I homeschooled my four children. My fourth child is taking a combo of G&T highschool classes and homeschool classes this year. She told me that her education at home directly contributes to her understanding and excellent grades in class. I focused on Shakespeare, The Greeks and the Bible in our lit education. When you know these you know the human condtion, human fraility, human courage and human kindness.
This is my fourth child to tell me that his or her education was superior and stands out in highschool and in college.
Yes, it is a terrific way to teach (I had earlier taught in the classroom). I learned so much. My son and his new, young wife are pregnant and are intending to homeschool their child.
There were many things I didn’t get to, and also things I would have done differently. I finally figured that maybe the only thing I could teach our son, really, was how to think for himself, and that he’d have 60 years to learn everything else.