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My sis homeschooled her 4 little ones until middle school. The oldest 3 are in college, the youngest graduates high school this year. I wish I had her patience and ability. She did a great job home schooling them. At first I thought her kids would turn out to be social morons, but they are the most normal kids I know.
My sis-in-law started homeschooling last year after the teacher made fun of my nephew in front of the entire class for being a slow reader. She complained, they banned her from coming to the school, so she withdrew her 2 kids. I really thought she would suck at being a teacher since when she stayed home with them as pre-schoolers she would just plop them in front of the tv. But now that she has a mission (to educate) she does great with them. Turns out my nephew was even farther behind in school then they thought; the public school was just letting him pass through. He's 12 and reads at an 9 year old level because no one would help him, they'd just give him Cs and let him go to the next grade.
I don't think the family in the article did anything wrong to have this law enforced (I'm purely speculating) but probably they pissed someone off.
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