It's a common stereotype: Homeschoolers miss out on so many opportunities by not attending regular schools, such as socializing with other kids and participating in sports. Try telling that to the members of the 300 teams competing in the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships in Oklahoma City:
- Only a decade ago, home-school athletics was considered little more than organized recess for children without traditional classrooms. Now, home-school players are tracked by scouts, and dozens of them have accepted scholarships to colleges as small as Blue Mountain in Mississippi and as well known as Iowa State.
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What upsets me is that we even consider the idea of "socialization" when it comes to school in the first place. This is such a subjective idea and it bothers me even when Christian homeschoolers make this argument in defense of homeschooling. I mean, this was the argument made by John Dewey and Horace Mann. Socialization is the whole point of public schools; even the Marxists openly admit this. Besides, when your children are around other children that care very little about your beliefs, it begins to rub off in their actions.
And as for California, well, at least they were honest when the court released it's opinion: their goal is to train (or socialize) children to be loyal to the state.
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