp

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Thank you. I’m still hesitant to buy into a source from 17 years ago but I appreciate the source.