Frank said:
Who is better off to go into the real world at age 18? A person who has been taught by 50 or 60 teachers, most holding a degree in their areas of teaching, or one who says “everything I know I learned from mommy.”
Another canard. VERY few homeschoolers learn everything they know from “Mommy”. They learn from the community of resources available to them. They have mentors throughout the community. They have adults in real world jobs who teach them, give them opportunities and treat them with respect. They use their brains to seek out what they want to know and learn and find the best way to learn it. In other words, they learn how to be respectable, resourceful adaptable, productive people who can fend for them selves.
There are always exceptions, but the hundreds of HS kids I have met in three states (NY, AK, and WI) all fit this mold. I substitute teach in the public schools and spend one day a week at a homeschool co-op. THe HS kids are hands down more ready for life than any of the public school kids I meet.
