For the most part, homeschooling simply teaches kids 'without the crud of the world' involved. My kids went through school, but their high school was terrible. They heard the Lord's name taken in vain every day, heard secular messages against the cross, etc. Anna was talking about being legalistically indoctrinated and given values etc. She is against some of her parents and grandparents teaching so seems to cringe at the idea that someone can teach godliness without the kids being abused. She has been abused here on TOL, and feels abused by some of her indoctrination from her Roman Catholic upbringing as well. I think I see what she means. Christ cannot be shoved down a throat.
My kids have all told me I have to start a home-school with their kids when they have them. This should speak 1) of the way I do Christian education as opposed to say, how her parents and those she has seen might have done it. When your kids are informing you that 'yes, you will be my child's teacher,' I may not have done everything right, but it seems enough to cause this sentiment from all three of my grown kids.
So, even if I simply taught them the 3R's and other academic lessons, apart from the cursing and secularization that comes with a public classroom with no Christian input persay, they would still be incredibly better off. They will not have to wait for "no child left behind" and I have the credentials to do a decent job of ensuring they have the best education available (MA in teaching). -Lon