  GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS by James W. Harris Homeschooled Adults Are Better Citizens "Politics and government are too complicated to understand. " Amazingly, more than *one out of three* adult Americans who were educated in government schools answered "Yes" to that question on a recent survey. However, only 4% of adults who had been homeschooled answered "Yes. " That's just one of the remarkable findings of a newly-published survey of over 7,000 adults, conducted by the National Home Education Research Institute. Homeschooled children have already shown impressive academic achievements when compared to their government-schooled counterparts. However, critics of homeschooling have sometimes charged that homeschooling could produce children who were not properly "socialized" and were so alienated from mainstream society that they would not, or could not, take part in community and political affairs. This new survey -- the largest of its kind ever conducted -- blows that theory out of the water. It found that adults who were homeschooled are far more active in political, community and charitable matters than the general population. Among the findings: * 14% of homeschooled adults ages 18-24 have worked for a candidate, party, or cause -- compared to 1% of their age group in the general population. * 76% of homeschooled adults (ages 18-24) have voted in the last five years, compared to 29% of government-schooled adults of the same age.
* 95% of homeschooled adults (ages 25-39) voted in the last five years, compared to 40% of that age group in the general population. * 71% take part in community service (e.g., coaching a sports team, volunteering at a school, or working with a church or neighborhood association) compared to 37% of the general population. * Homeschoolers went on to achieve on average a higher level of college education than their government-schooled peers.
More, the homeschooled adults surveyed overwhelmingly said they were happy and pleased with the experience, and a majority would homeschool their own children. I will likely be joining such folks. I homeschool I love it I plan on doing the same with my children. I am not an antisocial guy at least not in my opinion or anyone I have spoken to this week which is quite alot. ANd I am definetly interested in government and politics as well as my community and plan on voting as often as I can. The above article was taken from an issue of the online newsletter The liberator by the advocates for self government. 
