It's funny because NONE of the homeschool kids I know fit this profile. My daughter is growing into something along the lines of a "South Park Republican" and my son is turning into the Great White Hunter.
Last month my daughter (12) entered public school for the first time in 6 years. She's one grade level ahead of her age group, the smallest one in her class and fits in with the other kids socially just fine. She growls at the boys for swearing in front of the little kids, sits giggling with friends at lunch and grumbles over homework. All-in-all, she's a normal, good kid.
Next year she'll be back home to start highschool (she doesn't want to "piddle around" with it) and she'll have friends that she'll meet at the mall or the pool. Homeschool kids are not "freaks". Most of them are normal kids who have access to a better-than-average education and aren't subjected to the Lord of the Flies environment quite as much.
(I don't want to repeat what she had to say about this article! lol!)
"and aren't subjected to the Lord Of the Flies environment quite as much"-
As I wiped the Samuel Adams lager off my monitor, I realized that your description of the publik skewls was the best, and funniest, I'd ever seen . Kudos!