[DTfan]

The same things that go on in public schools go on in private schools too it's just not heard of that much because they keepit underwraps. Home-schooling deprives kids of a social life outside of their parents and siblings...this hurts them in the long-run... could you imagine a kid being homeschooled all his life and then going away to college and being introduced to a completely different enviroment where they MUST be social with others...I imagine that kid would be devastated and although would succeed in the studies maybe but wouldn't succeed at the college life... I imagine they would be the ones who never spoke to anyone and sat in their dorms doing homework all the time and keeping to themselves OR the alternative...not be able to handle the peer pressure to drink and do drugs and TRY to fit in....neither would be healthy situtations with kids... my opinion... public school is the way to go that way the kids unfortunally are introduced to the stuff but know better and they can expand socially and have healthy friendships and relationships.... it seems better than them being sheltered all their life and then being thrown into in head-first instead of gradually being introduced to it.