Dec. 7, 2007 - One Reason I Homeschool
Hey y'all,
I actually wrote this over a month ago, but my mom asked me to post it on my blog today, so I am going to. 
Why I Decided To Home School
BY VICTORIA SEWELL
Last winter, my mom told me she wanted me to "get liberated" and "take control of my own education" Quite frankly, I thought she was crazy. I had become accepting the whole "structured" institutionalized private school option. I was convinced that for me, my small, Christian, college prep school was the best choice.
As the second semester of my second year at private school went on, I realized how unhappy I had become. Everyday it was the same old thing. Get up, get dressed, got to school, do school, (with scheduled break and extra curricular times). After school, go to Mom's and delay doing my homework, go to Dad's, do homework, go to bed, start again the next morning. I felt like a programmed machine.
By the end of the school-year, I had convinced my dad to try homeschooling again, but just for the first semester to see how it worked out.
During the summer months, I visited my friends, the Shepards. It was there that I learned there is more to education then just schoolwork. I believe it was somewhere in the middle of my first visit that I realized I had absolutely no desire, and would not be going back to school.
Right now, I am at my aunt's house, doing school with her kids. Now I can bring my books with me, and do school wherever and whenever (as long as I get it done during the day) I want. I can choose my own break and lunch times, and I can take a day off whenever needed. Yes, I have liberated myself from the dull, and for me, depressing educational system that the majority of today's society is so caught up in.
Note: This is just the condensed story of why I home school.
As the second semester of my second year at private school went on, I realized how unhappy I had become. Everyday it was the same old thing. Get up, get dressed, got to school, do school, (with scheduled break and extra curricular times). After school, go to Mom's and delay doing my homework, go to Dad's, do homework, go to bed, start again the next morning. I felt like a programmed machine.
By the end of the school-year, I had convinced my dad to try homeschooling again, but just for the first semester to see how it worked out.
During the summer months, I visited my friends, the Shepards. It was there that I learned there is more to education then just schoolwork. I believe it was somewhere in the middle of my first visit that I realized I had absolutely no desire, and would not be going back to school.
Right now, I am at my aunt's house, doing school with her kids. Now I can bring my books with me, and do school wherever and whenever (as long as I get it done during the day) I want. I can choose my own break and lunch times, and I can take a day off whenever needed. Yes, I have liberated myself from the dull, and for me, depressing educational system that the majority of today's society is so caught up in.
Note: This is just the condensed story of why I home school.
