Home Schooling?

I have several friends that do home schooling. As I watch my boys go through the school system here, I wonder "What are they learning?" I distinctly remember DH and me deciding that we had to give our oldest DS the birds and the bees talk WAY before we thought we'd need to. All because of another child at school who was giving out erroneous information. We felt we had to be the ones to introduce those concepts. So that they were framed in the correct context. Dr. Dobson's books were a great help, BTW.

And now my other DS is facing problems in school. He isn't reading on level. (what's that all about?) He has trouble sitting in his chair. Well...who says DS has to do it on their time table? Why can't they cater to HIS learning style instead of the learning style of the majority of the class? Do I sound like a grumpy mama bear yet?

Am I bordering on becoming a home schooler? I'm afraid so. But where will the time come from? Will I be good at it? Will my kids still learn? Will they be well rounded, well adjusted, polite robots, or will they still have their great quirky senses of humor and will they still get along w/ kids their own age?

On the plus side, we'd get to ditch those stupid achievement tests that they give here in Texas that are such a source of stress for the kids. I know....I watched my oldest DS go through the testing last year and this year. He was terrified the 2nd week of school this year that he'd fail the writing test. A test that isn't administered until FEBRUARY!! I was livid that the teachers has even mentioned the test the 2nd week of school.

I'm wondering if it's possible. Or are these thoughts just the musings of a mom who cannot sleep?