Homeschooled in New Zealand: TheLemur’s Story, Part Three

This is the kind of sexually repressive culture endemic in fundamentalism, and fundamentalist homeschooling. Teenagers can be granted no sexual agency.

White Supremacist Homeschooling

“White Pride Homeschooling.” It’s an actual thing.

Accelerated Christian Education’s Ugly History of Racism

“‘Put it this way,’ the ACE employee replied. ‘The only black guys working here are the janitors.'”

Bullied and Bullying: Aaron K Collett’s Story, Part Two

“The curriculum, combined with the culture of abuse and bullying, created an awful high school experience for me.”

I Was Once Considered A Success Story In The ACE World: Aaron K Collett’s Story, Part One

“Ken Ham and Kent Hovind were our heroes. They were standing up to the evil scientist conspiracy.”

Coming Out About My Unbelief to My Sister

“I’m really growing weary of the charade I have to keep up in order to remain in the atheist closet. I had been talking to my fellow ex-fundamentalist bloggers on Twitter about whether I should come out to my sister, who has always been there for me throughout my life. On Sunday, I was debating whether or not I should come out, but then lost my courage at the last minute. Well, finally, Tuesday night, I finally worked up the courage to finally come out to her.”

How I (Barely) Survived Home Schooling: Jonny Scaramanga’s Story

“Now I think fundamentalist Christian home school curricula are part of the problem. Educating children is difficult. Very few parents are equipped to do it well. An off-the-shelf curriculum gives parents a false confidence that they can provide an education with little effort. In fact, a pre-packaged curriculum for every student is not going to fit any student.”

Looking Back At My Fundamentalist Homeschooling Past: Sheldon’s Story

“She was showing me the curriculum she was using. It was the same atrocious Accelerated Christian Education (A.C.E) curriculum we were raised with. I spent my whole school life with it, first in a IFB affiliated private school, then in home school.”

Our Journey to Unschooling: Cindy Foster’s Story

“Neither my husband nor I had much confidence in public school since much of our own school experiences were negative. We could not afford to send the kiddos to a Christian school; public school was out of the question, so home schooling seemed to be the perfect solution. We took the plunge.”