[wintertime]

That's what you're not considering - all the time wasted in school, waiting for the next lesson, waiting for other kids to catch up, waiting for the school to decide you "should" learn algebra or whatever other subject you can handle, and how the love of learning is squashed in a prison-like atmosphere. ( Tired of Taxes)

To Tired of Taxes,

My homeschoolers are NORMAL. It is the government schooled children who have deliberately delayed and retarded in their social and educational development.

My homeschooled kids were finished with the highest levels of college calculus and all their college general courses by 15!

As I drive by our local high school, I KNOW that the top 20% could be as academically and socially advanced as my children. A mind is a terrible thing to waste! And,,,,,,that is exactly what is happening in every government school in our nation. I don't care how many "blue ribbons" they have been awarded.

[Tired of Taxes]

>>>> "My homeschoolers are NORMAL. It is the government schooled children who have deliberately delayed and retarded in their social and educational development." <<<<

Wintertime,

I think you're right! American children are very bright and have tremendous potential. Gov't monopolizing school has held them back.

Tonight there's a John Stossel program called "Stupid in America" (named because students in another country called American students "stupid") on ABC. I'm going to try to watch it.