But I could just hear the tiniest "this mom is our of her mind what is she thinking" in her voice.
As my father would say when I would ask him "Am I crazy to think this?"...
"Oh, you're crazy, alright! But just because you're crazy doesn't mean you're wrong. Those are two separate issues."
That's my dad for you.
But seriously, I think the Jobs quote is really, really good advice. If "conventional" were so great, then you wouldn't be looking for something else for your kids, right? Especially in your case, 'Neato, if the part-time homeschooling thing isn't working, you can EASILY bring them back to the school. No harm, no foul. Totally reversible! I love "chances" like those that are off-beat but involve very low risk! I mean, why not be unconventional in a case like that? What have you got to lose?
I'm a big fan of that kind of loose risk/benefit analysis. It often makes choices that at first seem scary appear quite easy and painless all of a sudden.
I hope it does the trick for your DD!
