Awesome story! I've decided to homeschool our youngest daughter who is now in the 8th grade. I had come to the conclusion that my child was not learning what was important. Rather, I had seen first hand that these teachers were stuck teaching a curriculum they did not believe in. A few handful chose to try to teach and others chose to go through the motions of teaching. Teaching became important only when state testing was upon them. Then they only tried to teach what may be on the state exam. I say let's go back to teaching the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic.