Found this and thought it was worth sharing -

http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/?Jun2001/18-e26533.html

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He's only 12, but that's no knock against this freshman

Already in college, Wood well on his way to becoming a doctor

>...snip...< Six years later, Ben completed all the requirements and graduated with a 4.0 grade point average under the auspices of North Alabama Friends School - an umbrella group for home-schoolers.

At age 11, Ben earned a 20 on the ACT, a college admissions test. That's about the national average - for students five and six years older than Ben.

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-- j (jw_hsv@yahoo.com), June 18, 2001

Answers

does that speak favorably of homeschoolers or poorly of public education?

-- marcee king (thathope@mwt.net), June 19, 2001.