text: The damage towards the students social engagement in the long run would be severe. Humans are a unique type of species that like to socialize with other human beings, its just the way we were made. Humans would also need to build and improve there social skills and build character overtime. The one place where you develop social skills and build your character as a whole would be public schools, and allowing students to become home schooled would change the outcome of who that student is as a person in a negative way; That would just be a disservice to not only the student, but society overall.