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Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by liveoneggs on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:46PM (#38091141)
Religion and its associated anti-science (etc) is the majority reason for home schooling. The groups in highly-skilled co-ops are a small minority and are not what the word normally invokes.
Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by lolinder on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @06:19PM (#38092199)
> The groups in highly-skilled co-ops are a small minority and are not what the word normally invokes.

Essentially what this sentence says is "the people that don't fit my stereotype are not the image that comes to my mind when I hear ${word}." While this is definitely true (it's more or less the definition of a stereotype), it's not a refutation of OP's point that homeschooling is more complicated than your stereotypes would have you believe.

Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by calvinmorrison on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:40PM (#38092813)
Poor people do homeschooling :

Yeck gross bleck! Religious zealots!

Rich people do homeschooling :

Oh how jealous I am Bartholomew, I wish I could have a private tutor like yours to teach my kid all of the great languages, and look the Au Pair is bringing in the lunch!

Re:Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form... by OkayPhysicist on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:16PM (#38093104)
Well, yeah.

If somebody's rich enough to provide a better education to their child despite the economy of scale advantage public/private schools have, then homeschooling can be advantageous. If somebody can't do that, then they're just abusing their kid.