Tag: testimonial
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“Although parents had to submit lists of textbooks that they were using for each grade as part of their report to the local school district, it became apparent that the school district didn’t know what to do with this, and didn’t read the reports at all.”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“Most of my homeschooled peers were much like me, in that they were handed a textbook and then expected to essentially teach themselves from grade eight on.” I was homeschooled from K-12 alongside my siblings by my mother,… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“I am grateful that a minimal amount of planning was required at the beginning of the school year and that some type of assessment was required at the end of each school year. I’m also grateful that medical… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“My days revolved around taking care of my siblings and our home. Our mother would leave her bedroom periodically to yell at us for being too noisy and messy. I spent most of my teenage years being overwhelmed… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“I’m a people-pleaser and a rule-follower. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with everything [my son] is required to know, and some kind of oversight for me would help me out. I think some oversight for the people in our co-op… Read More
Updated on November 21, 2017 by CRHE
Ultimately, it is me who pays the price. I’m now 25 and I’m still playing catch-up. My Math and Science skills are at an 8th grade level and I’ll have to spend a few years in remedial classes… Read More
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“I was never once asked if I felt safe at home. I was never asked if lessons frequently degenerated into screaming and tears. I wasn’t asked if my sister and I were hit on a semi-daily basis. No… Read More
Updated on October 12, 2016 by CRHE
“Although Pennsylvania had homeschooling oversight on the books, they failed to reliably enforce it. Even within my local school district I knew families with vastly different experiences with the district office” I‘m the oldest of six children, raised… Read More
Updated on July 5, 2017 by CRHE
“The goal was lofty, but our secular home education was primarily based on a fear of negative outside influence. What my parents did not understand is that safety by isolation has many consequences long into adulthood.” While I… Read More
Updated on January 14, 2019 by CRHE
“While I was researching what I would need to do to homeschool, I was stunned to find that in Texas homeschooling is completely unregulated. . . . Professionally I am a counselor. [At one point] I was working with people struggling with substance use disorders and trapped in poverty. . . . A sizeable portion had left school because their parents pulled them out, allegedly to homeschool them.”
Tag: testimonial
Rebecca F.: “The physical abuse and neglect was obvious to me from a very early age”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“Although parents had to submit lists of textbooks that they were using for each grade as part of their report to the local school district, it became apparent that the school district didn’t know what to do with this, and didn’t read the reports at all.”
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, New York, testimonial
Jennifer I.: “All that was required was a note every year”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“Most of my homeschooled peers were much like me, in that they were handed a textbook and then expected to essentially teach themselves from grade eight on.” I was homeschooled from K-12 alongside my siblings by my mother,… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, educational neglect, negative testimonial, Rhode Island, testimonial
Jesse M.: “Some of these things would most likely not have been done if they were not required”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“I am grateful that a minimal amount of planning was required at the beginning of the school year and that some type of assessment was required at the end of each school year. I’m also grateful that medical… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, New York, pennsylvania, testimonial
Rebecca A.: “I feel I have been denied the opportunity to live up to my potential”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“My days revolved around taking care of my siblings and our home. Our mother would leave her bedroom periodically to yell at us for being too noisy and messy. I spent most of my teenage years being overwhelmed… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, negative testimonial, pennsylvania, testimonial
E. Bradshaw: “Some kind of oversight for me would help me out”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“I’m a people-pleaser and a rule-follower. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with everything [my son] is required to know, and some kind of oversight for me would help me out. I think some oversight for the people in our co-op… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: parent testimonial, testimonial, Texas
Maria M.: “I’m still playing catch-up”
Updated on November 21, 2017 by CRHE
Ultimately, it is me who pays the price. I’m now 25 and I’m still playing catch-up. My Math and Science skills are at an 8th grade level and I’ll have to spend a few years in remedial classes… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Illinois, testimonial
Lillie S.: “I was never once asked if I felt safe at home”
Updated on February 6, 2020 by CRHE
“I was never once asked if I felt safe at home. I was never asked if lessons frequently degenerated into screaming and tears. I wasn’t asked if my sister and I were hit on a semi-daily basis. No… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, Ohio, testimonial
Sarah M.: “These assessments turned out to be easily avoided”
Updated on October 12, 2016 by CRHE
“Although Pennsylvania had homeschooling oversight on the books, they failed to reliably enforce it. Even within my local school district I knew families with vastly different experiences with the district office” I‘m the oldest of six children, raised… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, negative testimonial, pennsylvania, testimonial
Alex H.: “I often wonder at what cost”
Updated on July 5, 2017 by CRHE
“The goal was lofty, but our secular home education was primarily based on a fear of negative outside influence. What my parents did not understand is that safety by isolation has many consequences long into adulthood.” While I… Read More
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: alumni testimonial, California, negative testimonial, testimonial
Roianna: “I think complete dysregulation is dangerous and harmful”
Updated on January 14, 2019 by CRHE
“While I was researching what I would need to do to homeschool, I was stunned to find that in Texas homeschooling is completely unregulated. . . . Professionally I am a counselor. [At one point] I was working with people struggling with substance use disorders and trapped in poverty. . . . A sizeable portion had left school because their parents pulled them out, allegedly to homeschool them.”
Category: Blog, Testimonial Tags: disability, parent testimonial, testimonial, Texas