Children are not political statements - yeah, subject in a previous post. But heard it again last night,

from a father of eight, and i think the other father had five.  All good - provided (there's that dirty word again ;) the kids have space to spread out their math workbook and scratch papers.  Clutter-free space and plenty of paper to explore the equations...ya know, not just  the exact ones assigned.  Good luck with all that, in a trailer. 

So as not to offend, i lived in a trailer during my twenties - fine for mr, mrs, and baby, but when #2 comes along, it's time to call a realtor.  What the eight-ain't-quite-enough advocates aren't talking about is (and no big surprise) is, the many who grew up in those large families - and are actively,  noisily lugging around a gigantic chip on their shoulders.

Don't know anything about homeschool, or the quality of the text books.  All's i know is, if the  books teach reading, punctuation and algebra, the rest will happen for a student who wants to learn. 

Bus-stop ahead - and lots of mail is waiting to get sent.