I understand where you are coming from, however, not every public school is like that and there is always other alternatives. I would have no problem with homeschooling if there were more strict guidelines, or any for that matter. Some states require the homeschooling parent to hand in quarterly progress reports and require a curriculum to be followed (such as NY), other states all you have to do is give notice that the child will be attending homeschool and that's it. If there was some sort of preventative measures in place to assure that the child is actually learning and is in a stable environment, I would feel alot better about homeschooling. However, that isn't the case. Sure, there are public schools out there that is a travesty, but I have heard of kids falling through the cracks way too many times when attending school at home. Not to mention that 95% of the homeschooled kids I have met have zero social skills. Fortunately, these kids were actually recieved a proper education, so thats a good thing, but when it came to relating to their peers they had no clue where to even begin.