Ricin
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If you have read the whole thread, you will know that I am no fan of homeschooling. Developing a "social deficit", however, is the least of one's worries. First, it is very easy to compensate for this through outside activities and even homeschool co-ops. Second, a huge amount of that social interaction is vastly overrated, and you are just as well without it. I attended typical public schools for K-12, and deliberately kept myself out of the social scene because it was superficial, petty, and a drain of the time and energy that I preferred to direct toward other pursuits. You don't have to have a homeschooling background to be considered the "smart, weird kid" in high school. With the benefit of many years of hindsight now, I am reassured that was the right approach.
I still think anyone who was in a social environment has a much better understanding of socializing than someone who wasn't. And it really isn't that easy to compensate for. I'm currently 28 and have spent a great deal of time trying to learn how to fit in and what it and isn't acceptable and still don't get some of the most basic things.
People I know who were socially awkward in school seem to get the concept better than me simply from being in school.