| | *[[John Walker Lindh]] Checkered educational history, in and out of public schools, partly homeschooled.<ref>[http://www.blessedcause.org/BlessedCause%20Exclusives%20II/ReelingFromLiesofHM.htm]</ref> | | *[[John Walker Lindh]] Checkered educational history, in and out of public schools, partly homeschooled.<ref>[http://www.blessedcause.org/BlessedCause%20Exclusives%20II/ReelingFromLiesofHM.htm]</ref> |
| | + | * [[Christopher Paolini]] (1983-), the author of the Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon, Eldest, and a third book yet unreleased). He was home-schooled by his parents, through an accredited correspondence course from the American School in Chicago, Illinois, from which he graduated with his high school diploma at 15 years of age. <ref>Book Browse Author Biography: Christopher Paolini[http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=934]</ref> |
| | *[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], U.S. President. Was educated by private tutors at home through age 14, then entered Groton, an elite private school in Massachusetts, in 1896. <ref>The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt, ed. by Allida Black, June Hopkins, et. al. (Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 2003). | | *[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], U.S. President. Was educated by private tutors at home through age 14, then entered Groton, an elite private school in Massachusetts, in 1896. <ref>The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt, ed. by Allida Black, June Hopkins, et. al. (Hyde Park, New York: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 2003). |