[WFTR]

I have a buddy at work who was "homeschooled" for two years when his mom was a diving instructor in Mexico. I think she was on the Yucatan and was taking tourists diving almost year-round. She sent away for materials to "homeschool" him, and he could pretty much go at whatever pace he wanted. He says that he'd typically go through all of the materials and pass all of the tests in about two months. He'd spend the other ten months selling sea shells and coconuts to tourists on the beach.

Are you in college now? If so, how has it been for you? In some ways, the life you are describing sounds more like the college life. I'm not completely sold on homeschooling, but I'm glad that you enjoyed it so much.

Bill

[RosieCotton]

I'm a computer support tech now...so my homeschooling days are pretty far off.

If you think about it, it's how things were before the idea of modern schooling came along. It just doesn't really take six or eight or ten hours a day to teach basic subjects. Not to mention I'm not sure how I feel about putting people into little boxes by age group, and calling that real-world socialization. :-\

But I don't want to sidetrack the thread...