Homeschooling Done Exceedingly Well!

A good friend of our oldest daughter had her master's degree by the time she was 23. She was homeschooled, from kindergarten age, out of necessity to begin with (her parents lived in a trailer while they built a lovely home on their property surrounded by national forest) because their property was too "out" for the power company to supply them with electricity. They ran their home off solar and wind power. This little girl was 12 years old before she lived in a home with electricity.

When we began researching homeschooling, I immediately went to this family. The mother, a good friend of mine as well as "the mom" of one of the kids' friends, definitely did homeschooling right. She advised us and we listened carefully. She was a lot of help to us, and thanks to striving to "do homeschool right", the first 2 daughters we took down the homeschool journey, Daughters #3 & #4, both were accepted into college at age 16.

You hear so many people putting down homeschooling. The fact is, that just like public schools, there are children who excel and other children who fall between the cracks and do not learn the basics of a good education.

When I read articles like this one, though, it reinforces my belief that the homeschooling experience can not only be done "right", it can be done exceptionally well. The Harding family from Alabama have definitely done homeschooling well with their children!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2311690/The-family-sending-home-schooled-children-college-age-12.html