"Social skills" (as was pointed out in the story) are not something that you want your kids to learn in a public school environment! Home/Unschooled kids will interact with MANY MANY more humans, diverse in age, gender, ethnicity, religion, ability, etc....than will a 9 year old stuck in a room with 35 other nine year olds, expected to sit still and memorize data to be regurgitated in the form of state testing which often traumatizes young children with serious text anxiety that's imposed by the teachers and administrators in the public schools - after all, Little Johnny, we won't get as much funding from the government if you don't make a 100% on this meaningless waste of time three day long test we will administer to you in the second grade...." 😳

#HOMESCHOOL