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Southhamptoner, you said: "Home-schooling : perfect for turning your kids into hateful, idiotic puppets without social skills or, apparently, ethics of any kind."
Can I say the same thing about every rotten person who went to public school? I could, I guess, but it would be just as baseless and thoughtless.
Most of the many, many homeschooled kids I know (how many do you know, btw?), are thoughtful, independent, and generally compassionate.
Or you look it up yourself. There's an informative article here:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0838/is_131/ai_n14810506
It describes studies which reflect well on the average homeschooler.