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I know LOTS of people that home-school.

Some do it because of behavioral issues with their kids, some do it because of moral issues with the public curricula, some do it because they think the public schools are too academically lax. If you think that homeschooling is a parent waking up in the morning and saying: "Today we're going to learn about biology. We're taking a tour of the Anheuser-Busch brewery to learn about yeast...", you are very wrong. They must have their kids pass the appropriate state and federal tests appropriate for their grade-level. There is a whole industry of home-school materials, including lesson plans, textbooks, workbooks, tests and so on. Most of the people I know that home-school have a room in their house that is the "classroom", and they work with other home-schooling parents to coordinate field trips, tests, and other activities.

I'm kind of torn on the issue myself. I think the liberal education system loads curricula with politically-charged content--trying to indoctrinate the kids young when they are not mature enough to think for themselves. On the other hand, I think learning how to interact with other kids is vital to a child's development.

So your choices are either misguided kids or socially inept kids. I don't know which is better (or worse).

That being said, I am 100% convinced that this is NONE of the government's business. Parent's should have absolute authority on how to raise their kids. Thank God this kooky idea would never fly in Illinois with all of the Amish here...