When We Didn't Send Our Kids to School

Back when we didn't send our kids to school, there wasn't a lot of homeschooling support. It was legal, in Illinois, and we made sure it was in Oklahoma before we moved here. There were some teaching materials to be had, but mostly we just winged it. Everything was a teaching opportunity, going to the zoo, current news, whatever.

Apparently, we didn't do too badly. When our sons had to take literacy tests to get their driver licenses, they both were well above Senior High School level. Even though one son, unfamiliar with test-taking, marked his answers on the question book not the answer sheet. The test-giver didn't care.

By contrast with our lonely experience, my young cousin (1st, once removed) has home-schooled all his kids in a really supportive environment. Lots of mom at the kitchen table study, but also they participate in sports and other things with public schoolers and other home-schoolers, and church associations. One of his just made National Merit Scholar.

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