This is helpful feedback. Thank you for taking the time to respond. It's given me a lot to think about.

I'm in California which is one of the better states for homeschooling rights. I am trying to think of this from a worldwide perspective. Here school is compulsory and "free" but in other places education is a privilege and comes at a cost.

A possible solution to the discord security issue could be to create a custom site or app that will allow for socializing as well as content creation. It could be that the parents own the account and have the option of adding children on.

You brought me back to reality by talking about legality and compliance while working with children. It's true that it's more complicated to deal with minors and that's probably why there aren't many alternatives to the traditional way of education.

I'm sure it can be done though. There are sites like ROBLOX, Animal Jam, and Prodigy Math that allow children access and collect money for items in game. There are also already social classroom platforms like JAM.com and Outschool for that age group. I think it's a matter of getting the correct legal advice.

Funding is the Answer

I believe the number one issue affecting equity in education is that people just don't have enough money. That's why I am concurrently developing the @steemfunder platform. It's also why I am rooting for the success of #steembasicincome and @mannacurrency. Many problems lead back to the root problem of poverty and we have the means to address this with STEEM.

Even here in the United States where we all are relatively rich compared to much of the world, standardized testing is a better test of economic status than intelligence (I know that's a loaded word). And in this resource rich country, our lower income citizens still don't have access to sufficient healthcare and drinkable water (Hello, Flint).

Keeping Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in mind, we need to get more people secured in their basic human needs before we can really talk about education as a solution to poverty. Many abuses of humanity happen to those who are just trying to survive on those lower levels of the pyramid.

Thank You

Thank you again for taking the time to respond. If you'd like to talk more or in private, you can email me [email protected] or DM on discord nikema#3775.

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