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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I don't think I've ever read a middle school case here that did not involve lottery success, private or moving. I'm sure it happens, but it doesn't seem to fit the demo that posts here.[/quote]

We are home schooling a high schooler (who turned down school without walls) and a middle schooler, and not for religious reasons.  We try not to tell anyone because people look at us as if we have grown two heads. We both went to great colleges, one JD and one PhD, have self motivated bright kids and their response has been amazing. Friends not so much.  You would think our education would reassure them that we know what we can teach and what we have to outsource.

In the age of Khan Academy, Duo Linguo, Crash Courses, PSAT, SAT, and AP prep books, plus online courses at CTY and EPGY (run by Stanford), and flexible work schedules and the ability to work from home, some parents can actually do this.  Maybe not many.  But our kids are happy and I really am dumbfounded by the responses we get from friends and family who think we are "otherwise" such sensible people, and are somehow going to put our children at a severe academic and social disadvantage.

So much of school is a waste of time, our kids have friends from other activities, much more time to pursue their passions, and have moved more quickly in some areas than they would at any school.  Plus we can teach subjects that they would not learn until college that are important to us or interesting to them, like the history of the country they come from, whatever current events they are interested in, sufficient basic concepts to conduct an anthropological analysis of the world around us....  Already have confirmation that we are not flailing completely - oldest has gotten 5s on 3 AP exams, including AP Calculus AB, doing BC and Physics C now.  And these days kids who are home schooled actually can even get into the Ivies, although I have to say we don't care much about that.

Both went to a wonderful WOTP ES.  We still have kids there.  Once they are done at some point we may move to VA eventually for the in-state options.  We have a few years yet.  Unfortunately tied down here because of work, otherwise we would pick up and become residents of California for colleges.

*Very impressed, pp.  Stick to your guns.  Am seriously considering home school for MS from Cap Hill because I don't like any of my options, including those with lottery luck.   We also have a JD and PhD.  Thanks for the inspiration.

Just wanted to offer a different option from the same demo (which is why I guess everyone we know thinks we are raving lunatics).  Why quarrel with happy kids, especially teens?[/quote][/quote]

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