Tag: homeschooling
We Did It Our Way
CLARITY BEGINS AT HOME Their parents won’t be overruled, Nor their personal values retooled. Their minds will grow strong As they learn right from wrong, ‘Cause these children are being homeschooled. My wife, Evann, and I have homeschooled our kids from the beginning. That’s six kids and 19 years now. …
Tell Sweden Not to Ban Homeschooling!
We are American homeschoolers who are shocked and saddened that Sweden is considering making homeschooling virtually illegal. How could a country that seems to us a paradise of beauty and egalitarianism refuse to let its citizens choose how their own children will be educated? — Deborah Markus, et al. Come …
Hurray for Homeschoolers!
In a case with international ramifications, Immigration Judge Lawrence O. Burman granted the political asylum application of a German homeschooling family. The Romeikes are Christians from Bissinggen, Germany, who fled persecution in August 2008 to seek political asylum in the United States. The request was granted January 26 after a …
Homeschooling Your Parents
Homeschoolers have come a long way in the last 10 years. Once greeted with surprise, suspicion, or outright indignation when they revealed their guilty secret, today they may encounter a friendly curiosity, a certain nonchalance even. Instead of “Is that legal?” or “Can you do that?” they’re now at least …
This Week’s List
In the interest of fairness, balance, and fuzzy logic, I hereby present, to complement last week’s list of homeschool drawbacks, a list of homeschool benefits — again from a kid’s perspective: Benefits to Homeschooling The teacher never threatens to tell your mom Your parents never get called in for a …
Site of the Week
Homeschool Goodies CLARITY BEGINS AT HOME Their parents won’t be overruled, Nor their personal values retooled. Their minds will grow strong As they learn right from wrong, ‘Cause these children are being homeschooled. My wife, Evann, and I have homeschooled our kids from the beginning. That’s six kids and 17 …
This Week’s List
Drawbacks to Homeschooling* No snow days You can’t miss the bus You can’t be suspended and sent home You can’t hide the vegetables you don’t like in a milk carton Mom always sides with the teacher Dad always sides with the principal You can’t intercept your report card and “fix” …