As a Boy Scout for almost 13 years, I have taken part in many camping trips. I have learned that to have fun while camping, you must be miserable—at least part of the time. If you go camping to be comfortable, you’re missing the point: to have an adventure!
Holding the title of Convention Director is hard, y’all. It’s almost as hard as raising children--almost. From where I sit, I have the rare privilege of orchestrating the huge and fluid puzzle that makes up the THSC Conventions. Yes, I said conventions. Plural. THSC now hosts two home school conventions each year. One on Mother’s Day Weekend in Arlington and one mid-summer in The Woodlands. As the orchestrator, I have many AMAZING team members who complete the hundreds of tasks it takes to organize a three-day event attended by thousands of home school families, exhibitors, speakers, and volunteers. Let me just tell you, I have an incredible view of these events from my director’s chair.
You make plans and purchase curriculum to prepare for a new year. …
This article was originally published in Review Magazine.
By Garrett Haley
Home schooling is the fastest growing form of education in the country, and the movement is now more diverse and more successful than ever, according to a recent infographic.
Last fall, the website Top Masters in Education published a detailed infographic, titled Home Schooled: How American Homeschoolers Measure Up, that provides a visual synopsis of the home schooling movement. Top Masters in Education reviews different schooling programs and publishes articles on the current state of the education field.
The infographic begins with a history of home schooling, pointing out that most children in the United States were educated at home until public primary schools became popular (and, in many states, mandatory) in the late 1800s. As recently as 1980, home schooling was only legal in 20 states, but that changed in 1993 when home schooling became legal nationwide.
