VDK: How about just cheering AMERICAN kids to do their best instead of making this a "Angelic, genius home school kids against the evil, immoral, retarded, brainwashed government school kids" P*ssing match?
American Quilter is right. About 10% of the participants every year are homeschoolers and if you look at the placements over the years, they have taken far more than 10% of the top places, first included. Facts are facts.
Nothing AQ said could even lend itself to your snarky interpretation. If you don't like that homeschoolers outperform the public/private school kids, that's too bad. You need to get a grip.