Home where they belong, your children have so many options for learning.  Truly, the world is their classroom.

It is always amazing to me to hear the naysayers against homeschool talk about what children miss out on if not sent to public school.  Yet, out of public school, they are entirely out of a box that has limitations all around it.

Mass education - that is what public school methods are built around.  The convenience is for the teachers and staff.  It is not about the student.  Not at all.  From time to time, I have parents of public schooled children call me for advice.  Somehow they get my name and number.  There's this wild rumor out there that I've been homeschooling for 20 years.  It's true.  Word gets around, and I get these calls.

"I'm so frustrated with my daughter's school.  We've been around it and around it with her guidance counselor, and the schedule just doesn't work.  She needs this class, that class and the other class, but I feel like I'm beating my head against a wall.  It's like they don't care.  They just can't make it work."

Now, let me explain that I am in a very good school district.  That is, on paper.  It has a great reputation, which usually mean drop out rate, graduating and going on to collage, grade point average, etc.  But the complaints don't address those things.  They more address students being herded like cattle; their issues not being heard; classes being forced and others being denied due to scheduling problems.  Of course, other issues like drugs and bullying find their way out of the public eye.  What is not reported will not be in any documentation.

Home where they belong, all limitations can be removed.  Except the ones you want in place. like, no socializing with the local drug dealer.  What do you want to learn?  Go for it.

Also, home where they belong, nobody is going to tell their teacher to keep his Bible out of view.

Home where they belong, they won't have to worry about another student's insane plan to kill as many classmates as possible.

Home where they belong, military kids can spend time with their dad while he's home on leave, without penalty.

Home where they belong, your children will be safe from teachers' sexual misconduct.

There's just so much to be gained in homeschooling.  Nothing to lose, everything to gain.  Home where they belong.

Deb Turner - Homeschooling from the Heart
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