Should Homeschooling Be Banned?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yes. Have you ever met someone who was homeschooled?

Yes. She's a mathematics and chemistry double major with an English minor who's an artist and a fencer and knows more about Kant and Hegel than anybody else I've ever met. We're all a little in awe of her. She's had a cold for the past few days and I hope she feels better soon.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Yes. Have you ever met someone who was homeschooled?

Yes. She's a mathematics and chemistry double major with an English minor who's an artist and a fencer and knows more about Kant and Hegel than anybody else I've ever met. We're all a little in awe of her. She's had a cold for the past few days and I hope she feels better soon.

Hah.  Creepy!

How so?

(I should clarify that I don't by any means think that this friend of mine is some sort of generalized vindication of all homeschooling, but...well, Napoleon asked.)

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

People would be perfectly free to maintain their religion. However, Schools should be secular- religious schools indoctrinate folks.

That particular argument makes very little sense as one of the - perfectly legitimate - purposes of schools is to indoctrinate.

Religious schools indoctrinate folks with doctrines of which Sol disapproves, obviously. Totally different, you see.