If you are
wondering if homeschooling is for you and your
family...I suggest reading
"Homeschooling, California Style" by Ronnie Ugulano...
(Ronnie is a local mom who has been homeschooling for
over 9 years. I highly recommend her website,
Pontiac High School, which has an incredible amount
of awesome homeschooling info on it!) and
"Essay on Homeschooling" by Larla Dey Maloney, a
homeschooling student.
If you are concerned about
preparing your child for the "Real World", and think
maybe public school is the best preparation for this,
let me quote a very wise homeschooling mom (quoted with
permission) and hopefully set your mind at ease:
"What about regular school is like
the real world?
School, in general, and
high school, in particular, seem to breed behaviors and
feelings that many people spend the rest of their lives
shaking off. Sometimes when I meet a VERY immature
adult, I realize that they're still treating life like
high school...Success in life has nothing whatsoever to
do with success in school. The type of competition
taught and revered in most schools is detrimental to the
cooperative teamwork that is needed for real success in
business and personal happiness...It seems to teach a
certain passivity in thinking. It breeds "followers" who
can't take a step on their own...The real leaders of
tomorrow will be people who can stand on their own and
think. Someone once said that children succeed despite
their parents' efforts to raise them (substitute
schools)."
