I grew up at a small college, and you could always pick the home-schooled kids out of the crowd. I said this in an earlier reply, but I agree that school is in

I grew up at a small college, and you could always pick the home-schooled kids out of the crowd. I said this in an earlier reply, but I agree that school is inefficient at education, but I'd argue that's not what the benefit of school is. School is about learning the social skills to succeed in life as an independent adult. That skill helps with learning later. Unfortunately, the reverse is not true: Intelligence is no guarantee to cross the social bridge.