They do not have to follow what has been mandated by the state, but can cover topics that stretch the imagination. In school, you're told what to study. Tad Heuer took advantage of his limitless education in another way. Without the option of home schooling, it would be very difficult to have such educational autonomy. Many children have disabilities or exceptional abilities that make them unsuited to the typical classroom.
Home schooling is a solution their parents can choose.
The Jacobs family started home schooling when Kim Jacobs realized her oldest son was too advanced for first grade in a public school after attending a private preschool for two years. After realizing paying for private school for all their children would be financially impossible, they decided to meet his needs through home schooling. At the age of 18, after twelve years of home schooling, Jason Jacobs is excelling in his third semester of Calculus at Ohlone College. His parents were able to suit his education to him so well that he is years ahead of his peers in the areas in which he is deeply interested. In a home school the education matches the student.