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I have a friend who homeschools. His son is articulate and personable, to a greater degree than many of his conventionally schooled agemates.
I had the same reservations about homeschooling, largely perpetrated by seeing the freakazoids who make it to the finals of the National Spelling Bee. The more I look into it, the better it all becomes. It does require extremely dedicated parents, and a motivated kid. without that, the whole system breaks down.
I have a lot of issues with the way things are now taught in the schools ... the dumbing down of America distresses me greatly, as does the school system taking on the role of moral educator and parent — one step away from "The state is mother, the state is father."
In the event that I ever reproduce, I'll be homeschooling.
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