[DaveyB]

iWouldn’t it be better to find religious school you believe in? It can’t be optimal to isolate kids.

I think you are missing some of the real reasons homeschooling works so well including:

• Children learn best in a loving environment
• The pace of learning can be tailored to each child's learning ability, style, health etc.
• The same teacher for every subject every year maximizes results
• Learning integrated into life
• Fewer distractions from peers including: wardrobe anxiety, discussing raunchy TV and who likes who
• What they don't learn from their peers is equally important as what instruction they do receive
• No wasted time on programing the sheeple to accept tyranny structure ie learning to form a line, raise hands, heads on desk
• The same character needed for academics is taught with chores, letters to grandma, dinner with strangers etc.

[samtheman]

Also. Don’t forget about homeschool networks, which are extensive. There are plenty of opportunities for kids to get together with other kids.

[Monterrosa-24]

Very few English teachers in the best private schools have the time and inclination to really red ink many compositions the way it was done in bygone days. But homeschool students usually have a teacher that will mark up their paper and then discuss it with them at length. This makes for a significant quality advantage in improving written compositions.