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Do you consider that passing time in traditional classrooms is not worth it? For many people, that is true. For example, a test is due and the pupils are asked to memorize a lot of dates and names. However, after taking the test, they will probably forget 90% of those dates and names. That’s what most students do every time they have exams. If you are one of these people, you will find traditional history lessons boring, so home schooling, which focuses more on the history of the world will surely catch your fancy.

In the fall of 1998 we began homeschooling. We had 4 children at the time: a 6-month-old, kindergartener, 2nd grader and 4th grader. The oldest 2 had been in a private school up to that point. We didn’t start homeschooling because we were unhappy with the school. We had decided when they were all preschoolers that we wanted them to have a Christian education, but when Keith suggested we could homeschool and eliminate the cost of a private school, I laughed! I told him that I just wanted them to go away for a little while now and then.

The Victorian Education system is failing young people and unless addressed this will have serious long term negative impacts on the lives of those children and on society as a whole. This system, which is based on the US model and is mirrored around the nation as well as in many developed countries, needs to be examined closely so that the effects of current policies are understood. At present the system still looks as if it is working but this is only an illusion, one that will soon vanish.

How successfully a child who receives homeschooling becomes well socialized will depend on several factors. If parents want their kids to be well socialized, and not just well educated, they have to pay equal attention to both important realms. What’s crucial is that parents don’t ignore this part of a child’s development and only focus on academics.