For three years in a a row, NEA, I gave you my little boy and asked you to teach him math. They would do a test the first week of school and he would finish all the requirements of that grade in that first week and sit there bored for the other 9 months. Now he is home with me, learning high school geometry. And no gangbanger kids are sitting next to him, giving him details from life in the hood. You HAD your chance!
Last year, my 8 year old daughter got to hear all about sex at lunch time from little boys sitting next to her.
I started pulling her out at lunch time. I knew her teacher, and I knew that crap wasn't being tolerated in the classroom.
Now my daughters are in a private school. We looked into homeschooling, but decided on private school. One of my daughters is special needs, and she's the one that I may need to homeschool. She needs more sleep than other kids, and it makes it very hard for her to go to school early in the morning. A flexible schedule would be great for her.