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Like i said previously my experience with kids who were home schooled til they were 16 was that they weren't very comfortable in class, and definitely not around a large group of peers. Like someone else said you can get them into Scouting, or church groups. If you have terrible schools in your area maybe home schooling for elementary years might be beneficial. Once you get to Junior High you start studying some advanced stuff. And once they are doing college prep stuff forget about it, can you really explain how the Reformation help spread the Enlightenment to Northern Europe. Or the effects of the destruction of the Spanish Armada on Imperialism?

You'd be better off working a part time job and sending your kid to a private school.

And once they are doing college prep stuff forget about it, can you really explain how the Reformation help spread the Enlightenment to Northern Europe. Or the effects of the destruction of the Spanish Armada on Imperialism?

Wow, I am trying very hard to not be offended that you would assume that I am either ignorant of these things and/or incapable of communicating to my children the importance of those events. OR that I wouldn't be able to educate myself (you know, taking some classes of my own!) in order to do so, or that my husband would be unable to. That's a pretty large leap to be making.

Public school (or schools in general) are not the be-all end-all of socializing your children. Besides which, I was educated in public schools, and still was uncomfortable with my peers. I didn't shed that until I grew up and went out on my own. Some folks are just naturally shy or introverted and never WILL be comfortable around others.

However, I think we are in danger of hijacking this thread, so if you care to reply, I suggest FReepmail, and I will respond that way as well. :)

can you really explain how the Reformation help spread the Enlightenment to Northern Europe. Or the effects of the destruction of the Spanish Armada on Imperialism

I don't need to. My children can read, and they have library cards. They can check out books that will explain those concepts, and then they can check out more that will discuss whether the Reformation and the Enlightenment were a net gain or loss for humanity, and how ten different authors feel about Imperialism.

A child (or an adult) with good reading comprehension and a library card is a free educational agent, with no restrictions on what he can learn other than his own will. It's the difference between "schooling" as a tool of the state, and Education as the passion of a life.