Comment by ChrisMarshallNY

I grew up overseas. My K-12 was a hodgepodge of schools and tutors all over the world.

I am also "on the spectrum," which means that I'm a bully magnet (much better, these days, but it lasted far beyond grade school).

Had a number of other issues, that came to a head, when I was 18.

Dropped out of school, basically, in 11th grade, and got my GED, a bit before I would have graduated, if I had stayed.

Most of my education after that, was a redneck tech school, OJT, home experimenting, and a whole bunch of seminars and focused tech classes. Couple of math classes in college.

I did OK, but a hell of a lot of others, with similar backgrounds, did not.

I am ambivalent about homeschooling. I think it may do well, for some people, and not, for others. I know that there's a "Little Nazi" homeschooling program that's popular with the bedsheets-as-a-uniform crowd, but it might be possible to get a far better education, at home, than the best prep school could give you.