[ArGee]

Of the others, all 5 are coming in with deplorable skills.

Are you saying that they have deplorable skills compared to what other government educated kids have?

Homeschoolers, this is worse than it sounds. It's not like they're behind for homeschooling, which I wouldn't be surprised to find 5 out of thousands who weren't up to homeschooling snuff. But these kids aren't even up to 6th grade level for a government school. And as all homeschoolers know, government educated 6th graders have deplorable skills. Often I have wondered if the government schools have anyone watching the kids to make sure education is happening. Whenever I talk to people in the government schools, they don't even seem to think there is a problem.

Anyway, it is definately unusual for any homeschooler to be behind government schooled children. Finding five in one classroom is a real shocker.

But don't worry about their social skills. In homeschools we don't teach them how to have sex, do drugs, carry weapons to school, act rudely, form cliques, etc. I'm not surprised these kids feel out of place in a government school.

Shalom.

[Khepera]

Seems that Thoeting is using the wrong yardstick with which to measure these children’s education level. It could be that the standard that Thoeting is using is substandard in the eyes of the home school parent. Maybe it is something else that the home schoolers value besides Thoeting's requirements. Maybe its not Thoeting's place to judge because of a lack of qualifications to do so. Maybe nothing Thoeting knows is relevant in the face of what the home schooler desires for their children. I find that my dog is severely lacking when I use Thoeting's measuring device however if given the choice "Which to save" or "What’s more valuable" I will choose my dog.