> I think the ideal balance would be to go to "regular" school for grammar school, then be home-schooled once you hit thos nasty puberty years (when social interaction is probably the hardest it'll ever be in your life, for reasons you'll NEVER encouter again once you get past this stage) then go back to school starting around 16 or so. If everyone did that, I think the world would be better.
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> -- Dave

I think that the 4 or 5 home schooled children I've taught have actually done that. It wasn't necessarily planned that way, but that is how it's worked out.

They all seemed to come into difficulty (excessive shyness, or just not getting the best out of the educational system available at school) around the age of 10 and go into home schooling then, and then return to conventional schooling around 15-16.