Dennis, reconsider this statement, please. That kid, if he's like most homeschoolers, spends two to three hours per day on his schoolwork. (Doesn't that say a lot about public school?) And unless his parents are monsters, he's out and around doing stuff the rest of the day. Most homeschoolers have a stay-at-home mom who drives the kids to scouts, karate lessons, community orchestra, activities at the Y, and field trips with other homeschooled friends to museums and the library. This takes place every day. If they're religious they volunteer at the church soup kitchen where they mix with adults every Thursday afternoon for several hours. They get jobs at Mcdonalds at 14 years of age or they muck stalls at the local race track. They really don't need the "life experience" that your Grand Tour* is meant to provide because they have grown up with "life" rather than putting it off.
Now, where this homeschooler is concerned, yes, a Grand Tour year off traveling the great cities of Europe will be a wonderful experience, but for homeschoolers, it's not exactly a needed one.
I assumed you know what the Victorian "Grand Tour" was, since that's where the "year off experiencing Real Life before you go to college" comes from, but I may have assumed incorrectly.
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