The longer I’m in the workforce, the more apparent it becomes that 18 years of schooling did much less than it could have to prepare me for the real world.

Talk about a sub-optimal ROI.

So I’m strongly considering home schooling my children.

Have you explored this route? Thoughts?

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I was homeschooled through High School. It is not a panacea - results can vary greatly based on the parents, community, and child.

Fortunately we had a very large local community of families and many social activity options, but not all kids have that opportunity, and some kids can be socially or academically stunted.

For me personally, although being homeschooled meant I did much better than I likely would have otherwise in certain fields of study, other topics were severely distorted due to the personal or religious beliefs of teachers and parents, so catching up to my peers was required once I went off to college & the real world

this sounds exactly like my cousins' experience (choice of home school was driven heavily by religious considerations)

- one went to a tiny Christian college, then had a slightly secret double life
- one went to a massive public university, got exposed to life without having all the tools yet, had to learn quick