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Anecdotally, most current or former homeschooled kids I meet seem pretty socially awkward. I wonder if It's because the miss-out on the opportunity to learn how to socialize properly as children. But maybe I'm being too critical, idk.

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[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

we don't have national education policy.

education is 90% determined by the town or city you live in. even states have minimal influence over local districts.

schools in the same district, and schools a few kim apart, can have wildly different standards and outcomes.

the only major factor is basically, how wealthy your zipcodes/parents were. that is the overwhelming determination of your educational outcome, because richer parents value education more than non-rich parents.

in poorer communities, education is seen negatively and it's actively discouraged.

[–] dracc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 hours ago

Right. Then you'd have to start by making a national education policy. I'm not saying it will be easy (Sweden did by no means get it perfect right away, nor is it perfect now) but unless you start somewhere you won't ever get to a better place.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

the only major factor is basically, how wealthy your zipcodes/parents were. that is the overwhelming determination of your educational outcome, because richer parents value education more than non-rich parents.

in poorer communities, education is seen negatively and it’s actively discouraged.

I think you're about to be visited in the night by three ghosts.