Trends in African-American Home Schooling
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Paym Bergson
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» Ognyen - A Great Way to Go!
My son graduated from public school with his peers, but my daughter began home-schooling as a fourth grader. We pulled her for two main reasons. She came home from school most days with headaches from the noise-level, and she was quite bored. Her teacher even said she knew anything she was asked, but her reading of non-class-related books during the instruction was hard for the teacher to deal with.She loved the homeschool environment, and was quite self-motivated. She had a big hand in developing her own curriculum. How many public school students can say they've had Latin? Anyway, she finished her schooling through a correspondence high school (American School), and graduated three years ahead of her peers.
She's currently a 17-year-old sophomore in college, with an all-tuition-paid scholarship. The great thing about that is she earned it herself, through test-scores! If you get a chance, try to find the song, "Homeschool Girl" by the band called B.O.B. (Bunch of Believers). I think it was written about my daughter.
Home-Schooling works, but it might take some work on the parents' parts!
-- posted by Ognyen
» Gaynor3 - Re: A Great Way to Go!
In response to message posted by Ognyen:We are a bi-racial family. I am homeschooling my three year old for two reasons
1. She is way ahead of her peers already
2. We live in an area where bi-racial isn't acceptable.
I would like to communicate with other homeschooling parents. It doesn't matter where you live or the colour of your skin. We are following the British schooling system and are not religious but we believe very strongly in your right to choose.
-- posted by Gaynor3
» NAAHA - Thanks for Posting
Thanks for posting on my page. I really appreciate it. I love hearing good home schooling success stories. It just proves that home schooling works for a lot of families.Gaynor3, I'd be happy to discuss home schooling with you. Actually, we have a really nice Yahoo! group for our state organization that you might be interested in joining. It's a small group right now with wonderful ladies. We have African-American families, one bi-racialal family and a couple of Caucasian families with adopted African-American children. We'd be happy to have you!
You many join the group here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/grNCAfricanAmeri...
-- posted by NAAHA
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Paym Bergson
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We're a great bunch here as you are finding out - glad you are part!
Paym
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