MrSelfish, Exactly. The problem is that the school system teaches them NOT to think and to NOT to use reason. They teach them the things they must, "the three Rs", and the rest of the time is spent teaching them to be collectivists and, at least in Clark County, NV, doing worthless fundraisers (which of course have a collectivist bent to them.) All the while, implementing more and more policies that keep the parents at curb's length. We had finally had it and withdrew our kids, having no clue where to start guiding their learning. We found out very quickly that teaching them to learn is a very simple, albeit long process. Atlas Shrugged, We The Living and The Fountainhead will be part of their curriculum when they get a little older, but I am the PARENT and it is my job to raise them as I see fit. In the meantime, we will teach them HOW to learn and HOW to reason and detox them from the collectivism. I am not a huge fan of homeschooling, it's HARD to do it right. It's tough to work it into the schedule of a dual income family with a gaggle of children. I was just a parent who had had enough of politicians and their sidekicks deciding what my children were learning...whether it agreed with my outlook or not.

exactly