{"id":727,"date":"2016-07-22T21:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T21:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/?p=727"},"modified":"2024-08-08T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T23:35:31","slug":"homeschooling-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.studypug.com\/homeschooling-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"What is homeschooling and how to get started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Homeschooling_infographic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Homeschooling_infographic.png\" alt=\"Homeschooling\" width=\"740\" height=\"4146\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re one of the growing number of parents contemplating using homeschooling as an option for educating your children, there\u2019s a lot of positive news about this learning model to help you make an informed decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three decades ago homeschooling was illegal in 30 states, but now, it has become recognized as an achievement springboard that continues to offer value added learning advantages that traditional education has been unable to deliver consistently. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, online learning tools are leveling the playing field and even providing advantages that were once only within the domain of the wealthy.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No longer an oddball option for families on the fringes of society, it is attracting families of all political stripes, religious beliefs, and geographic locales.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling Programs Going Mainstream<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Homeschooling-Gives-Kids-an-Academic-Edge.jpg\" alt=\"Homeschooling-Gives-Kids-an-Academic-Edge\" width=\"742\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is approximately 2.3 million American youth who are taught at home today, according to the most recent statistics from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nheri.org\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Home Education Research Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(NHERI), a not-for-profit organization that tracks data about homeschooling. In fact, the population of homeschoolers has more than doubled since 2003, when only 1.09 million students learned at home and continues to grow at a rate of two to eight percent annually.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pros and cons of homeschooling<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most parents choose homeschooling for a mix of reasons, says NHERI, including the opportunity to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">customize or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/college-algebra\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">individualize the curriculum and learning environment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for each child,;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accomplish more academically than in schools,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">use pedagogical approaches other than those typical in institutional schools;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enhance family relationships between children and parents and among siblings;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provide guided and reasoned social interactions with youthful peers and adults;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provide a safer environment for children and youth, because of physical violence, drugs and alcohol, psychological abuse, racism, and improper and unhealthy sexuality associated with institutional schools; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">teach and impart a particular set of values, beliefs, and worldview to children and youth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschool vs Public School<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling parents\u2019 efforts to give students an enriched, interesting academic experience does not mean that the basics are ignored. In fact, homeschooled students outshine their more traditionally educated peers by 15 to 30 percentile points on standardized academic achievement tests. They also usually have above-average scores on the SAT and ACT tests that are the standardized entrance exams for university and college admission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c There\u2019s a New Path to Harvard \u2013 and It\u2019s Not in a Classroom.\u201d- author Chris Weller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When homeschooling first made an appearance on the scene, there were concerns that post-secondary admissions officers would look askance at applications from the homeschoolers and that students would be at a disadvantage when it came to success in the more structured post-secondary environment. Today, there is no need to worry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Homeschool-vs-Public-School.jpg\" alt=\"Homeschool vs Public School\" width=\"742\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is absolutely an increase in the number of homeschooled students applying to college for one simple reason: The number of homeschoolers is continuing to grow, and homeschool graduates are graduating from high school and heading to college,\u201d William Estrada, director of federal relations at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hslda.ca\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home School Legal Defense Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (HSLDA), a nonprofit \u201cadvocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children,\u201d told heartland.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benefits of Homeschooling<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, as early as 2009, the HSLDA was documenting the success of homeschooled students. In a position paper, Ian Slatter, the organization\u2019s director of media relations, wrote, \u201ceven as the numbers and diversity of homeschoolers have grown tremendously over the past 10 years, homeschoolers have actually increased the already sizeable gap in academic achievement between themselves and their public school counterparts \u2026 Homeschoolers are actually achieving every day what the public schools claim are their goals\u2014to narrow achievement gaps and to educate each child to a high level.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholarships for Homeschoolers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than looking askance at applications from homeschoolers, university admissions officers are paying attention \u2013 partly because of the sheer numbers and partly due to their particular talents, skills and experiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHSLDA\u2019s research has shown that homeschool students are better prepared for higher education than their traditionally educated peers,\u201d Estrada told homeland.org. \u201cIn addition, homeschoolers, due to their unique flexibility in learning, often have more diverse life experiences, including volunteering, politics, and community service.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">University Entrance and Homeschoolers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/University-Entrance-and-Homeschoolers1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1257 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/University-Entrance-and-Homeschoolers1.jpg\" alt=\"University-Entrance-and-Homeschoolers\" width=\"594\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students who are homeschooled study at their own pace and can focus special attention on topics that really engage their interests. Sometimes, their passions lead them to take college courses at a tender age in order to feed those passions. The flexibility also allows them hands-on learning in a way that isn\u2019t possible in the structured environment of a public school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2010 article in MoneySense magazine wrote about homeschooling in a piece entitled, \u201cThere\u2019s a New Path to Harvard \u2013 and It\u2019s Not in a Classroom.\u201d In it, author Chris Weller noted, \u201cAway from the standardized tests and rigid schedules in public education, kids can let their creative sides flourish, learn about the world they live in, and, when it\u2019s time, earn acceptance into the best colleges in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author and former university admissions counselor, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, agreed, telling the Huffington Post, \u201cThe possibilities of showing all the kinds of things that colleges are looking for \u2014 curiosity, confidence, resourcefulness, ability to deal with challenges \u2014 you name it. That\u2019s a part of being a home-schooled student.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Duke and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are actively recruiting homeschoolers, it shows that they and their parents are doing something right.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problems with Homeschooling<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the opportunities that homeschooling provides, it isn\u2019t all sweetness and light. Critics say that one thing lacking is socialization skills. Schools offer students lessons other than those found in the curriculum, including <\/span><b>cooperation and competition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI always struggled socially,\u201d Danielle Everett, a Queens native, told New York Magazine. \u201cI didn\u2019t have close friends until I was 15. I don\u2019t think I have ever met a homeschooler who doesn\u2019t have social awkwardness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others say that children who are homeschooled develop a sense of entitlement that may not serve them well as adults. There is adversity they\u2019ll face in the workplace, where not everything is tailored to the needs of the individual, and they may not be prepared to cope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s also the question of diversity. Much of the homeschooling population doesn\u2019t reflect the variety seen in the population at large, and children are poorer for the absence of exposure to many cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On balance, however, parents are pleased with their choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChildren are naturally curious, but in school all they\u2019re taught is to get the right answer, which is stifling,\u201d Rina Crane, a homeschool mother\/teacher, told New York Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to homeschool<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/homeschool-in-the-city.jpg\" alt=\"homeschool-in-the-city\" width=\"742\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling has morphed from an unusual phenomenon to an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accepted educational alternative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. So what are k12 homeschool parents and students doing in the modern day to ensure success?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMore urban parents are turning their backs on the compulsory-education model and embracing the interactive, online educational future that policy entrepreneurs have predicted for years would revolutionize pedagogy and transform brick-and-mortar schooling,\u201d wrote Matthew Hennessey for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/matthewhennessey\/2015\/08\/06\/homeschooling-in-the-city-part-i-n2035448\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">townhall.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often, urban parents who turn to homeschooling have <\/span><b>concerns with the quality of the education<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their children receive at public schools, but they can\u2019t afford to send their youngsters to pricey private schools. Especially in the United States, city schools are suffering from violence, overcrowding, decaying infrastructure and poor academic outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the United States, it is no longer solely the province of Christian families who disapprove of a liberal curriculum. Homeschoolers can be found throughout the country, with <\/span><b>large concentrations in metropolitan areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In fact, the percentage of urban children who are homeschooled is almost as large as that of their suburban and rural counterparts. The students, too, are as diverse as the urban populations themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Canada, homeschooling officially celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015, and here, too, it has grown in popularity. As of 2012, more than 21, 600 Canadian students were registered as homeschoolers, an increase of 29 percent since 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2015 report by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraserinstitute.org\/research\/home-schooling-canada-current-picture%E2%80%942015\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fraser Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indicates that Canadians today, like their neighbours in the south, also have other reasons for choosing this option. The family might travel extensively, live in a remote location, have a child with special needs or one who needs enrichment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, homeschooling has become more of a <\/span><b>mainstream option<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschool Curriculum Customization<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-684\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/Urban-Homeschooling.jpg\" alt=\"Urban Homeschooling \" width=\"742\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling allows for an option the school system does not: customization. If you design your own curriculum, it doesn\u2019t have to be one size fits all. Is your child musically inclined or passionate about superheroes? You can adapt you\u2019re the examples in various lessons accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Families in urban centres who choose this option have advantages that their rural counterparts can\u2019t claim. For one, there is the proximity to other homeschooling families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn a city like this, you can find your tribe,\u201d Angela Wade, a homeschooling mother in New York City, told townhall\u2019s Hennessey. \u201cYou can find your homeschoolers. And there are a lot of us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online resources<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online homeschooling is also a viable option that has now popped up. Parents may not be equally skilled in tackling all the subjects their children may want to learn, but online resources can either supplement or replace certain subjects. Many of the online homeschool curricula that are offered online can be personalized to match the pace of the student. They also provide a good outline as to the order of which topics should be covered within a subject. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past, getting access to skilled professional teachers that specialize in a certain subject usually came with a hefty price tag. Online homeschool programs and tutoring sites offer a more cost-friendly option since the cost of producing quality videos or lesson plans are shared amongst many different subscribers who use their service. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if parents feel they are able to adequately teach a subject, it is good to seek out online resources to see if more can be added to their homeschool curriculum. There are also lots of free educational activities that parents and their children can be exposed to by venturing online! <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschool Share<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Homeschool-High-School.jpg\" alt=\"Homeschool High School\" width=\"742\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though many portions of a homeschool curriculum are tailored specifically to individual children, there are activities that can be done as a group, and when students live near each other, it\u2019s easy to make that happen. Bringing a group of homeschoolers together for a daily physical education class such as gymnastics, for example, isn\u2019t difficult to accomplish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the scheduling flexibility allowed by homeschooling means that these children can take advantage of such resources outside hours of peak demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cities also provide rich resources around which to build a more experiential curriculum. Museums, parks, historical buildings and cultural institutions all offer opportunities for hands-on learning. In New York City, the homeschool population has grown so large that a number of institutions offer classes geared to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyhistory.org\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Historical Society<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for example, offers a program that teaches students American history through a combination of Broadway musicals and historical artifacts. (Of course, there is a cost to these offerings.) Parents can also take advantage of the city\u2019s abundant resources individually.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschool High School<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As homeschoolers grow older, they will likely need specialized instruction in subjects that their parents aren\u2019t qualified or comfortable teaching. In urban areas, given the proximity of other homeschoolers, it\u2019s possible for parents to jointly hire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/ca\/grade12\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tutors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in individual subjects, such as a foreign language or advanced science or math.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes parents with special expertise will teach a small group of students that includes their own offspring. An engineer might offer physics instruction, for example, or an actor might teach drama.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does homeschooling work<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to see how homeschooling works, let\u2019s take a look at how it\u2019s done amongst African American students as well as military homeschoolers. This section will explore the reasons behind why certain parents and students in these groups choose to go down the home school route. It could offer insight into how to start homeschooling your child and share what home school programs currently exist. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African American students<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/African-American-Homeschooling.jpg\" alt=\"African American Homeschooling\" width=\"742\" height=\"536\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As homeschooling in the United States has moved from being a fringe activity to a popular one, <\/span><b>African-American families<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been one of the fastest growing segments of the homeschooling population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NHERI has estimated that 15 percent of the homeschool population in the United States is non-white\/non-Hispanic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African American Homeschooling<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe do know from empirical evidence\u2014not a lot, but some empirical evidence\u2014that over the last 10 to 12 years, it has grown disproportionately faster among minorities, including blacks, than the general rate of growth,\u201d Brian Ray, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nheri.org\/about-nheri.html\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHERI president<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, told heartland.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NHERI numbers are tracked with estimates made by Joyce Burges, founder of the National Black Home Educators, an organization she created 16 years ago after realizing that there was a dearth of homeschooling material geared toward African-American homeschoolers. Its conventions now attract 400 people, compared to 50 in the early days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black families are turning to homeschooling for some of the same reasons as white families, as well as other societal and cultural factors. In urban areas, they are dismayed by the state of the public school system and are seeking alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhy do parents homeschool? It\u2019s really simple,\u201d Ray, of the NHERI, told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartland.org\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">heartland.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cThey want a <\/span><a href=\"\/homeschooling-in-america\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">good academic education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for their children. They think they can do as well or better than public schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschool Success Statistics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Homeschool-Success-Statistics.jpg\" alt=\"Homeschool Success Statistics\" width=\"742\" height=\"408\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A study published in the Journal of Social Choice showed that African-American children who were homeschooled <\/span><b>outperformed their public school counterparts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on standardized tests by 42 percentile points in reading, 26 percentile points in language and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23 percentile points in math<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the importance of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/collegereadiness.collegeboard.org\/sat\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholastic Aptitude Test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in determining university and college opportunities, this is no small achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also significant, because teachers often have low expectations for black children, whether overtly stated or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ama Mazama, a professor of African-American studies at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cla.temple.edu\/africanamericanstudies\/faculty\/ama-mazama\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Temple University<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Philadelphia, told the Atlantic, \u201cWe have all heard that the American education system is not the best and is falling behind in terms of international standards. But this is compounded for black children, who are treated as though they are not as intelligent and cannot perform as well, and therefore the standards for them should be lower.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling can provide the inverse of this experience, especially for boys, who are often treated as troublemakers-in-training. Male parents or tutors hired for additional subjects can provide exposure to black male role models, something that isn\u2019t an option in the public school system where, the U.S. Department of Education reported in 2015, <\/span><b>less than two percent of current classroom teachers are African-American men<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paula Penn-Nabrit, author of Morning by Morning: How We Home-Schooled Our African-American Sons to the Ivy League, told the Atlantic, \u201cMost black people go to school and never have a teacher that looks like them, and this is particularly true for black boys.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling and Self Esteem<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Homeschooling-and-Self-Esteem.jpg\" alt=\"Homeschooling and Self Esteem\" width=\"742\" height=\"495\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along the same lines, homeschooling gives African-American parents the opportunity to expose their children to <\/span><b>history lessons that are less Euro-centric<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Parents include contributions by successful blacks throughout the ages and examine the history of African civilizations, too. The lessons go far beyond the look at slavery that is often all public schools teach about the black experience and offer an opportunity for the students to build racial pride and gain self-esteem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs black people, I really want my children to understand that we are a huge part of history that is not always told,\u201d Camille Kirksey, an African-American mother from Detroit who homeschools her children told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Public Radio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschool Life that Works<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black families also choose to homeschool their children to avoid exposure to racism. In addition to worrying about the quality of the urban education, Marvell Robinson, a San Diego mother who teaches her son at home, was concerned about bullying incidents in his largely white school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf he hadn\u2019t been bullied I would have really looked into transferring schools, or going back to where I grew up in Kansas,\u201d Robinson told the Atlantic. \u201cAt least in Kansas it was more racially diverse. I assumed that\u2019s how the schools would be in San Diego, but I was wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">African-American students who have been homeschooled stand in stark counterpoint to the stereotypes about the black community that abound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the midst of tough times, these (homeschooling) kids stand tall with character and virtue,\u201d Burges of NBHE told opportunitylives.com. \u201cTheir standards are amazing. They believe in getting married, they believe in fatherhood and strong families, and doing the right thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military homeschoolers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Military-Families-Opt-for-Homeschooling.jpg\" alt=\"Military Families Opt for Homeschooling\" width=\"742\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jumping from African American students, let\u2019s take a look at military homeschoolers. Between <\/span><b>5 and 10 percent of military families are homeschoolers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to Mike Donnelly of the Purcell, Virginia-based <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hslda.ca\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home School Legal Defense Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and it should come as no surprise that the number is growing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, homeschooling is on the rise generally throughout the United States; more than <\/span><a href=\"\/homeschooling-in-america\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.3 million American youth are homeschooled<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> today, more than twice the 1.09 million who studied at home in 2003, according to the most recent statistics from the NHERI. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGone are the sideways looks [the parents] sometimes got when their decision to home school came up in conversation,\u201d Lt. Col. James Rexford told the Army Times. \u201cNow, the response is usually, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s awesome. We\u2019re thinking about doing that too.\u2019 \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, and perhaps more important, is that homeschooling seems <\/span><b>tailor made<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the impermanence of the <\/span><b>military lifestyle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Active duty military families move every two or three years, not counting relocations for special training courses, and it is this factor that is partly driving the increased numbers, Mary Keller, president and chief executive officer of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military Child Education Coalition<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, told pbs.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe tough thing as you move from state to state, you can miss fundamental concepts,\u201d said Keller, a former assistant superintendent in the Killeen Independent School District in Texas. \u201cYou can move and [your child can] miss fractions just because your sending school hadn\u2019t gotten there yet and your receiving school has already done it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling Military Children<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Homeschooling-Military-Children.jpg\" alt=\"Homeschooling Military Children\" width=\"742\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bumps in the curriculum are a big issue, but so are concerns about adjusting to a new school and new classmates. Lindsay Burchette, a Navy wife, decided in 2011 to homeschool her eight-year-old son when he expressed trepidation about new schools as transfers took the family from Tennessee to Florida and on to Virginia. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStarting a new school is bad enough, and doing it twice over seemed like a lot,\u201d Burchette, a mother of three, told the New York Times. \u201cHe kind of perked up after we mentioned that. The move kind of changed perspective for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military Homeschooling Overseas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/homeschooling-in-america\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling also offers flexibility<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, another big benefit for families where the breadwinner may have an irregular schedule or be away from home much of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe good thing about us being able to home school, I could keep the lesson plans in line with his job,\u201d Mariel Barreras, an army wife and founder of the Home School Association for Military Families, told pbs.org. \u201cWhen daddy was home, we didn\u2019t do school, or we did the fun school projects\u2014the field trips, the science projects. Then when he was gone, we did school work, even if it was Saturday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, military families may choose homeschooling for the same reasons that many other families do: <\/span><b>religious reasons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unhappiness with the <\/span><b>local school system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or a desire to cater to <\/span><b>children with special needs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As for other families, military homeschooling requires a mother who can stay at home to teach, so it doesn\u2019t suit everyone. However, the military gave its blessing to homeschooling in a 2002 memo that called it a \u201clegitimate alternative form of education.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling While in the Military<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For such a mobile population, homeschooling can pose bureaucratic challenges that other homeschooled families don\u2019t face, because each of the 50 states has its own rules and requirements for homeschoolers. There is a now an agreement called the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children signed by all 50 states and Washington, D.C., that addresses such things as graduation and enrollment, but specifically avoids curriculum issues, because individual states don\u2019t agree on those.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barreras said the curriculum rules about subjects, content and testing vary widely from state to state, making it challenging for families that move regularly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt can be as easy as just filing a private school affidavit, to being required to file under an umbrella school, to having to submit all of your lessons plans with the school board,\u201d she told pbs.org.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valerie Moon told the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/story\/military\/archives\/2013\/03\/14\/abcs-of-home-schooling-why-more-military-families-are-skipping\/78535012\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Army Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that \u201cThe biggest mistake military homeschoolers usually make is assuming they don\u2019t have to follow the stated laws where they\u2019re stationed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschool Association for Military Families<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This patchwork quilt of rules prompted Barreras to found the Home School Association for Military Families with the vision of supporting \u201cfamilies with information, educational opportunities, and special programs.\u201d The organization provides a <\/span><b>home school starter kit <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for parents that include information on state laws, curriculum options, and mentorship opportunities. Its programs include a student summer reading program and an ongoing pen pal program that supports literacy and reading comprehension while exposing students to other cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wherever they are stationed, military families are drawing on the association and other resources to make <\/span><b>homeschooling work for them<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As explored in this section, homeschooling is employed in different families for a variety of different reasons. However, we are lucky to be in the day and age where there is support for homeschooling parents so that being homeschooled is a more viable option than ever. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschool Alums<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea of homeschooling and education away from established academic institutions is still quite misunderstood and misplaced, despite its constant rise. Most of the time, people think it\u2019s for rich kids with social and attitude problems who can\u2019t perform and thrive in the classroom, but this couldn\u2019t be more wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homeschooling is more than just a glorified term for tutoring and letting children slack off early in their lives, but a viable way for turning the young and naive into mature adults with intelligence and understanding of the workings of the real world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many great people who were homeschooled and went on to become successful and productive in their own right. Here are 20 of them who were certainly no slackers:<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benjamin Franklin<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/aa_franklinb_subj_e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The renowned statesman and polymath who became one of the most brilliant minds during America\u2019s early history as an independent nation had attended grammar school from ages 8 to 10 but then continued education on his own through voracious reading. His parents wanted him to become a clergyman, but he had other ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Condoleezza Rice<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Stwnewspress-CondoleezzaRicePressConference6511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1350 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Stwnewspress-CondoleezzaRicePressConference6511.jpg\" alt=\"020510_Condoleeza_Rice_01_BEN\" width=\"518\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter what you think of her politics, Condoleezza Rice is a remarkable woman who was homeschooled and later went on to get a Ph.D. in political science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She would then become the 66th United States Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>C. S. Lewis<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/CS-Lewis-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The famous author of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chronicles of Narnia <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a polymath who was into literature, theology, medieval history, and broadcasting, among other things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was homeschooled before being sent to the Wynyard School in 1908 at the age of 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erwin Schrodinger<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/diagrams2\/blog\/schrod11b.jpg\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/diagrams2\/blog\/schrod11b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man who came up with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schrodinger equation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that has become a fundamental equation in quantum mechanics and the Schrodinger\u2019s Cat thought experiment that made it easier for laymen to understand the weird but enlightening nature of quantum mechanics was also homeschooled earlier in his life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Tebow<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/013114espnparty024acny_88095127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Known for his unorthodox play, the star quarterback and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heisman Trophy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> winner was one of the famous examples of homeschooled athletes who faced the challenge of seeking the same opportunities as regular students in the athletic field.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frank Lloyd Wright<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/diagrams2\/blog\/Frank-Lloyd-Wright--007.jpg\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.guim.co.uk\/sys-images\/Guardian\/Archive\/Search\/2011\/4\/21\/1303397879191\/Frank-Lloyd-Wright--007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was a prolific American architect who designed more than 1,000 structures and the pioneer of what would become the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organic_architecture\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">philosophy of organic architecture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was also a leader of the Prairie School of architecture and developed the Usonian home concept which had an influence in urban planning in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Margaret Atwood<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/MargaretAtwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is a poet, novelist, and environmental activist who has won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also invented the LongPen, a remote signing device that allowed people to write in ink anywhere in the world through the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas Alva Edison<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/alva-edison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the facts that have recently popped up regarding him and his inventions, he is still an inspiration for anyone who has ever been called \u201cdull\u201d by their teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was homeschooled by his mother after spending only three months in school as his teacher thought of him as \u201caddled\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julian Assange<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps it explains his rather unique personality, but it also most likely paved the way for his career as a hacker and later the figurehead of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/index.en.html\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WikiLeaks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the controversial online publisher of secret information that has been changing the world as we speak.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abraham Lincoln<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/diagrams2\/blog\/getty20n-4-web.jpg\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/diagrams2\/blog\/getty20n-4-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the greatest American presidents in history was privately tutored as a young man. Neighbors and family members thought of him as lazy due to his interest in reading and writing since they lived in the frontier, where males were expected to do hard labor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite that, he was also physically strong and is one of the best historical examples of the successful coupling of brains and brawn.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Polgar Sisters<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/diagrams2\/blog\/polgar_0009_Layer%202_0.jpg\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/diagrams2\/blog\/polgar_0009_Layer%202_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are three successful chess players from Budapest, Hungary who were homeschooled by their father, Laszlo Polgar. A Hungarian Jewish chess teacher and educational psychologist, Laszlo wanted to prove to the world that it\u2019s possible to deliberately develop world-class chess players, believing that \u201cgeniuses are made, not born.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judit and Susan Polgar would go on to become the strongest and second strongest women chess players in the world respectively, while Sofia Polgar was herself a strong chess player who went on to become a chess teacher and an artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Woolf<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/doua-documentare-despre-virginia-woolf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is a famous writer who was homeschooled and extensively read the literary classics contained in her father\u2019s library, which most likely led her to become a writer herself. She would go on to become one of the foremost figures in modernist literature during the 20th century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Augusta Ada Lovelace<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At a time when women were still marginalized, Countess Lovelace was the daughter of the poet<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lord_Byron\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Byron<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and one of the foremost mathematical minds in her time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She would later pioneer what would become computer programming due to her work on Charles Babbage\u2019s Analytical Engine, an immensely complicated machine that became known as the world\u2019s first ever computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agatha Christie<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ada_Byron_aged_seventeen_1832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1615 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studypug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Ada_Byron_aged_seventeen_1832.jpg\" alt=\"Ada_Byron_aged_seventeen_(1832)\" width=\"772\" height=\"934\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another female writer on this list, Agatha Christie is known for her crime novels that were influential to the genre that we know now as the murder mystery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Guinness Book of World Records lists her as the best-selling novelist of all time with around 2 billion copies sold, just behind Shakespeare\u2019s works and the Bible (which are not novels).<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benoit Mandelbrot<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/us__en_us__ibm100__fractals__mandelbrot_portrait__792x985.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"517\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pioneer of<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/ibm\/history\/ibm100\/us\/en\/icons\/fractal\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fractal geometry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> didn\u2019t do well in school as a child and was homeschooled by his uncle from the age of 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His great contributions include understanding the states of randomness in financial markets, the theory of roughness in geometry, coining the term \u201cfractal\u201d to create a whole new field of geometry, and the Mandelbrot set that has been widely recognized as one of the greatest discoveries in the history of mathematics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beatrix Potter<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biographyonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Beatrix_Potter3.jpg\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biographyonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Beatrix_Potter3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you may have noticed by now, a lot of famous writers were homeschooled. In the case of Beatrix Potter, the author of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tale-Peter-Rabbit-Beatrix-Potter\/dp\/1414506414\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she never received a formal education at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite that, she went on to become an illustrator, natural scientist, conservationist, and the writer of a famous series of children\u2019s books featuring a mischievous anthropomorphic rabbit living in the British countryside.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joseph Priestley<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/arts\/yourpaintings\/images\/paintings\/hmc\/large\/ou_hmc_no7_large.jpg\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/arts\/yourpaintings\/images\/paintings\/hmc\/large\/ou_hmc_no7_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"593\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was the founder of the first Unitarian church in America, but he also discovered oxygen and became the father of modern chemistry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having been ill in his youth with tuberculosis while preparing to enter the ministry, he taught himself mathematics and several languages during his recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ansel Adams<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dcvp84mxptlac.cloudfront.net\/blog-images\/Ansel_Adams_and_camera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"626\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arguably the greatest philosopher of the 20th century, Ansel got fed up with the monotony of the classroom at the age of 12 and started rebelling against teachers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing that he had no respect for formal education, his father decided to end it and homeschooled him in Greek, algebra, and the English classics, as well as the natural wonders of the ocean and the beaches near their San Francisco home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s easy to see that students who were once homeschooled cannot be easily grouped into a single category. There\u2019s no telling what home school programs will allow students to achieve in their future lives, but it\u2019s clear that if it\u2019s done right, history has shown us that great people are shaped out of it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Need some assistance with a particular subject in your homeschool curriculum? We at StudyPug are geared towards students interested in self-learning math and can accompany traditional lessons taught in schools too. Our video instructors are all trained in mathematics and hold teaching licenses, so our content is guaranteed to fit a diverse set of learning needs. 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