Homeschooling

child to be sad at school or feel unsafe. Also, she does seem to limit the options. There are other options besides homeschooling like charter, online, and private schools. Robert takes a different approach. He prefers regular schools, but he is not completely…

me it wasn’t just the first day of middle school, it was also my first day of public school. From kindergarten to fifth grade I was homeschooled by my mother. There were some perks, like being able to sleep in and going at my own pace. However, homeschooling had some downsides as well. For example, I didn’t have many friends and I fought with my mom a lot. Because of this, life could be pretty difficult at times. Now, as a senior in highschool, I can see how having two different types of…

As the days until the new school year dwindle, I begin panicking. My counselor tells me I have little chance of getting any meaningful extension of my homebound instruction. I have failed at all attempts to find a homeschooling solution that I can afford and that would work for me, and I begin to accept that I will have to suffer two more years in awful anxiety. I talk to my friends about it, and one of them mentions that their girlfriend is being homeschooled this year. When I ask about the…

were not products of the current compulsory schooling system but still afforded to develop the rich history of the U.S., which is celebrated to date. Indeed, they must have been taught by through a system that did not require one to go to school. Homeschooling still thrives as the better…

It Follows Me Feel the cold wind frosting your ears, see the existence around you rushing by in a blur, and imagine the ground rising up to meet you. Visualize the world spinning away while waiting for it to come back. Experience the sharp pain of falling, which will make you strive for the satisfaction of perfection. Welcome to the world of figure skating. This day began like any other day, waking up four in the morning to drive 30 miles down to Hackensack, New Jersey. I lived in…

more specifically, being a homeschooling mom. Lately society has been wrapped up with the idea that stay at home mothers are considered “lazy” or lack the ability to pursue “real” carriers. When in reality, for the vast majority of homeschool mothers that is hardly the case. Upon interviewing a local homeschool mother that lives in Madison Mississippi, I found that these stereotypes in this case were far from true. I needed to find out what a day in the life of a homeschooling mother was like. …

Ron Miller (1991), is one of the recent strong voices in the holistic education. In addition to the perspectives stated above, he describes four essential characteristic of holistic education outlined by Andrew P. Johnson 1. Holistic education nurtures the development of the whole person It is not simply worried with building up the intellectual capacities alone or getting higher scores on tests and examinations. Like all humanistic learning theories suggest, holistic learning also in the same…

Additional research by Bohon (2010) examined the many types of educational tools used for homeschooled children such as online classes and canned course to find out what methods are commonly used to homeschool. There are several curriculums available to homeschoolers to choose from. One in particular mentioned is The Freedom Project Education. The method of delivery is online. The curriculum seeks to use basic education to “empower students to understand, enjoy, and preserve the freedom and…

For instance, at work I am always finding new and easier way to complete the projects I am given because I was given the love of learning. My family also greatly influenced my life in and outside of school, which has benefited my whole life. Homeschooling provided me with an incredible one in life time opportunity allowing me to reach educational goals that I did not know was possible. My parents gave me the strongest education I believe I could ever have. Because of my parents I also was able…

Although a large majority of students to a school for twelve grades, I had the wonderful opportunity of being homeschooled up to the seventh grade. Switching to a public school after homeschooling for so many years was a nervous shift for me because I had become complacent to a consistent cycle of learning on my own and being taught by my mom. Also, I had become accustomed to having a relatively small amount of friends. Because of these confines I became customary with, I was sincerely was…