So, before I go and get some sleep, what are we saying here? That the people who do well at school or put in hours of practice and hard work are to be decried because they followed the 'norm', whatever that is? That having an unkown percentage of gifted geniuses who were outside the standard educational system somehow proves that everyone who is home schooled is more likely to be gifted than those who do well in standard education? Just where is this line of reasoning taking us?

Let me state once again that no-one. apart from one person. is saying that one type of schooling is better than another. They are complimentary (or is it complementary? Lack of schooling for you...)What started off as a reasonable question has become, once again, a vehicle for tilting at windmills.

Cheers

DeG