Becoming Limitless: Saying No to an Education System That Tried to Squelch Me

Posted in In Their Words on May 8, 2017

Classroom of children from Pink Floyd's The Wall

A college professor once asked me to write an essay about a time in our lives that our opinion of education changed drastically, or began to be shaped into what it is today. I told her a story of a child, who was made to feel that she was inconvenient, just because she was different. Read More »

We Didn't Want to Admit It, But We Were Jealous of Homeschoolers

Posted in In Their Words on April 27, 2017

I met my homeschooled boyfriend at a spelling bee

Of course, I was jealous of homeschooled kids. I would never have admitted it at the time. It wasn't until I started dating my first boyfriend that I realized it was jealousy. But I still ignored it. My first boyfriend homeschooled K-12. On our first date, we were in 9th grade. He Excelled at What Read More »

Homeschool Alumni Inverview: "I was raised with no knowledge of the world around me"

Posted in Homeschool Voices on April 5, 2017
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Trybal Wolf homeschool alumni interview

Hello, my name is Trybal Wolf (sorry, preferred name. I am sure more on that will be presented later.) I am a 21 year old white male. I currently reside in East Lansing, Michigan. I have no religious affiliation to speak of, am gay and in a closed relationship, and have 9 years of combined Read More »

Homeschool Alumni Interview: Plug into the right places

Posted in Homeschool Voices on April 5, 2017
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Homeschool Alum Interview from North Greenville University

My name is Stuart Floyd. I am a single, straight, 22-year-old Christian (Southern Baptist) white male who lives in Greenville County, SC. I have no kids. I have no debt and my annual income is somewhere between $25-40k. I was homeschooled with one sister who was 2.5 years younger than me. My parents are still Read More »

Homeschool Alumni Interview: "My parents completely neglected my education"

Posted in Homeschool Voices on April 5, 2017
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In Their Words Interview - Homeschool Neglect

I am a 23-year-old woman. I live with my parents and two younger brothers, who are 21 and 19. We are all Independent Baptists, both by the way we were raised and by choice. We’re a middle-class family, living in the Virginia suburbs outside of Washington D.C.My family began homeschooling my brothers and I when Read More »