Home schooling in CA

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I agree on the God stuff, but I have a hard time imagining that even those people can't turn out a kid more educated than he/she would be in a public school.

As a homeschooler, with a lot of homeschooling friends, I'm somewhat biased on this issue (as are all of us, apparently). I think the vast majority of the time a homeschooling parent is more concerned about thier child's education than a public schooling parent. I mean, you have to be. Homeschooling is tons of work, and I see why some don't want to do it.

I don't think you need to remember all the subjects that a school teaches in order to homeschool. You relearn things as you go, you get tutors or join co-ops for the things that you aren't great with, etc. I think the reality is that most homeschoolers will be much more advanced in some subjects and less in others than their public schooled peers. It isn't the sort of education that fits in a box like public school does. I, for one, think that's a good thing.