You must not know many home schooled kids. I have five kids, four of whom either went to or are going to public schools. I know dozens of home schooled kids. The home schooled kids social skills and their ability to hold a conversation without all the ya know, dude, like, and peer pressure baloney that comes from having to constantly perform for the approval of kids your own age is far superior to 95% of the public schooled kids that I come across. Were it not for athletics - in which home schooled kids are not allowed to participate even though their parents pay for them - my kids would not be in the public schools. The other day, the head of the English Department told my 12th grade daughter's class to go to moveon.org if they wanted to know "what was going on." They are reading "1984" and supposedly Bush's NSA spying program epitomizes what Orwell was talking about. Last night, at a basketball game, I sat and listened (and then spoke up) as a group of teachers and administrators were yukking it up about Chaney's hunting accident.
By the way, every homeschooled kid that I know has excelled as an adult. Many that I know have started their own businesses or gone on to college and excelled and then become great employess or successful business people.
Our public school is rated as one of the top public schools in the state of Ohio. I coach a number of sports there so I am exposed to teachers, administrators and students all the time. The public schools, even the good ones, are failing and if the parochial schools in your community are inferior to the public schools, they must be pathetic. I would have to see it to believe it.
By the way, I have no doubt that these teachers and administrators that I'm talking about are evolutionists and wholeheartedly support the Democratic candidates in every race - from dog catcher to President.
Your experience in one Ohio community cannot be extrapolated as the norm for the rest of the country.