[Izzy Dunne]

our oldest was falling behind in academic skills compared to her peers.

Can you explain to me how that's anyone's responsibility except her parents' ?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Because we bought into the whole homeschooling routine. according to the continual sales pitch, we were doing great - of course, at that time, our social circle consisted mainly of other homeschooling parents, so we had no other frame of reference.

We were lucky that we went to a church where none of the other kids were being homeschooled, because we'd have never noticed the problem.

Did I mention what I began to notice about those kids who were "graduates"? The girls all aspired to become day care workers, but didn't like to wake up, the boys all aspired to be "internet entrepeneurs" and didn't like the notion of waking up and spending time learning any trade.