[richmwill]

I agree. I'm also all for homeschooling, if the parent has a solid grasp of the core aspects of education. I once heard a friend of mine- very nice lady, but not the sharpest knife in the drawer by any means- proclaim "I'm gonna homeschool my kid", and I shuddered over that child's future.

[Mrs. Don-o]

One of the best things about homsechooling is the way kids can become the advocates and architects of their own learning. It's been almost 40 years since I took Algebra, and I honestly remembered almost none of it. But did #1 son languish in ignorance, waiting to be tube-fed by a "professional"? Not at all. He taught himself Algebra I and did a splendid job of it.

And there are tons of teaching resources and entire counses available for free on the Internet. You should see what they've got in foreign languages! Maravillosa!