first classroom experience.
my little brother, who has been homeschooled his entire life, is currently taking driver's ed. it's the first time he's ever been in a classroom setting, and they have to read aloud from the text book. after the first night, I asked how it was, and he complained that the other kids don't know how to pronounce any words that have more than 4 letters. after the second class, he said they can't read anything with more than 2 letters. granted he's been an avid reader since age 4, but tell me, it's not really that bad out there, is it?