One’s “group/clique” is likely full of unproductive losers if formed in public schoolJust from what I have seen, most home schoolers seem to be "done" by like 11am or so, noon.
Now that is just what I have seen in my career. So it seems a lot of the "BS" is taken out of the day, good or bad, I suppose is up for debate. The manifest and latent (I sound smart now) functions of school can be different for everyone. At home or in a building.
The only negative I have seen (besides insane grade inflation, which really is expected) with home schooling has been the acclimation with their peers. I think, and this is without reading research on it but some other teachers on this site might be able to chime in, but it appears that the longer one is home schooled, the more "difficult" it is for them to fit in with their peers. Totally anecdotal evidence on my part, but bonds/groups/cliques form quickly in social settings and it is easy to be on the outside looking in.
Therefore, like organized schooling on the whole, essentially useless and likely counterproductive in the long run