Homeschooling overall has the potential to be a very good thing,
  even though there are abuses, so long as there are some
  standards. My mother wanted to homeschool me in the 80s. But at
  the time, only "religious nuts" homeschooled. [that's what she
  was told unfortunately]. She wanted me to be a freethinker, get
  away from crappy school environment. No regrets, but knowing a
  number of people that are being successfully homeschooled today,
  the rise of the Internet (once upon a time it did not exist - it
  sucked) and the growing availability of alternative options for
  schooling other than the public school system, I am a fan. In
  this, as much as I think Bill Nye was a great science guy with
  his show and stuff, I think the homeschooling advocates _are_
  ultimately correct in this case. Standardized education can
  *still* be set with state standards, but allowing for
  alternatives at home - or, in my case, it would've been an
  accelerated educational experience. Do *I* care if a homeschool
  here and there decides to go with creationism over evolution? As
  long as they learn ABOUT evolution properly, ,whether they AGREE
  with it doesn't matter to me. I don't want a monolithic
  one-size-fits-all education system even IF I agree with what its
  teaching. We need the variety.

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