I was homeschooled, and I'm fairly non-social, but everyone I do interact with says I'm super polite, kind, and at least sociable, even if I don't choose to socialize much. Also, even if I was a total mess, still beats being a normie or an NPC. One of the very best aspects of homeschooling is that you're actually taught to think, generally. And you can focus on things you like or that click, and learn at your own pace. I think I was doing bases and polynomials and the like in like second grade equivalent. If your teachers actually care about you, they'll make learning fun.

I think if I hadn't been brought up the way I had, I wouldn't have been able to make the switch from borderline commie (I was never one myself, but some friends were, and basically everyone in the area was some level of lib or progressive) to wherever I am now. Even as a lib, I was coming more from a libertarian angle, but I still think I might have been totally fucked if I hadn't been taught to actually think for myself. I've looked up some of my friends who went to public school; they're all some level of lefty activist, from what I could find. I even know some people who went trans, well before it was "cool."

There were pros and cons to my upbringing, certainly, but fact is I wouldn't be me without it. There were some things my parents could have done a lot better, sure, but overall I'd still take this than public school. And public school has only gotten worse since then, too. It's a nightmare.