Although the article is slanted towards the college-bound, it makes me think a lot about homeschooling, because much of it relates to high school, or did for me, which trickles down to middle and elementary school. My primary goal in HSing my kids is to keep that curiousity and love of learning, so when they go off in the world - to college and beyond - they continue to question things, to be open to things, and to want to know more. An interesting read http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2011/aug/22/who-are-you-and-what-are-you-doing-here/