[Graymatter]

I had to homeschool myself in spite of a decade of forced attendance at traditional schools where I never learned anything but inhuman patience. I was in sixth grade when I promised myself my kids would never go through that kind of hell.
I did let them get a taste of it and choose freely. They chose homeschooling. Results---kids age 12 who could pass a high school equivalency test with ease.
Incidentally I don't consider them geniuses, or myself a gifted teacher. Though I could be wrong. :)

[wintertime]

I did let them get a taste of it and choose freely. They chose homeschooling. Results---kids age 12 who could pass a high school equivalency test with ease.
Incidentally I don't consider them geniuses, or myself a gifted teacher. Though I could be wrong. :)

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Exactly! You and your children are NORMAL. It is the academically institutionalized child who is academically and socially delayed.