I'm not surprised at the numbers. I was homeschooled, and my sister is homeschooled. I'm dyslexic, dysgraphic, been diagnosed with ADHD and even now in college I get A's and B's where as when I spent time in public school I got almost straight C's. My sister recently recieved a 32 on her ACT test. It doesn't take away from social skills either, it improves them in a lot of cases in my opinion. I have a friend with a rare form of autism. He's got a job working with politicians and at a resteraunt because his parents worked with him on developing social skills. The reason homeschooling improves students so well is because if focuses on what they NEED to learn. That is they don't waste time on what the student already knows, but spend more time on what they are struggling with. This can likely double learing speed if done correctly. The other thing to keep in mind is that parents care about there child's education and will work with them more than a teacher will. Even the most compassionate teacher cannot work with a student like their parent can.
Needlesstosay there are a lot of perks to homeschooling.
Interesting. See, I know a lot of homeschoolers in my life that are challenged in one way or another, and it seems to me like home education prevents them from getting emotionally locked up or neglected for being slow. And so many dyslexics can become better than average readers given the chance with the right learning environment. But how can that be done in a crowded classroom, or by making the kid go to "special" class, thus putting labels of limitation on them? :idunno:
You mean too much emotion for public school?
It's good to have passion, and then direct that passion like a laser beam for your calling. We shouldn't all express ourselves in exactly the same way, and that means we won't all learn the same way.
I'd love to see a study showing how many homeschoolers end up on the cutting entrepreneurial edge of business life. I would guess it's true that they are self employed more often because homeschoolers have minds accustomed to being free to explore and create, and they often pursue an adult life as unconventional as their educational environment.
Once an autodidact, always an autodidact.