RESOLVED: Homeschooling is better than Public Schooling.

"I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas." - Agatha Christie, An AutobiographyAs Mrs. Christie says here, when children go to a school, things are arranged for them and they can never truely grow. It is because I agree with her that I stand RESOLVED: Homeschooling is better than Public Schooling.In this first rebuttal for the PRO, I will address and contend the two main issues brought up by my opponent.C1: EXAMPLE OF RELIABLE EVIDENCEMy opponent, in his last speech, asked for one example of a study showing homeschoolers are more intelligent than public schoolers. However, this one example must have a good representative sample, and relate properly to the controls of Public School. I intend to comply. I will actually give you three.Please direct your attention to the following links:http://www.edweek.org...http://www.hslda.org...http://www.topmastersineducation.com...These are links to an article, a study, and an infographic (which I adore). All three take particular care to select participants as carefully as possible, and also account for the Public School control. Also, all three show that Homeschoolers are better academically, socially, and even monetarily. These studies disprove what my opponent stated when he said "There is no reliable evidence concerning the academic performance of homeschoolers."C2: ON THE TOPIC OF ABUSEMy opponent's main source for his "child abuse" argument was HARO survey. The link is here: https://hareachingout.files.wordpress.com...My opponent, when talking about this survey, said that there were "high levels of mental illness, self-harm, and attempted suicide". So I took some time to read it over. It truly intrigued me. Allow me to share some of my insight.Of those surveyed, only 25% were diagnosed with mental illness. 72% were not. (3% was "other")Of those surveyed, only 28% struggled with self-injury. 72% did not.Of those surveyed, only 8.2% have attempted suicide. 91.8% never did.At first, these numbers look alarming, but we're forgetting the other half of the equation. What about public school children?According to the US National Library of Medicine http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...; There was a test done in 2004 in which "all public school students enrolled in grades 7, 9, 11 and 12" were surveyed. The numbers on Public schoolers are almost the same.Of those surveyed, only 20.3% admitted to self-harming, of those who admitted self-harm, 38.2% had attempted suicide in the past year. There has been no study done on mental illness.Both Homeschooling and public schooling have almost the same numbers. So we see that these numbers mean nothing. Both Homeschools and Public Schools have the same problems. Both have self-harm and suicide. This is not a strike against homeschooling, but a strike against both, and is therefore not a point for either of us.In conclusion, we see that (1) homeschoolers are better academically and socially than public schoolers, and (2) abuse is a problem for both home and public schools. It is for these reasons, I stand RESOLVED: Homeschooling is better than Public Schooling.Also, for further reading, I have included a few more links. I will address them in round 4.http://www.synergyfield.com...http://en.wikipedia.org...http://www.edweek.org...http://nces.ed.gov...http://www.hslda.org...http://www.hslda.org...http://epaa.asu.edu...http://www.nheri.org...http://blogs.christianpost.com...http://www.hslda.org...http://www.bankrate.com...http://hslda.org...http://www.homeeddirectory.com...http://www.k12.com...http://connectionsacademy.com...