[Calusa]

Probably better than those whose social skills are learned from their peers in the typical public school...

Social skills from a machine? You go, HAL!! How many times have you heard that the military is all about bonding with your unit. Or, is that not on the internet?

[Mr Rogers]

Well, I spent 25 years in the US Air Force, my oldest daughter did a tour in the USMC, and my son is in Afghanistan right now with the Army. None of us think she is being ill-served by home schooling.

Of course, I’m not sure what having pimple-faced jerks trying to get into her pants has to do with adult behavior, and when I was on active duty, I wanted ADULTS, not kids, serving with me.

[goodwithagun]

Could you define social skills please? I'm a public school teacher who is homeschooling my son (now only 2 years old) because I know exactly what happens on a daily basis. I'm one of few on my floor who actually teaches. As for socialization, yesterday I witnessed the worst fight I've ever seen. A student interrupted another teacher's class to ask if he could look for his notebook that he might have left there last period. She told him yes. When she turned around to write something on the board, he and a student who had been waiting in the hall attacked a student sitting in her room. I ran over when I heard the scuffle. Immediately bystanders whipped out their phones and recorded the incident while laughing and jeering at the fighters. Those my FRiend, are poor socialization skills.