Of Libraries, Flashbacks, and Alternate Realities

CC image courtesy of Flickr, Hellebardius Editor’s Note: Darcy Anne is a homeschool alumni blog partner. She blogs at Darcy’s Heart-stirrings. This post was originally published on July 15, 2016, and is reprinted with permission.   I will probably never be free from the memories. No situation or activity is safe from the flashbacks, the comparisons, and the wonder that

The Wave Crashes: Hannah’s Story

My dad arranged for an intervention for me. They took me against my will to his pastor where they guilt-tripped me until I gave up my cell phones. The pastor wanted me to give up my “worldly” jobs, and quit going to a “worldly” school.

An Average Homeschooler: Part Five, High School Textbooks

“I have very clear memories of my high school experience. I remember the way all the books looked, I remember specific passages and illustrations. I remember quizzes and homework problems. 10th grade was A Beka biology, grammar, and history, BJUPress geometry and literature.”

Ready for Real Life: Part Five, Science and Medicine

“In this part of the ‘Ready for Real Life’ webinar, the Botkin family discusses the roles that science, nature, and medicine play in Christian homeschooling. While the Botkins spoke warmly of these fields, their words betrayed a distrust of evidence and scientific communities at odds with their beliefs.”

Nerdy Homeschooler: Kathryn Brightbill

“At its best, homeschooling can create a learning environment that helps to minimize the influence of societal pressures to conform to rigid gender roles and to live up (or down) to the expectations of society. That’s what homeschooling did for me. The prevailing message of my childhood was that I could be or do whatever I wanted and that no one could stop me.”