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http://learninfreedom.org/
I have been homeschooling for 15.5 years now (the age of my eldest). We have taken some detours into parochial daycare/preschool for self-employement reasons, but I was still 100% responsible for their education. Parents *are*, even if they give up that right to failure in the public schools. My sons 15.5 and 13.5 are about to enter a Classical Christian school. We haven't set the world on fire with our homeschooling. We haven't built models of the human ear. We haven't won any contests. But my sons are v. intelligent, v. well read, v. well mannered. Oh, and excellent pianists, and black belts in martial arts. :-)
The principal looked at my eldest's booklist / transcript and said "You've *read* all these?" :-) He knew what to expect when he saw my #2 son's.
It's EASY; It's FUN; Your children are YOURS, by God and by Homeschooling. Even if you just buy them boxes of books like I did (or go to the library often) and get them out to a couple activities (i.e. martial arts and piano) You Will Do Fine! YOu do not have to do what the PS's do, that isn't education anyway, that is Brainwashing. Your kids will do fine even if they don't get into Harvard, or any other college.
If they know God, and know their Parents & sibs, and know History, Mathematics, and how to read and write (this is EASY), they'll do fine. You aren't homeschooling for them to come out just the same as ps'ed only better. It is something completely different. I think it is Real Life.
Oh, well, who put the quarter in?
I just enrolled my daughter in college and she was home schooled 11 years. She has been our pride and joy. She had to resign from her gospel-singing group to leave for college. She recently sang with the Poet Voices (pre and post split up), Tally Trio, The Hoppers, and the Brady's. She has never been in trouble and never been any trouble. When I see what other kids are up to, I just fall to my knees and thank God for home schooling. We used ABeka for most of the courses. Saxon math is also a winner. Move to Texas if you want to be left alone. My daughter worked the last 3 years to pay her own way for her '99 Cougar, her own insurance, gas, tires, and all other maintenance. She pays for her music CD's and barely costs us anything to raise. Compare that with most kids with daddy's credit card and idle time on there hands and I choose home schoolers any time. A girl she worked with, (11th grade public school) has totaled her car and recently been charged with shoplifting and could be pregnant, that's the difference we are talking about. If you try home schooling, I can pretty much assure you, you won't be sorry. It's definitely not easy, but it is sooooo worth it.
If my wife and I can do it, anybody can. You can argue and worry till the cows come home, but there is living proof that home schooling works. Public school is permanently broken. The biggie everybody worries about is socialization. Well, I don't want a little socialist (pun intended). The peer pressure they get is almost universally bad. You get to choose who they socialize with, not the public school. They will grow up morally stronger if they aren't made to compromise. There are many things they learn that don’t come from books, but are of equal importance to their citizenship. We argue here at FR every now and then about home schooling or no home schooling, but had I waffled on my daughter, I KNOW I would have regretted it.