Home schooling is not a good option

I know it as a definite discerning from my experience that a child can participate in Debate and Drama outside of school. Also, it's worthy to take note that you compartmentalized in such a fashion that simply deploys a seeming advantage in ways that there are not.The Obscuring PrognosisFor example. Larger text to show superiority."Here is a list of the average public school has for options for extracurricular activities in the fine arts:" is in 14 point.Then, "And here is a list of what an average home schooling system has for Fine Art activities:" is in 10 point. Very subtle, but still noteworthy. Clever.This also managed to skew it a bit through compartmentalizing. A LOT. Your comparing manipulated the choice of list to appear short on the second part by combining a large amount of the activities in the list above it, inadvertent to the sources." String Orchestra Full Orchestra Concert Band Marching Band Jazz Band Applied Instrument Lessons Music Theory Music Composition Music History Piano Concert Choir Show Choir Jazz Choir Applied Voice Lessons Introduction to Art 3-D Design Photography Graphic Design Art Club Drawing and Painting AP Studio Art Drama Music Theatre Speech Debate " "Wow! Pro found twenty five extracurricular activities! Would be a challenge to match up to that! " Musical instrument lessons Singing lessons Joining a local children’s choir 2-D and 3-D art classes Tap dance, ballet, jazz dance classes " "And it looks like Con only has five in his favor! Clear winner, everybody!" However, here's, um, the thing. Musical instrument lessons accounts for a bunch of those that you included in the first list. "Singing lessons" counts as that as well. "Joining a local children's choir" is just joining a performing group. This simplifies it. A lot. Let's put this with a little less bias. And by that, I also mean to point out how you used larger font on the second list than the first to make the preceding text seem smaller on the second, larger on the first. My opponent intends to use this to subtly/subliminally make you believe that Homeschooling is smaller and inferior. I'm simply going to use 12 point Helvetica on both lists. First, Homeschooling. Based on my opponent's research. Musical Instrument Lessons Joining a Performing Group Art Classes Dance Classes Now, for Public Education. Musical Instrument Lessons Musical Peripheral Lessons Joining a Performing Group Art Classes Dance Classes Art Lessons Rhetoric With all the decompartmentalization and defragmenting done, you can see the significant advantage is taken away. Rather than Public Education having FIVE HUNDRED PERCENT the amount of activities, it only has three more, thus giving it merely a seventy five percent advantage. I don't believe it was very courteous of my opponent to skew the results by over three hundred percent. However, it's been uncovered. No longer encrypted. Out in the open. With these new results, let's see if I have a chance at rebutting Pro. The Source of All Knowledge I really don't believe my opponent, without bias, tried to find the best source for extracurricular activities. In school, I myself am in love with Theatre. In fact, as a person with Asperger's Syndrome (and thus, autistic tendencies), I have a small pool of interests. Philosophy, Mathematics, Debating, and Theatre. Anything else seems like a waste of time. In fact, my complete understanding of History is that something bad happened to Jews and Blacks a long time ago. That's as cultural as I get.* Though I'm very active in Theatre in my school, I'm active in Theatre outside of my school as well. So, from my experience, I am certain that Theatre is available to Homeschoolers, as it's available to me even given no knowledge that I'm in any public education system at all. Same goes for Debate. In fact, I even cited a source talking about a Debate team, of HOMESCHOOLERS, winning a National Mock Trial competition. Also, in that very link that my opponent provided, here are a bunch of sports listen that Pro seemed to just decide to neglect completely. Baseball Basketball Cheerleading Climbing Field Hockey Football Soccer Softball Tennis Track Volleyball That source also listed Debate. And Theatre. Funny. Here I am, with the Internet, the Source of All Knowledge in the entire universe, and all that was necessary to refute my opponent's argument? Links already cited hitherto this round. It almost seems like Cherry Picking and Tunnel Vision on my opponent's part. "Obviously the regular schools have so many more, giving those students much more options to choose from, allowing them to be more successful academically, with better attitudes and grades." No. Those "regular schools" do not have "so many more." Homeschooling communities occur often, strengthening the amount of activity, socially and otherwise, amongst the homeschooled children. I'm sure you could say "Well, what if you don't live around any homeschoolers and the community is weak and your kid doesn't get what he/she needs?" In the same fashion, I could ask "What if you live somewhere without any good schools and your kid doesn't get what he/she needs?" In every aspect, it seems that Homeschooling is either an equivalent, or superior, choice to "regular schools." This brings up another point. We're All In This Together! "If [the parents] don't have a teacher' degree, and aren't quite sure how to do 9th grade geometry, then [the children]'ll be in trouble." Just as a community ensures more social exposure and such, a community also means that there are more parents. A larger pool of teaching techniques. My mathematics teacher always discusses everything she teaches with her best friend, another mathematics teacher, before they teach anything. If a parent is unsure on how to teach something, they can always converse it with the other parents. And much like many have an Engineering degree can mean significantly much less than one would think[1] (I'm aware that's in China, but there are billions of ways to get Degrees for sh*t you know nothing of anywhere), having a Teacher's degree, or lack thereof, is an insignificant factor. Conclusion Homeschooling results in a child being more socially active and adept. Homeschooling costs versus Public Education costs are negligible. Homeschooling EC opportunities versus Public Education EC opportunities are negligible. Homeschooling results in a more financially successful adult than an adult a result of Public Education. http://www.forbes.com...