Well, the homeschool socialization myth - well, that is just a myth. There's been several studies showing that homeschool kids are often ..better..socialized than their peers. There's been plenty written on that topic already though. We don't find it to be a problem.

I like the European model of tying the money to the kids. If parents/kids are not happy with xyz school, they put the child in abc school, and that is where the money goes.

As for animation being strictly extra-curricular...I would consider it cross-curricular instead...it touches art, math, logic,science, technology...but then I am a homeschool parent and NOT a teacher.

We are working with an old version of software - it keeps it affordable but hence more compatibility problems.

Old software, btw, has been a real gift for us - like DOOM - since the code and hack kits are available my son has been able to learn a from making his own mods, wad files, ect.

It isn't always the money as much as it is the time and the interest.

RE: My son's DOOM cartoon