[Tim Murphy]

Michael, I think home schooling is very solid. The schooling I got at home was way better than I got in the classroom. My parents were just way smarter and better educated than my teachers. For years now, the National Spelling Bee has been won by a home schooled child. At the same time, there's much to be said for captaining a debate team or running for class president and winning. Frankly, I was very fortunate in the public school education I got. We public school kids were at an awesome disadvantage to the preppies when we got to college, but by sophomore year we caught and passed them.