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2017 EDUCATION MAGAZINE
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS MARCH 1, 2017 Page 37
I wouldn’t say that I have a lot of homework, but
a good amount that shall help me to do well in
college.
Q: Were your siblings also home-schooled? If so,
did you work together on school work or completely
separately? Did it help your relationships with your
siblings or make them worse?
Michael:
We worked almost completely separate.
Occasionally, there would be a project that our
parents would want all of us to work on, but other
than that, no. I think it may have helped a little
bit with my relationship with my siblings. Since
we weren’t doing school together, we just didn’t
interact, and left each other alone. And since we do
a lot of things together, if it be a group project, or
going to do some grocery shopping, we learned to
respect each other and work together. Not to say
we didn’t fight, but our teachers would delve out
consequences accordingly if we didn’t shape up.
Q: Was there an element of protectionism in your
decision to home-school your kids?
Alice:
If you are referring to a fear factor of
avoiding the big scary world, no. Though I think
every parent wants to protect their kids. We
engage the big scary world at a pace, distance, and
position as suits our family.
Teresa:
Eh… not really. I’d say that there were
some things we probably didn’t want to deal with
in the public school when we originally chose a
private Christian school in the first place. However,
we pulled them out of the Christian school in part
to protect one child’s love of learning and to protect
our family from the busy lifestyle of multiple work
and school schedules. It was more to unite us as a
family and a draw to a way of learning.
Q: Did you feel more protected as a home-schooled
kid?
Michael:
Well, I would say yes. Not knowing the
newest trends, or what coolest thing is isn’t always
a bad thing. Not having to be in the know of what
your parents know what is questionable, doesn’t
mean you are stupid. It seems it frees you that you
don’t have to put up with all the crap that others
consider to be “cool.”
Q: Now that your kids are in college, how well do
you find they were prepared by home-schooling for
the college experience?
Teresa:
The two of mine who returned to the
private school for their high school program did
well there. They picked right up with the other
students; in some places, they were ahead. Both
received academic scholarships to their intended
school and are doing well.
My student who home-schooled through high
school took some college courses as part of her
high school program. She completed her Associates
at Heartland in one year after graduation and
transferred to a four-year school to complete her
Bachelors. She will possibly continue on to get her
Master’s degree. She also received an academic
scholarship to her four year college and is doing as
well as her siblings who went to a private school.
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