Older students and the liberal arts

[FinancialWorld]

OK people, I'm in favor of homeschooling, thinking for yourself, etc etc., but this whole übermensch thing is just ridiculous. Homeschoolers are not inherently better, nor does being taught to think for yourself mean that you are not going to ever fall into a trap. I think that a lot of homeschooling people, in trying to teach their kids to think for themselves, only succeed in making them think exactly like them. Not all kids that went to public school are mindless drones. Homeschoolers are not the saviours of the universe, in fact there are a lot of really serious issues with the entire mindset of the generation (narcissism, anyone?)

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I agree, and I didn't mean to make it sound the other way. But homeschoolers do tend to outscore public schoolers by 2.5x (I don't know if I'm in that crowd :o ), and are usually above their grade level. OK, I'm stopping now because I've now switched the subject matter of this thread. Sorry :o