There are so many things I appreciate about homeschooling, but one of the biggest has to be the chance to nurture individuality in my children.
Our school system tends to homogenize - one curriculum, standardized tests, teaching strategies that appeal most to logical, left-brain-oriented thinkers. Even "individualized" tracks of learning necessarily pattern students into "gifted", "average" "behaviorally or learning disabled" and "special needs". And I get it - there has to be some reasonable manner of organizing large numbers of students into manageable categories, so that energy and resources can best go toward meeting their needs.
But homeschoolers don't have to do that. Continue reading »