Comments on: Homeschooling http://www.noelheikkinen.com/2006/12/12/homeschooling/ Home of Noel Heikkinen's thoughts, audio, photos, video, etc. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hope http://www.noelheikkinen.com/2006/12/12/homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-4672 Hope Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:38:51 +0000 http://www.noelheikkinen.com/?p=2263#comment-4672 I homeschooled for 15 years, much of them from a place of fear. Towards the end I realized fear is a lousy place to make decisions from. I was more a homer (chuckling over the Simpsons here)than a homeschooler. My kids are all adults now and living on their own. The real life fallout of being raised a homer is often not pretty. I homeschooled for 15 years, much of them from a place of fear. Towards the end I realized fear is a lousy place to make decisions from. I was more a homer (chuckling over the Simpsons here)than a homeschooler. My kids are all adults now and living on their own. The real life fallout of being raised a homer is often not pretty.

]]> By: internetmonk.com » Blog Archive » Riffs: 12:12:06: Challies on Why He Doesn’t Homeschool http://www.noelheikkinen.com/2006/12/12/homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-4660 internetmonk.com » Blog Archive » Riffs: 12:12:06: Challies on Why He Doesn’t Homeschool Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:44:13 +0000 http://www.noelheikkinen.com/?p=2263#comment-4660 [...] UPDATE: Noel Heikkinen writes a wonderful endorsement of Challies’ post from his own experience. [...] [...] UPDATE: Noel Heikkinen writes a wonderful endorsement of Challies’ post from his own experience. [...]

]]> By: epaga http://www.noelheikkinen.com/2006/12/12/homeschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-4659 epaga Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:22:01 +0000 http://www.noelheikkinen.com/?p=2263#comment-4659 Thanks for this, this really resonated with me (though it may be a yawner for all the singles out there :). Stephi and I are in the midst of having to decide about this ourselves - having to add the fact to the mix that home-schooling is only possible through certain legal loopholes in the system here in Germany. I'd also add that a lot home-schooling is motivated by fear that the circumstances / the culture will somehow "ruin" their kids. I think it's not the circumstances that will ruin their lives, rather it's whether or not you teach them how to handle tough circumstances ( like being called "hot" in 2nd grade :D ). In the end, though, Stephi and I are currently leaning towards doing something similar - home-schooling the first three or four years, then sending them to public school. Thanks for this, this really resonated with me (though it may be a yawner for all the singles out there :). Stephi and I are in the midst of having to decide about this ourselves – having to add the fact to the mix that home-schooling is only possible through certain legal loopholes in the system here in Germany.

I’d also add that a lot home-schooling is motivated by fear that the circumstances / the culture will somehow “ruin” their kids. I think it’s not the circumstances that will ruin their lives, rather it’s whether or not you teach them how to handle tough circumstances ( like being called “hot” in 2nd grade :D ).

In the end, though, Stephi and I are currently leaning towards doing something similar – home-schooling the first three or four years, then sending them to public school.

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