absolutely! I would like to gain dual citizenship with Canada. I wouldn't give up my US citizenship, but I'd like to have dual. It provides more options, and US citizenship is a good thing to have in general in today's world. It opens up work markets, that can otherwise be hard to open. maintaining an EU memberhsip is good for those same reaosns.

the DAESH sub-human animals started this war...against everything moral and decent in the world. Good for twitter!

It really depends on how the homeschooling happens. I have three kids. The two older went through public schools. We moved to Los Alamos (Home of Los Alamos National Laboratories) specifically for the schools.

My two older kids did pretty well K-5 in school. They both liked their teachers and loved science and history. But Middle School crushed them. By the time they went to High School, they had both become anti-intellect, anti-education, anti-reading.

My youngest didn't do well in K or 1st grade. We started home schooling him in 2nd grade. Today, he's in 4th. He knows more about history than just about any adult I know. He is learning to program Java, and Python. He is interested in joining the home school speech and debate team, which is small, but all its members are internationally rated in multiple disciplines. He has joined a Lego engineering club, and is looking forward to the robotics team.

He is well liked, an incredibly happy. He wants to start his own business, and I'll be working with him on a business plan to kick that off.

In short, I'm a fan of homeschooling, provided the parent/s are on-board with projectized learning. Here is a good article from Wired about this:
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/silicon-valley-home-schooling/

It really depends on how the homeschooling happens. I have three kids. The two older went through public schools. We moved to Los Alamos (Home of Los Alamos National Laboratories) specifically for the schools. My two older kids did pretty well K-5 in school. They both liked their teachers and loved science and history. But Middle School crushed them. By the time they went to High School, they had both become anti-intellect, anti-education, anti-reading. My youngest didn't do well in K or 1st grade. We started home schooling him in 2nd grade. Today, he's in 4th. He knows more about history than just about any adult I know. He is learning to program Java, and Python. He is interested in joining the home school speech and debate team, which is small, but all its members are internationally rated in multiple disciplines. He has joined a Lego engineering club, and is looking forward to the robotics team. He is well liked, an incredibly happy. He wants to start his own business, and I'll be working with him on a business plan to kick that off. In short, I'm a fan of homeschooling, provided the parent/s are on-board with projectized learning. Here is a good article from Wired about this: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/s...

I find modern IT job posting to be ridiculous!

From what I've seen, MOST IT groups would benefit less from a candidate who already has "XX" experience with a specific tool, or language, than from someone who takes a methodical approach to problem solving. Someone who isn't afraid to use Google to research answers, who has demonstrated an ability to learn new technologies, or languages quickly.

I wonder if this is an example of what happens when non-techies insert themselves into hiring people to perform tasks they don't really understand.

Experience is good, but inquisitiveness is so much more!

Here is what would make it worth while:
http://www.fromquarkstoquasars...

When astronauts look down on earth from space, they are moved by her beauty and fragility, by the vastness of uninhabitable space that stretches into the distance. If we can give people with influence a glimpse of that perspective, and motivate them to work for humanity's future, that will make it all worth the sacrifice...everything else is merely fluff!

@Dave Knott:

"But the emotional and cultural payoff may be more valuable, helping women be more productive human beings."

Seriously? Are you implying that mothers are not productive human beings, and they they can be productive by having paying jobs? What Evs!