Home schooling

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Not sure why the socialization and competition factor is so significant in homeschooling....

You teach your kids to respect others and stand up for ones self, to do what they love (what interests them), and then teach them the skills to learn, then they can apply it to how to make money doing what they love...

Passion > Competition

Without competition you never face true adversity. In order to succeed you must learn to overcome adversity. Only after you've failed can you learn to succeed.

Well that's a load of crap... First, you're going to have to explain "true adversity", because people with addictions face adversity each and every day, and that challenge is no less or more than trying to beat the guy beside you for your career job...

So no, I don't need competition in order face adversity... however, you do need to be passionate and have a goal set for yourself or you'll lack direction.

The filthy rich don't have any need for competition, yet they still seem to lead successful lives....

Having said all that, it's really more a division between 'haves' and 'have not': those that have it and those that don't.... in either case, passion > competition imo.

We get so caught up in the 'who' (competition is brought on by wanting to do better... better than what though: We focus more on the 'Better than Who" rather than "Better than before"), rather than getting closer to the goal/achievement (wealth, ability, skill, etc)...

There's a shit load of stress we put on our children today and this way of thinking doesn't help, imo: We don't need competition to learn how to stand up after a fall, in order to succeed. That's all.