| I began homeschooling in 2003. My reason was | | | | to give their child a better education at home, for |
| simple. I did not like the environment my children | | | | religious reasons, and because of poor learning |
| would be learning in. I never had any past | | | | environment at public schools. Also, according to |
| experience teaching, so I was a bit apprehensive. | | | | research done by NCHE(National Center for Home |
| I began by doing research. I wanted to find a | | | | Education), the average 8th grader who is |
| program that I thought would benefit my children | | | | homeschooled performs four grade levels above |
| and also not bore them. I also did research on | | | | the natonal average. One in four homeschool |
| homeschooling in the USA. I wanted to see for | | | | students(24.5%) are enrolled one or more grades |
| myself how many children were being | | | | above age level. Students who have been |
| homeschooled in this country and how they stood | | | | homeschooled their entire lives have the highest |
| next to public and privately schooled children. | | | | scholastic achievement. |
| I found that according to NCES(National Center | | | | A good article on homeshooling was done by a |
| for Education Statistics) in 2003 an estimated 1.1 | | | | staff reporter, Daniel Golden, for "The Wall Street |
| million students were being homeschooled in the | | | | Journal Atlanta". This was on the front page in the |
| United States. This amounted to 2.2 percent of | | | | February 11, 2000 edition. Read it. Especially if you |
| U.S. students, ages 5 thru 17, with a grade | | | | are a little apprehensive about teaching. I have |
| equivalent of kindergarten thru 12. | | | | found that it is not as hard as it sounds. It is |
| Parents gave a variety of reasons for | | | | actually fun and rewarding. |
| homeschooling. These reasons included being able | | | | |