Forgot to tell you - my public school educated child is already fluent in Japanese. Also will be starting French 3 next month.
Now - you need to remind everyone how much time your alleged prodigies (those sheltered home schooled prodigies) spent in public schools when it suited you.....
I am so sick and tired of your better than thou attitude. Get over yourself - you’re no better than any of us, no matter what you think.
Stating the facts is no being “better than thou”. They were merely normal homeschoolers. As Freepers drive by their local socialist-entitlement government high school indoctrination camp they should remember that the top 10% in that school could be finished with college by the age of 18 and not languishing away their lives like over ripe tomatoes in the hot house kiddieland of high school.
And...No, my children were not prodigies.
My children are normally bright people and not any smarter or more talented than the children of any poster here on Free Republic. They were simply homeschooled and, for homeschoolers, quite average.
Hey! Unlike some homeschoolers they didn't go to Ivy League schools and they did write best sellers at the age of 15 that have been made into blockbuster movies. They weren't teenage millionaire executives of businesses they started in their garage. They didn't win any spelling or geography contests.
As for my being a hypocrite:
I bet you have never changed you mind about a single thing in 42 years of living. That is my guess. ( No sarcasm tag.)
And...Yep! I did use the government schools for babysitting for a few weeks out of their tender lives as homeschoolers. Imagine that! I exposed them to the toxic waste of godless government schooling for a few **weeks**. Mea Culpa! ( Right hand striking my breast.) My kids did survive my foolishness.