Wow, I didn’t really think how stereotypical our family is. But only five kids, mom got cancer and the chemo messed her up a little. So we topped out at five. But the van, the instruments and the hair, all spot on.
The state has ZERO right to interfere with how I educate or raise my kids. Even if HSed kids were dumb as dust, we should STILL champion it over public school et al, because HSing is, ultimately, about plenary parental rights. Like the 2nd Amendment, we are "lucky" the data are in our favor, but the foundations of our rights is God, not a utilitarian calculation.
While it's not fashionable to mention it, I've encountered "average" HSers when it comes to academics. They're not all brainiacs. But that's ok. In large measure, what they may lack academically they more than punch above their weight elsewhere, e.g. Manners, artistic gifts, respect for what is good and right, morality, and a healthy skepticism (and dare I say, cynicism) for entities that claim "supreme executive power."
The Bee satarization is close, but as I've noted other places I've seen liberal HSers - they don't like corporate influence in textbooks, many minorities feel schools ignore their heritage (forget about CRT - the claim is valid....remember most educators are Dems who don't give a flying fig about minorities beyond their votes), and so on.
If more people join the HSing ranks - and the % of HSers rose from 5% prepandemic to 6% now - and it becomes a less homogenized, more diverse, and less "smart" group I'll still say it's the best way to go.
The Bee should also have included a shotgun, but now we're nitpicking...
Correction... the % of kids that are HSed rose from 6% prepandemic to 11% now, a 5 percentage point increase. We’re on the move!