Homeschoolers are provided a step by step curriculum and many have to pass annual state tests. Most homschooled children perform better than their public school peers. If you could see what is going on in the public schools today I'd bet you would change your tune. Saying Merry Christmas is taboo but any other religious salutation is fine. If my kids were school aged there is no way I'd let them attend. The liberal, secularist agenda is way too prominent and I live in a rural area. I can't imagine what the cities must be like.
What they aren't provided with is a liberal mindwashing. That's a problem for lefties.
Off on another tangent: This is one of my pet peeves.
I'm not Jewish, but if someone says Happy Hannukah (sp?) to me, I don't interpret it as a direct attack.
"Merry Christmas" does not mean "Convert or die." I make a point of NEVER saying "Happy Holidays."