"So, please, don't give me this shite about Home Ed parents all being nutters, abusers, thickos, who can't add 2 and 2 together."

You need to re-read ALL of the above posts. Not one person has stated that.

"Why the hell have you all given up, because 'someone' decided that only an 'official' teacher can teach!"

Who has given up? Why the histrionics?

Do you home school your children? Fine. It is a legal and perfectly acceptable option. Again - read the posts above.

I didn't. But I was deeply involved in my son's education, the school's activities, day to day classroom events. I supervised the homework and integrated his lessons into our daily life. I taught when he needed a different approach in order to comprehend a concept.

Recently, a young man who had been home schooled went on a murder spree and killed several people. He was angry at his mother and pastor who kept such tight control of him that he had no privacy. He couldn't read a book or magazine without their approval. he could not watch TV. His CD collection was confiscated and destroyed.

No one here is saying that this is the norm for home schooling. Your overly dramatic pictures of desperately unhappy children plodding to abusive public schools and home again to disinterested parents is also not the norm.

To get back to the original post - I don't and didn't home school. I know many parents who do and to a man (woman) it is a difficult task which they take very seriously. Some have strong religious convictions and simply do not want their children exposed to contrary teachings. Some have leanring disabled children who were getting lost in the system. All the children are well educated and normal in every sense. Those who also had interaction with other children in a school setting seemed (Iam not an expert) better adjusted and more social.