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:I think the first sentence is problematic because it makes a claim that is not supported by any kind of citation (''disproportionate'').  I also think it would be hard to prove such a claim, because people's education was so varied before the twentieth century.  For example, I don't mind including Mark Twain in our list of people educated outside of formal schooling, because I think he is an interesting case of someone who didn't have much of a traditional school-based education, yet went on to become a writer whose works are still in print a century later.  However, I think many people of his time had only a 5th grade education, so if we were going to seriously look at the numbers, I don't think we could count him as "homeschooled".  Can we work together here to come up with a sentence we can all agree on?  Here's my first attempt (below) - please feel free to use it as a starting point for creating something better.  Let's work on this here on the talk page until we reach consensus. --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 09:47, 13 May 2007 (EDT)  

:I think the first sentence is problematic because it makes a claim that is not supported by any kind of citation (''disproportionate'').  I also think it would be hard to prove such a claim, because people's education was so varied before the twentieth century.  For example, I don't mind including Mark Twain in our list of people educated outside of formal schooling, because I think he is an interesting case of someone who didn't have much of a traditional school-based education, yet went on to become a writer whose works are still in print a century later.  However, I think many people of his time had only a 5th grade education, so if we were going to seriously look at the numbers, I don't think we could count him as "homeschooled".  Can we work together here to come up with a sentence we can all agree on?  Here's my first attempt (below) - please feel free to use it as a starting point for creating something better.  Let's work on this here on the talk page until we reach consensus. --[[User:Hsmom|Hsmom]] 09:47, 13 May 2007 (EDT)  

*''Throughout history, some prominent people have received some or all of their education outside of formal schooling.  (Note that prior to the 19th century, many children were educated at home.)  Here is a growing list of people whose educational backgrounds were quite different than today's norm.''

*''Throughout history, some prominent people have received some or all of their education outside of formal schooling.  (Note that prior to the 19th century, many children were educated at home.)  Here is a growing list of people whose educational backgrounds were quite different than today's norm.''

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