I'll have one more try to get the thread back on track. Home Schooling is not for everyone. Neither is mainstream schooling. As the proportion of people who are home schooled is far less than those in mainstream education, the number of people who are adversely affected by home education is significantly less than those who are adversely affected by mainsteam schools. Please not that I specificaly quote PROPROTIONS here. I am not saying that the percentage of children who do not fit in to mainstream is higher than those who loose out by being eductated at home. I do not know what the figures are but I would suspect that someone out there will tell us. Whether we can rely on any figures quoted, unless backed up by genuine evidence, is entirely up to yourselves.

One bit of anecdotal experience. At school I was 'blessed with the gift of Asthma'. Yes, I am using that phrase ironicaly. It meant I was crap at sports and never picked for teams. Until that is I discovered I could do fast sprints with lots of rest between down the right wing of the Rugby League pitch. I played for the school team betwen the ages of 13 and 15. We won the interschools championship and regional finals. Had I have been taken out of sdchool, a distinct possibility at one time, I don't think I would ever have experienced the thrill of winning a competetion. Just me. Just anectdotal.

Cheers

DeG

BTW - FolkieDave. Your analysis of why I am not supporting someone else was spot on:-)