Thinking about sending your kids to public school?

The present survey of biographical information on a sample of twenty men of genius suggests that the typical development pattern includes these important aspects: (1) a high degree of attention focused upon the child by parents and other adults, expressed in intensive educational measures and usually, abundant love; (2) isolation from other children, especially outside the family; (3) a rich efflorescence of fantasy (i.e. creativity) as a reaction to the preceding conditions. [... Mass education in public schools has] the effect of reducing all three of the above factors to minimum values.