SF, agreed. However, sending a kid away to a school merely to get better at soccer seems...a little dramatic. I guess my topic is debating: Why send a kid 10 hours away from family and childhood friends when all that they need is within one hour?
I'd compare the social skills in a largely scaled down model to that of a home schooled child. Nothing wrong with home schooling whatsoever. They excel in academics and other areas requiring above average IQ's. I just don't think they could hold a conversation with my neighbor's public school kid as well as other "mainstream" children. What do you talk about when you're around normal kids at church or in your neighborhood when all you do is eat, sleep, and breathe soccer?
