It's unfortunate...

[Dark Jaguar]

I'll say nothing on dropping government funded schools completely, oh what the heck, I completetly disagree with that manuever. Would have worked, and in fact did work, in the PAST when everything one needed to know about a future career in farming could be learned from the parents, but today? Nuh uh... The government needs to have education centers JUST as much as national security. At this point it's become their job, though for obvious reasons I fully support a person's right to seek education at places OTHER than what the government gives us. I fully support private schools as well. I'll tell you this. Before I started going to a private school, I really wasn't learning all that much. I would occasionally play catch up by going SLOWER than my classmates. Do the math, that doesn't add up! However, an accredited private school (unaccredited schools, don't go there, as it's very easy to get accredited and if they aren't, well that says something about the quality if they can't even get rated as high as public school), like what I went to for the last years of school, REALLY learned me some booksmarts fasterer. Speaking from personal experience, a private school, properly run that is, is FAR superior to public school, and for those who can afford it (I was very lucky as I wasn't exactly in a well off situation, but managed to get a nice deal struck as far as payment for that goes), I highly recommend NOT using Public School in favor of it. Public Schools are overcrowded as is, no need for those who can afford to both do something about it AND better their child's education to make the problem worse.

Home schooling, well, mixed bag... On the one hand, if your parents are the type who would suddenly home school you on YOUR request, I'm wondering how good a job they will actually do. On the other hand, proper home schooling could actually be the best of all, as the distraction of other classmates is eliminated. Social skills are overrated, just ask Bill Gates.