Alice Homeschools
A Home Based Education - Kindergarten year

A quick post so I can remember where I read this - Homeschooling does not equal isolation.
Over on a message board I frequent, there is a debate section. There is an article on the front page of MSN with the title of something along the lines of “the controversy of unschooling” or such. Someone on the message board posted the link and then said “have at it” without offering any comments. Okay so not offering comments may only be annoying to me!

That being said, its … somewhat akward for me to read about the misconceptions of homeschooling. For some reason people picture a family who never leaves their home, lives in the woods and has sheep so they can use the wool for clothing. It’s a very odd thing to me. Even before I homeschooled, I did not think that way. And after researching and reading SO much - I KNOW that the homeschoolers out there are awesome people doing a great job.

How can you isolate your children? Do they come home from school and then talk to noone else, are you leaving them at home while you go to the store, on vacation or outside? Then that’s YOUR issue, not the schools. And really, who is doing that? Noone that I know.