Families turn to homeschooling after Newtown, Connecticut shooting

[jberryhill]

13. What does it mean to me?

WTF?

What it means to me is that there have been several homeschooled children who have gone on shooting sprees.

One way to deduce what it means is by READING THE WORDS I WROTE.

This simple technique, of READING THE WORDS I WROTE, would enable you to unlock the mystery of what it means to me, to wit:

"THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL HOMESCHOOLED CHILDREN WHO HAVE GONE ON SHOOTING SPREES"

So, let's break that down for you:

"There have been" - this is a signal that what follows is a statement of events which have occurred in the past.

"several homeschooled children" - this is what we refer to as the "subject" of a sentence. It is the part of the sentence that more or less sets the stage for action coming later in the sentence. In this instance the subject, strictly speaking, is "children". The terms "several" and "homeschooled" modify the word "children" to indicate their plurality, and a characteristic about them - namely, that they were homeschooled.

"who have gone on shooting sprees" - this is really kind of a tricky phrase, as the word "who" here refers back to the children. That is the "who" which have "gone on shooting sprees". In other words, this part of the sentence wraps things up by telling you that the children in question - that is, the "several homeschooled children" have gone on shooting sprees.

I am confident that this detailed explanation should greatly assist you in determining what I mean.