You hit the nail on the head here. Most of my family is entirely and strongly anti-education. My brother and I (32 and 29, respectively) were the first and so far only people in our family to ever go to college. My grandparents championed it, but our father has gotten progressively more and more anti-intellectual (he's what you might call a "crazy redneck"). Upon our last meeting he actually asked me if I am "actually smart" or if I am "just good with the computer." The sad part is he had a chance to go to college, my grandparents were going to pay for it if he would have just gone. But he's paranoid and thinks college is where they convince you to not love Jesus and to get rid of your guns.