Rallies and Reason: Nastia’s Story

CC image courtesy of Flickr, Grufnik. HA note: The author’s name has been changed to ensure anonymity. “Nastia” is a pseudonym.   I often tell people that the three most important subjects to study are math, physics, economics.  Math gives you a logical mindset.  Physics allows you to understand the natural world.  Economics allows you to understand people and the social

I Wish: Beatrix’s Story

HA note: The author’s name has been changed to ensure anonymity. “Beatrix” is a pseudonym.

I loved being homeschooled; overall it was a very positive experience for me. But just as any loving person can overreact, any subculture can miss the point. The point that as a person, I am more than a potential marriage partner; the point that I love living independently; the point that my gender doesn’t define who I am in Christ.

Looking For A Future: Jane’s Story

Tomorrow I take my final exam for my first semester of nursing school.

I am one day away from finishing the first leg of something I almost never started. I am also one day away from maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Instructors, friends, classmates, and my therapist all say they knew I could do it.

The Battle of Peer Dependency: Part 2

How the “battle” for your kids wanting friends became framed as a battle for the hearts of your children.

The Battle of Peer Dependency

How the “battle” for your kids wanting friends became framed as a battle for the hearts of your children.

How I Learned to Pregame (and Other Transitions): Casey’s Story

Here, I could actually learn from other people with a wide variety of backgrounds. My own beliefs, both spiritual and political, developed and took concrete form.

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.

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

Mum brought wholeheartedly into the homeschool talking point the family alone was the ideal unit of socialization. Not a base vehicle, mind you, for a broader socialization with the world, but a self-sufficient social ecosystem.

Picking Things Up from the Culture, Homeschool Edition

“For all of homeschooling parents’ rhetoric about how ‘peer dependent’ public schooled children are, we homeschooled children could be quite influenced by our homeschooled peers.”

Notes From a Homeschooler: Michelle Hill’s Story, Part Two

“I often wonder how homeschooling has shaped me, and who I would be if I didn’t have such an unusual upbringing.”