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[GenXer]

I agree with you about accountability. I can not agree at all with this: "Humans are lazy creatures and very few possesses these traits. "

Please read John Taylor Gatto's book, The Underground History of American Education System (I provided a link above - but you can buy it on Amazon for cheap).

Everybody is curious and everybody has the capacity to learn. If you place them in the right environment that is, and that doesn't cost much at all. I believe that many kids lose the ability by school age. When they are born kids have the capacity. I'm afraid that by the time they are 2 or 3 they may lose it because it is not developed properly. Doesn't mean they have to get 'schooling' when they are that young, but it does take parental involvement to develop it (and no TV). Many kids lose this ability because it is not developed, and this is why we see complete disinterest. On the other hand, most homeschooled kids develop this ability, and can therefore benefit immensely by the online resources.

I listed the brick and mortar ones just to illustrate that they are available to anybody who seeks them, but of course we plan to use online resources when the kids are a bit older. Kids DO need to interact with other kids (though not in age or otherwise restricted classrooms), and especially with other kids who are eager to learn new things. You are exactly right though - there are entire high school curricula online if anybody wants to use them (we probably will not). I prefer that kids go into the world and take classes with other people (preferably much older), so that they develop good communication skills.

[Boston ITer]