[Fraulein]

One of my closest friends was home-schooled from kindergarten through the 8th grade (after that she attended a private, all-girl Catholic high school). Without a doubt she is one of the most interesting, most informed, and most well-read people that I know. She was awarded a full academic scholarship to study at Notre Dome, and, after that, she received a graduate fellowship at Vanderbilt University.

[pcl]

Both of my daughters were homechooled. They never attended a day of public school. One daughter was given a full scholarship to Stanford. The other daughter was offered the same but is choosing UC Santa Cruz.

Stanford, the US Military Acadamies, MIT and many other colleges actually seek out homeschoolers. They are more open minded, more curious, more serious about learning, have a boarder education and are better socially adjusted then puiblic school children.

That last one, social adjustment, comes as big surprise to many people not familiar with homeschooling.