[dasboot]

Nope! Homeschooled my kids eight years. I gave them their diplomas: I knew what they were capable of...and so did the colleges that accepted them, when those schools looked at their SAT's (voluntarily taken) and the scores on their entrance-battery exams (also voluntarily). Big secret: colleges quietly recruit homeschoolers.

A lot of musicians graduate from music school with degrees; but, aside from teaching positions, they are NEVER asked to produce diplomas at audition: it's "Can you PLAY, man?"

Next time you're on a cruise ship, go up at the bridge: look for the blond with the gold stripes on her shoulders and ask her is her dad is "dasboot". Then ask to see her highschool diploma!

[Bella_Bru]

You couldn't pay me to take a cruise. I really do not need a stomach virus.

However, you said they took SATs and college entrance exams. Would you have made a fuss if they were told they had to? That may the difference between accredited schools and the non-accredited (Bob Jones U).

[Bella_Bru]

However, you still need a GED to get into the military. They went back to that in '89 or '90 I believe.