2010年11月4日星期四

American Homeschooling Has Been Around Since We Trekked Across the Continent

Homeschooling in America is making a big comeback with all the problems that seem to stem from the education system. What people in American don’t seem to realize is this country was made by homeschooling. It was one of the few times in America when most children could read and write and they were taught in covered wagons trekking into the wilderness. I can still remember one of the early TV programs ‘Little House On The Prairie’ where the kids had to learn their reading and writing. It was actually a theme that ran through the whole program. Now homeschooling is basically the same, the parents are still teaching their kids albeit with a bit more that a pencil and a slate. The principle is still there and that is if you want your kids to get ahead then they have to be taught. So American Homeschooling has progressed and even with some school boards trying to stop it, homeschooling has flourished. And unless our schools are made to be safer places it will still flourish. More and more families are looking at homeschooling as an alternative to mainstream education, and it is not only middle class American. Some solo mothers on the benefit are homeschooling their kids for whatever reason they choose so now a wide range of American parents are choosing homeschooling. Also there are many associations helping American Homeschooling families like the AHA the American Homeschooling Association And the African American Homeschooling Association so homeschooling is encompassing all levels within society.

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