As someone who’s experienced life on a college campus, I want to warn you homeschooling parents that a college isn’t necessarily the ideal place to send your children once they graduate. Some of you may be aware of this, but others might not. My hope this week is to enlighten you on the subject.
After I graduated from high school, I went to a community college for two years and a public university for two quarters. The biggest turn-off for me was that my Christian faith was attacked on all sides. Schools have the potential to be the Devil’s playground where every aspect of learning can be infiltrated by his teachings. Satan can disguise his agenda to look like the latest and greatest new philosophy so that people aren’t even aware of how harmful their study material really is or how negatively it’s affecting them.
This leads me to my second point, which is that most students on college campuses are cynical people. If you send your sweet, even-tempered child off to college somewhere, there’s a good chance she will come home cynical herself. The Bible says that bad company corrupts good character. After I began attending college, I noticed that I was becoming a more cynical person myself. I didn't like it, but it happened without my even realizing it.
Students who are being fed liberal, Marxist teachings naturally tend to develop negative attitudes. Just think about it: if you were being taught that the world was going to end in 50 years because we were going to run out of natural resources, wouldn’t that affect your outlook on life? By the way, I’m not exaggerating there. My environmental science professor taught the above theory as fact!
Another reason I believe college campuses can negatively affect Christian homeschooled graduates is because of the general atmosphere that learning takes place in. Whereas most homeschoolers teach their children the importance of being lifelong learners, college students don’t have that mentality. The typical college student carries an “I don’t care about anyone or anything” attitude. Students who are actually interested in learning from their professors, on the other hand, are more likely to be seen as teachers’ pets (yes, even in college!)
If you want your child to receive a quality education after high school but don’t want them to be harmfully influenced by the university system, consider an alternative. Distance learning affords students the option of learning without the influence of Marxist teachings or cynical student attitudes. I'd highly recommend you check it out!
Amanda Suryan is a homeschool graduate and former distance learning student. She has an amazing mini-course about accelerated distance learning called, "Five Reasons Why You Should Consider Becoming a Distance Learner!" To claim your FREE copy, visit: http://www.DistanceLearnerSite.com
