[wintertime]

And that's why smart people's lives are worst between, say, the ages of eleven and seventeen. Life at that age revolves far more around popularity than before or after.

Homeschoolers aren't having these worries.

It is only worse between the ages of 11 and 17 because segregating children into same aged packs, treating them like prisoners, marching them about to the sound of Pavlov's Bells is and UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY UNNATURAL WAY TO TREAT CHILDREN! ( Yes, I am shouting.)

[Zionist Conspirator]

Homeschoolers aren't having these worries.

::Smacks forehead:: Duh! There you go! Problem solved!

I mean it!

Home is really the very best place to be. To conscript children away from their homes and families for twelve years seems like something out of a totalitarian nightmare.