I was home schooled, and I have also been a teacher in the private school setting for a number of years. I am convinced that the number one (and perhaps only) t

I was home schooled, and I have also been a teacher in the private school setting for a number of years. I am convinced that the number one (and perhaps only) thing an education should provide are the skills necessary to teach oneself. Literacy, critical thinking and a love for knowledge. If you can instill your child with these, they have all the tools necessary to eclipse your own understanding of subjects that you aren't personally knowledgeable about. I would consider my k-12 math education to be something of a failure of my own making, but I have always been able to teach myself the math that I need to know as the practical need for it arises because I was taught how to learn.