Originally Posted by tandempower

Online k-12 schooling seemed like a good way to spend more time biking and practicing real world activities with my son but his mother disagreed and saw homeschooling as socially alienating. I wanted him to have social experiences as well, but it bothered me (and still bothers me) that the schools and other parents aren't open to changing school rules to allow home-schooled kids to participate in some ways and not in others. Schools want uniformity in structuring students' educational lives. They don't want some kids showing up sometimes for some classes and activities and others for others, etc.