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  • My wife and I are Christians, but we don't homeschool our kids to keep them shielded. Both of us had a poor education from the public schools and we decided they deserved (much) better. Well, that and she has the temper for it. My son is now 14, he's not socially inept, and could go to college right now with his SAT scores, so it seems to have worked. There is an awful lot of FUD spread about homeschooling.

    Stangely enough, I've heard some Christians denounce homeschooling because they want their kid i

    • Both of us had a poor education from the public schools and we decided they deserved (much) better.

      Heh; I had a great education at our public schools, and I still plan for my kids to be homeschooled. :)

      Stangely enough, I've heard some Christians denounce homeschooling because they want their kid in school so they can evangelize other public school kids.

      Guilty as charged. Although actually I said it against private Christian schooling, not against homeschooling. I don't say it any more.

      Strangely, a large proportion of the opposition to homeschooling comes from religious people.

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      J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
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