Quote:They do, and I have no idea how this family manages to keep flying under the radar. Their 12 year old daughter gave me a birthday card last year, and the handwriting and spelling could have been done by a first grader. I felt so sorry for that child.

I would bet there is a lot of this in home schooled kids, but I also believe there are some that do well...I personally know a family that home schooled 3 of their kids and they did very well on the state tests and all went on to college...While I believe you are correct in your statements, it's only fair to assume there are also good results as well...I know you didn't claim there weren't, which brings me to wonder what the percentage of home schooled kids finish higher than traditionally schooled students, and how many are subpar...That would be an interesting statistic...I would think the likelihood of being above traditionally schooled students would depend on the method used by the parent

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