<p>Dear Arjun,
Back when I first started homeschooling my sons, about 18 years ago, the first question everyone asked was, “Is that legal?” Attitudes have changed greatly since then. Now most people I meet know someone who homeschools and usually look upon it quite favorably. </p>
<p>Homeschoolers have many opportunities through homeschool groups, community groups, and even the public schools. In our state, homeschoolers may take part in sports, debate, music, and various competitions through the public schools. Some of the activities my sons did included Boy Scouts, church groups, community sports teams, middle school and high school basketball and tennis, Science Bowl, band and musical competitions.</p>
<p>There are many ways of homeschooling. Some people follow a strict schedule, using textbooks. Others homeschool more informally, using a variety of materials and methods. And some “unschool,” letting the student follow his or her interests as the student chooses.</p>
<p>Homeschoolers attend all the same colleges as any other students, including the top colleges in the nation. My older son graduated from Stanford last year.</p>
<p>And Justinian, be nice. The poster said he is from India, so some imperfections in spelling are perfectly understandable.</p>