All valid and succinct points in my opinion. I've always entertained the idea of travelling the world if/when I have a kid, and using exploration as a means of

All valid and succinct points in my opinion. I've always entertained the idea of travelling the world if/when I have a kid, and using exploration as a means of instruction. I've always found that passion is the most important thing, regardless of subject. So why do we teach subjects and hope that passion follows? I'd rather explore passions, and let the subjects become known within that passion. Take programming as a prime example: Most programmers who are passionate about the craft, use self learning and interest to fuel their development. While you could argue that they might miss some fundamentals such as Database design if they don't like DB work, or even CSS if they're not into web development, it doesn't matter because we all know in our hearts that if they're passionate about a certain realm within the industry, they'll most likely do OK. Why don't we teach this? I've never understood the stigma associated with home schooling. The main argument against it is that the child won't learn fundamental life skills. So what about living? Won't that teach life skills? If someone said I need to teach arithmetic to a child because they need to learn how to handle money, Why can't I just teach them how to handle money? School in my opinion is an abstraction that isn't necessary anymore. A relic of the industrial age, when information was sparse and communities were largely illiterate. Now we have mostly literate communities with an abundance of information at our finger tips. Considering that the ability to learn no is largely in the domain of seeking knowledge instead of memorizing and testing yourself with that knowledge, I think that one only needs to instill the ability to follow ones passions, and to parse through information adequately.