Again, I'm not pursuing the topic of homeschooling as such. I only brought it up to answer Holmes' suspicion that all forms of Christian schooling would put children at odds with the mainstream. He is wrong. They are taught the same subjects, only so far a better job is being done with them -- for whatever reason.
Having been in a Christian school myself I would have to agree with this statement, mostly. It depends on what Christian school you attend. If you attend a YEC Christian school then you would indeed be at odds with mainstream science. If you attend a Catholic school (as I did) then you would be taught evolution and all the other sciences in exactly the same way as they are found in the mainstream. I can’t speak to the Protestant schools since I have no experience with them. As an interesting side note women who attend Catholic schools pursue math and science related degrees at a much higher rate than those who attend public schools.
I realize that my personal experience is simply anecdotal evidence but I will share it anyway. It has been my experience as a teacher that the students I get who tell me they are home schooled come in only two flavors, very well prepared and no clue at all (split about 50/50 among the two groups). I imagine there must be others in my classes but they don’t all tell me their educational background.
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