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You can get chemicals very cheap if you know where to look, although the government probably think I'm making a bomb or something.
Physics the basic principals can be shown very easily if you need that sort of visual aid and the rest is mostly theory anyway.
Biology, lab work is rather important here, so get rabbits fish etc (not processed one's) and open them up to examine.

Well wood work, you get a lump of wood and a sharp knife and carve, or you can make benches tables etc, just using a saw and a few screws and nails, or glue if you dont want the screw / nail head to show, although there are ways round this most of the time, maybe some varnish to finish it off, make some nice edges with a router, (not the LAN kind.)

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I'm not saying that his education is deficient, I'm saying that it doesn't matter.
Im not speaking of people when they are 40. hopefully you have learned society by then, but at 15-20 you lack the societal (i think I made up that word) upbringing to fully nuture the gift that is being a teenager.

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*Small grin to self* It's certainly an interesting time, a gift however, hmm, well in a way I suppose it is, a little extra time to get become accustomed to life has always been welcome, It doesn't really need nurturing though, it just happens all you can do is sit back, enjoy the ride and try not to stick you're head out the window (make a life altering screw up.)

You know how old you feel however, when you see all those people going off to war and think, "my god there just children."

Edit:
You cant say it doesnt matter unless you have a home educated Hawking to compare him with.

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I like having gone to public schools (well, Department of Defense schools, but not much of a difference there). I met many people who were unlike those who I interacted in my neighborhood, such as people who couldn't speak English well, people with less money than sense, people with more money than sense, rich kids, popular kids, stupid kids, kids who were smart but had never gotten any help and so were ignorant, or even afraid, of their intelligence. I taught a Vietnamese kid on my bus how to read. This helped prepare me for interaction with society at large. As a military officer, it allows me to more easily interact with those unlike myself, allowing common bonds to form that improve morale and effectiveness. I tried homeschooling in third grade, but I hated it, for I am a social creature. I feel that most homeschooled kids lose the chance at a diverse and strange environment, which makes them less adaptable.

Re: Home schooling for and against, (continuation of discussion in "Dating" thread.)
 

Which Dod schools did you go to?