Tag: alumni testimonial
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Oversight of my home education would have given me someone to see the severe authoritarian parenting happening in our home. The beatings that were handed to us daily as obedience to god. Maybe an agency of oversight would have missed the abuse. But I can tell you that not having anyone really paying attention to my education cost me years of having to make it up.”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by Sarah Henderson
“If my parents were required to show some sort of portfolio, they would have needed to make sure that there were books, and show progression through grades (even if the progression was at an individual pace). They would have also needed to obtain and evaluate school work from us.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Homeschooling students who, like me, are privileged to have the skills necessary to fill in the gaps in our education can often bounce back from sub-standard educations. But others, like my brothers, who lack these skills will forever pay the price. The costs of the lack of oversight are borne by the most vulnerable.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“In the state of Colorado, homeschooled students are required to take placement tests every couple of years. There’s an exemption for parents who are certified teachers. My dad had a bachelor’s degree in English, and had taught it briefly, so we never took any tests.”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
“If there had been more oversight, my mom may have been able to get more motivated to get organized and give me and my sisters the education we needed. My sisters and I would not be in the very difficult place we are right now because of being under educated.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Even growing up, I knew I was one of the lucky homeschoolers. My family knew homeschooled children who worked in the family businesses instead of doing school, kids who could barely read and who had learning disabilities that their families were not equipped to even identify, let alone address. . . . In so many of these cases, the physical, educational, and emotional neglect was never confronted, not even by fellow homeschooling parents, the only people in a position to see it.”
Updated on July 10, 2019 by CRHE
“My mother informed me that from now on we were all going to be “homeschooled” so that no more nosy teachers would be interfering in “our” (her) lives. One of my youngest stepsiblings had made some mention to a teacher of the rampant domestic violence that routinely rampaged through our home. . . . Homeschooling was the first step my mom took to make sure no one could get involved through children’s loose tongues ever again.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“In a country where education is compulsory and all schools and teachers face extreme levels of accountability for their teaching, home schools (while having some degree of curricular freedom) should also demonstrate that they are, in fact, educating children. If parents are providing sufficient education for their kids, this should not be a frightening prospect.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Many of my friends and I do not have high school diplomas or transcripts. In the states in which we were homeschooled, there was little oversight and no requirement that parents provide such documents to graduating home school students. In addition to the rampant educational neglect that occurred in homeschool circles, the lack of proper documents made it difficult for many of us to access higher education.”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by Ryan Stollar
“That moment made me realize that, while my parents were highly invested in us jumping through all the hoops to make sure we succeeded, not all parents are like that. Not all homeschool parents know how to educate their children — let alone educate them well. Not all homeschool parents care about the quality of their children’s education. Even the parents that co-existed with mine, that went to all the same meetings and conventions that mine did.”
Tag: alumni testimonial
Bethany Brittain: “It didn’t take long for me to lose my excitement”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Oversight of my home education would have given me someone to see the severe authoritarian parenting happening in our home. The beatings that were handed to us daily as obedience to god. Maybe an agency of oversight would have missed the abuse. But I can tell you that not having anyone really paying attention to my education cost me years of having to make it up.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, California, negative testimonial, testimonial
Sarah Henderson: “We did not wish to be home schooled”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by Sarah Henderson
“If my parents were required to show some sort of portfolio, they would have needed to make sure that there were books, and show progression through grades (even if the progression was at an individual pace). They would have also needed to obtain and evaluate school work from us.”
Category: Canada, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Canada, negative testimonial, testimonial
Jane Smith: “I am haunted by the question of what might have been different”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Homeschooling students who, like me, are privileged to have the skills necessary to fill in the gaps in our education can often bounce back from sub-standard educations. But others, like my brothers, who lack these skills will forever pay the price. The costs of the lack of oversight are borne by the most vulnerable.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, mixed experience, Oklahoma, pennsylvania, testimonial
Cynthia Jeub: “I wasn’t really taught anything after I was ten years old”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“In the state of Colorado, homeschooled students are required to take placement tests every couple of years. There’s an exemption for parents who are certified teachers. My dad had a bachelor’s degree in English, and had taught it briefly, so we never took any tests.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Colorado, educational neglect, Minnesota, negative testimonial, testimonial
Sierra S.: “My mom … was obviously overwhelmed”
Updated on October 26, 2023 by CRHE
“If there had been more oversight, my mom may have been able to get more motivated to get organized and give me and my sisters the education we needed. My sisters and I would not be in the very difficult place we are right now because of being under educated.”
Category: California, Florida, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, California, educational neglect, Florida, negative testimonial, testimonial
Alisa Harris: “Even growing up, I knew I was one of the lucky homeschoolers”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Even growing up, I knew I was one of the lucky homeschoolers. My family knew homeschooled children who worked in the family businesses instead of doing school, kids who could barely read and who had learning disabilities that their families were not equipped to even identify, let alone address. . . . In so many of these cases, the physical, educational, and emotional neglect was never confronted, not even by fellow homeschooling parents, the only people in a position to see it.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, board testimonial, New Mexico, positive testimonial, testimonial
Elizabeth W.: “I am a survivor”
Updated on July 10, 2019 by CRHE
“My mother informed me that from now on we were all going to be “homeschooled” so that no more nosy teachers would be interfering in “our” (her) lives. One of my youngest stepsiblings had made some mention to a teacher of the rampant domestic violence that routinely rampaged through our home. . . . Homeschooling was the first step my mom took to make sure no one could get involved through children’s loose tongues ever again.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, child abuse, negative testimonial, New York, testimonial
Giselle Palmer: “Good home schools will show progress”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“In a country where education is compulsory and all schools and teachers face extreme levels of accountability for their teaching, home schools (while having some degree of curricular freedom) should also demonstrate that they are, in fact, educating children. If parents are providing sufficient education for their kids, this should not be a frightening prospect.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: Alabama, alumni testimonial, board testimonial, Florida, positive testimonial, Tennessee, testimonial
Holly S.: “If there had only been some protection in place”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by CRHE
“Many of my friends and I do not have high school diplomas or transcripts. In the states in which we were homeschooled, there was little oversight and no requirement that parents provide such documents to graduating home school students. In addition to the rampant educational neglect that occurred in homeschool circles, the lack of proper documents made it difficult for many of us to access higher education.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, educational neglect, negative testimonial, North Carolina, South Carolina, testimonial
Ryan Stollar: “Not everyone had parents like I did”
Updated on May 16, 2016 by Ryan Stollar
“That moment made me realize that, while my parents were highly invested in us jumping through all the hoops to make sure we succeeded, not all parents are like that. Not all homeschool parents know how to educate their children — let alone educate them well. Not all homeschool parents care about the quality of their children’s education. Even the parents that co-existed with mine, that went to all the same meetings and conventions that mine did.”
Category: Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, board testimonial, California, positive testimonial, testimonial