[Boxsford]

I'll have to disagree with you on one point. You said,'The advantage of being in a good public high school is that there are advanced courses available that most parents couldn't teach...'. I could never agree that a good public school has any kind of an advantage over a good homeschool. We have just as many advantages if not more because of the tremendous flexibility that naturally comes in learning at home.

I think you would be amazed at the resourcefulness of homeschooling parents to get those studies for their kids. AP classes as well as college courses are available to homeschoolers via the internet and other sources. It can and has been done.

[ohioWfan]

Yeah, but if I homeschooled my kids, their teacher would be ME in all subjects, and they would ask ME to explain things, and that would be a BIG disadvantage for them! :o)

Now English, Social Studies and the Arts, and we'd be fine!

[ohioWfan]

btw.......I'd like to thank you publicly for engaging in a civil discussion with me about education.

Some of the ugliest, nastiest accusations I have received on FR have come from 'Christians' who hate public schools with such a passion that they try to crush anyone who defends them in any capacity (which is why I rarely venture onto threads of this nature).

The truth is that some of my best friends are homeschoolers, and I know they have prayerfully made the right decision for their children and their circumstances, as have we......