Someone might want to mention that New Super Mario Bros. doesn't work with the precompiled Dolphin, you've gotta compile the latest build for this game to make it past the title screen. So there, I mentioned it.

Unschooler seven years, Elijah, age 7

Example: I know at least one guy with a High School Diploma, who can't read. My Unschooler, reads better than his schooled friends, with no formal reading program whatsoever. Hey, Elijah, can you read me this is about as formal as we get :)

Unschooler seven years, Elijah, age 7

Agreed, but discipline doesn't just come from kindergarten and drill Seargents. You can have some at home too :)

Unshcooler seven years, Elijah age seven.

Sorry, but there comes a time when there's just no getting around the fact that you have to sit at a desk and do some fucking work.

I'd like to raise a child who thinks there are options other than those :)

Unschooler seven years, of Elijah, age seven.

I agree with you to an extent, but I think you are misunderstanding what unschooling is. It is a rejection of the structure and content of the public schools, but its not a rejection of all authority. We are quite strict about the amount of time Elijah spends on math vs, on video games, for example. A large percentage of human knowledge is quite painful to learn. There seems to be no way around forcing the multiplication tables; however, there are plenty of subjects that require no forcing whatsoever, and benefit greatly from removing the authority figure. Take literature for example, there is no worse pain than reading a book you hate, as there is no greater pleasure in reading a book you love.

Unschooler seven years, of Elijah, age seven. I've heard this particular argument a lot, funny thing is, I don't remember school being all that much of a social experience. In fact, I recall not being allowed to speak to other students at all for most of the day. . . Anyhow, (better) social experiences can be had elsewhere. We use the Boys and Girls club personally, but I can imagine that the YMCA, the local corner karate class, or the skate park down the street would be equally effective in instructing our youth in the swearing and witty comebacks required for a healthy social existance.

Unchooler 7 years of Elijah, age 7

You've stuck on the single biggest advantage to homeschooling in general there. One-Six (grandparents) teachers per kid, as apposed to 30 kids per teacher. This means if we have problems in fractions, we work on fractions. Our teaching strategy is tailored to just one person. Elijah is not held up by others deficiencies, nor is he responsible for holding others up. This has tremendous repercussions for self-confidence, not to mention his rate of progression.

2: one 1080p 120hz 60 inch DLP for the Nvidia 3d glasses, and one 11 foot wide 1080p projector for movies and splitscreen console games.

Surprised that with all the outrage on here, exactly none is directly where it ought to be, at the school system itself. If you send your children to a prison society, this is what will happen to them. No surprise there. Not for this reason specifically, but for many many many others, my son has never seen the inside of a school building, and won't until college.

Save yourself the pain and suffering of input lag, dropped connections, battery swapping, and start up time (as the wireless device pops out of standby), and just get yourself a good ole usb extension cable and repeater. This goes double or triple if you intend to play any games at all on the TV. For just clicking on an mkv file, a wireless device will do you. But it will do you poorly.