Actually there is some middle ground called democratic schools. I believe in most parts of the world their legal status is that of homeschooling. In theory, the

Actually there is some middle ground called democratic schools. I believe in most parts of the world their legal status is that of homeschooling. In theory, these schools shoudl optimize for the aspects of schools children like and stimulate interest rather than boring drill. In practice, however, I doubt it works well for everybody.