To: Stellar Dendrite
Three of my four children were completely homeschooled:
All 3 entered college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13. All had completed all levels of college Calculus by the age of 15.
Two graduated from university with degrees in mathematics by the age of 18. One, now 20, finished a masters degree in mathematics. The oldest of the three was a mere 13 courses short of a degree in accounting, at the age of 19, before taking a 2 year church assignment in Europe. He returned home recently and in now fluent in Russian. We can forgive him for being slightly behind his siblings. He is an internationally and nationally ranked athlete.
All three are accomplished ballroom dancers. Two of the three had actively participated in politics. All are active in their church. All are volunteers in some charitable activity. All sang in their church and college choirs, and continue to sing in church today. All play a musical instrument.
They have many wholesome friends.
Hey,,,,and my kids are normal homeschoolers. None of them won a spelling or geography bee, or published a New York Times best-seller.
To: wintertime
no need to type out a list, you must have misunderstood the intent of my post. in reviewing my comment i guess you could think that i was saying something negative about homeschooling. i wasn't. it was a big DUH alert..as in home schooling works, how could this author be so surprised about it (thus the notion that she was duped by the Orwellian Media). when i have kids they WILL be homeschooled. they will never set foot in a socialist re-education camp.
the reason why i think that one day it will be illegal to homeschool due to the recent decision by the 9th circuit regarding sex ed in schools and their parents inability to control what/when they learn it. what these judges are doing is bit by bit peeling away parental rights with the marxist goal of transforming the ownership of children over to the state.
44 posted on
11/29/2005 11:38:29 AM PST by
Stellar Dendrite
(There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
To: wintertime
How did you get them in college at 12? I have a 14 year old homeschooled daughter who is ready. . . .
113 posted on
11/30/2005 11:51:53 PM PST by
esquirette
(Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.)
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