How We Got Started In Homeschooling
By Sun Kyu Bae |
Published April 10, 2009 |
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Track our thoughts and events that led us to joining the education revolution!
Searching for Answers
During some research, I came across homeschooling. I have to admit that homeschooling was something that we just recently heard of, and that kids of homeschooling acted “differently” than traditional academic kids (don’t ask us what “differently” meant, because that word was suggested to us by some friends who knew homeschooled children and thus, we had no clue as to what they were talking about). It was a pure coincidence that I came to Serina with the idea of homeschooling as a possible alternative for Ryan and that a local church was giving a lecture on homeschooling. Therefore, not knowing what to expect, we went to the meeting and discovered that homeschooled kids were indeed “different”.
You see, part of the lecture at the church involved about 3-4 homeschooled kids giving a quick presentation on a business idea that each had. The presentation was no longer than 2-3 minutes each, but what really intrigued us was that these group of kids were the most articulate, confident, and self- managed (read: minimal “sssh’s” or other form of parental coaching while on stage) set of kids we ever met. It was as if giving presentations to a group of 20 strangers + their parents was something they had done all their young lives (we’re talking ages 7-9 here).
And after we heard the customized curriculum that the children were exposed to (each were different to meet the needs of the child) and the flexible schedules AND locations that homeschooling could occur (anyone up for homeschooling in Italy while on vacation?), we were wondering, “why hadn’t we considered this for Ryan earlier?”
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