Were you homeschooled for religious reasons, though? Because especially in certain areas, many homeschooled kids are in that situation only because their parents believe the public school system will force them to believe unacceptable things: the gay agenda, evolution, Jesus wasn't an American, etc.
It's that kind of homeschooling that rubs people the wrong way, because it is specifically motivated by a desire to shelter rather than educate (it's also precisely the reason the Discovery Institute cares about this issue at all; they don't want kids growing up in a system that normalizes homosexuality, religious diversity, or an evidence-based worldview). Most of the bizarrely maladjusted homeschooled kids that I knew came out of these types of situations (though that's not to say that all kids coming out of religiously motivated homeschooling were socially inept).
When parents homeschool because they actually think their kids will learn more effectively, that's a much more positive situation that I have no problem with.
It's that kind of homeschooling that rubs people the wrong way, because it is specifically motivated by a desire to shelter rather than educate (it's also precisely the reason the Discovery Institute cares about this issue at all; they don't want kids growing up in a system that normalizes homosexuality, religious diversity, or an evidence-based worldview). Most of the bizarrely maladjusted homeschooled kids that I knew came out of these types of situations (though that's not to say that all kids coming out of religiously motivated homeschooling were socially inept).
When parents homeschool because they actually think their kids will learn more effectively, that's a much more positive situation that I have no problem with.