I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. —Mark Twain There is an epidemic of mediocre, prayerless, visionless, immoral, irresponsible men in our culture. If we continue to train our sons the same way, we will not stem the tide. If we see home education as nothing more than a means to better…
Teens
Of the tens of thousands of hours spent in school classrooms, how much of it should we chalk up to a huge waste of time? To the extent that educational efforts fail to focus on faith and character, ignore the individuality of the child, and are hopelessly disconnected from relationships and real life application, we’re…
It was nearly four years ago that I found myself sitting at the Texas Home School Coalition banquet, wearing a semi-bored expression, my best suit, and headed in any direction that would lead me out of the home schooling community. I was eighteen, and college loomed with promises of the “real world,” new experiences, and,…
Why would you go to college? This is not an attack; it is a reasonable question that often goes unasked. To put it another way: an undergraduate degree requires an investment of several years and many thousands of dollars; what is the expected return on this significant investment? American Education: A History For an answer,…
Just as many people are breaking society’s mold for education and taking full responsibility for their children’s schooling by teaching their children at home, many are also beginning to question accepted ideas about their children in other areas. One of those areas is dating. They began by questioning whether public education was best for their…
