My Homeschooling Journey
I didn’t set out to become an advocate for home education. I seriously didn’t. I went to a typical Mid-Western K-12 school system, and my BA is from a Big Ten University. I remember thinking that home education was some crazy antiquated hidden part of society. I can remember telling people that as ‘Christians we are supposed to raise our children to be able to impact the secular world and sheltering them would never do that.’ I felt home education was raising children up to collapse under the pressures of the world. I was wrong. When it was time for my children to enter into the public education system, it was an uphill battle from the beginning. Our story is a story whispered in stifled voices around Mom’s groups. My oldest daughter was bullied for her faith by teachers, students, and administrators. Her safety was in question on more than one occasion. We found quickly a very clear agenda from a morality far from ours had see