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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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