Alvord, Scott T. "Comparison of Perceived Social Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem between Home and Traditionally Educated College Students." Psy.D., George Fox University, 2003.
Sadly None of them address the issue(s) I raised, End results, performance as an adult.
waryone, did I call it or what?
I know he’d reject it.
Mr. hope, it is more than apparent that you are not interested in the actual facts. So far you’ve dismissed everything presented to you and that can only be because you don’t WANT to accept it.
Well...Gee!...Isn't that too bad for you. You did get what you want.
One thing is certain. When our family was homeschooling the number of homeschoolers barely topped 100,000 ( likely less). Since the late 80s it has grown to be 4% of the school aged population. It is likely double that since government numbers regarding homeschoolers a notoriously unreliable and deliberately reported on the unrealistically low side.
This means that, at NO COST TO YOU or and other NEIGHBOR, parents have decided that this is the best way to educate and rear their children.
On the other hand....There is NO NO NO NO NO evidence or studies of any kind proving that government schools are in any way effective. We spent up to nearly $30,000/year/child and NO ONE, absolutely NO ONE knows if government schools teach anything because afterschooling and preschooling has NEVER been measured.
Yeah! I am shouting. Who wouldn't? That is a LOT of tax money collected under the threat of armed police action, sheriff sale, garnished wages, closed businesses, and ruined lives for a program of UNKNOWN effectiveness. Parents sacrifice mightily taking on high mortgages and long commutes to work hoping to find a so-called “good” government school and NO ONE has ever determined if these schools are, indeed, good!
I surely hope you are not practicing engineering like this.