<p>Being employed in public education for 25 years I can tell you that where you child receives their education isn’t nearly as important as the home they grow up in. Yes you have much more control over curriculum and the quaility of teaching by homeschooling (if the person doing the homeschooling is a good teacher) but you can’t possibly duplicate the variety of experiences (good & bad) presented through schools. Tolerance for differences and the experience of being under the power of someone you may not respect or like (coach or teacher) can be invaluable later in professional life. In our state homescholers are not allowed to play on school sport teams. A bad teacher or a couple of bad kids aren’t going to ruin your childs educational experience if the homelife is strong…in some cases it can be benifical.</p>