Comments on: Your Turn! Were you homeschooled?

By: Joelle

Joelle — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:54:45 +0000

No, I wasn’t homeschooled, but looking back I wish I was. I seemed to have a natural bent (like most kids 😉 if given the chance) to self teaching. I took up my interests and taught myself to sew, and was intensely interested in gardening, neither of which my mother had any inclination towards. I love learning and love the freedom I now have as a stay at home mum to pursue any interest I have.
As a teenager I was very anti homeschooling. We had a homeschooling family in our church and I just never could understand them, but you know 10 years down the track, there I was on the phone talking to the mother of this very family about the decision we’d made to homeschool! God’s providence is amazing!
I actually liked school – I had friends, and did ok academically, so I had no apparent reason to not like it. But looking back, it was really stunting for me when I compare what my dc have been able to achieve having been homeschooled. I also came out a raging feminist which is my greatest grief about school.
But thanks be to God that he has delivered me from that mindset, and now I am free to be the woman he intends – if I will just stop arking up so much and just let him get on with the remodelling job 🙄 .

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:10:51 +0000

No, I wasn’t homeschooled, and I don’t think that I would have liked to have spent all day at home with my mum….not back them…she is a much softer person nowadays…probably because her kids are all long gone and married 😉

For the most I enjoyed going to school.

Lisa

By: jacqui

jacqui — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:16:27 +0000

No, I wasn’t homeschooled and I really don’t think that my mum could have coped with that! I was bought up in a non christian home, although my dad was saved later on in life. I have positive memories of “some” parts of my school days. I attended a church of England school and “religion” was a big part of that. We attended church weekly and I loved it! When I began to search for my own faith it was those childhood memories that came flooding back and helped me cement my decision. I had two teachers that were genuine christians and they made a big impact on me personally.
I honestly think that If I had homeschooled in the environment that was my home then I wouldn’t have been happy. For me, school was probably best.
Trust me to come up with a different kind of response!
This is our tenth year of homeschooling and I love it! and hopefully my kids do too 🙂

By: Belinda

Belinda — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:01:35 +0000

No, I wasn't homeschooled. I went to a small church school. I worked in a couple of christian schools before I was married, wearing several different hats. My dad would have loved to have homeschooled us. He heard about it during a visit to the States when I was about 15. My mum was apprehensive as there was no support like there is today, so it never happened. A few years later, we lived in a different part of the country and my mum did homeschool my brother for one year - it changed our brother (for the better) and set him on a course for his life. So though I wasn't homeschooled it was a concept that was discussed in our home. Belinda Belinda's last blog post..Taking Notes while Reading

By: MorningSong

MorningSong — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:16:43 +0000

No. I attended public school and I did not enjoy it. We did move several times and where one school would challenge me to learn, another one was behind and so I lost my drive and study skills. By the time I went to college - studying wasn't a necessary tool I had sharpened. This made college tough for me and I felt I did not retrieve what I learned. I memorized for tests but then the info was gone. Now, I love homeschooling my daughter. I see the freedom in it and I see the potential to make sure she is learning and being challenged (while not going beyond her understanding - there were times I memorized things w/out fully comprehending). Great post! MorningSong's last blog post..Faith Builder Friday

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:36:22 +0000

I was homeschooled for the last year of my schooling. however i was involved for 2-3 years prior as i assisted my parents to setup a christian school
i am so glad i had that year. It gives me a uinderstanding of why my kids are doing.

By: Sombra

Sombra — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:38:26 +0000

My mother homeschooled me in HOME-EC – I learned to cook, and sew and keep house.

I learned to keep a checkbook.

My dad taught me to fix my bike.

Mum also taught me to read before I went to school… but I still spent 6 hours a day incarserated behind a desk, chained to the teacher and the fellow students….

By: Judith

Judith — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:49 +0000

Nope I wasn’t. Didn’t even really think of it until I met my hubby and he wanted to homeschool the kids, because he was homeschooled in his last few years.