Oh yes Jonathan a different one, what a brilliant statement by someone how must have a vast knowledge of that damn Yankee home schooling system. Unfortunately for u ur wrong because of ur broad generalization. now I'm sure u make ur assertion based on the only news to come out of hmschooling in the US is stories about fundamentalist who have brain washed their children through hmschooling. But to sum up how we as Americans use this alternative to how it is used across the Atlantic as we r draconian and u all r so much more advanced in ur use is insulting. I'm sure there are Just as many in the UK who use it on religious grounds as there are americans who use it because of philosophical difference. I live in Los Angeles one of the most disfunctional educational institutions around which is y I and many of my friends were hmschooled. What's ur expertise?