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Created by wilson35chase on Friday, September 10, 2010

I am an Independent Educator. What is that? Well to help you understand, the more common term is "Homeschooler. toddler gymnastics equipmentBut the problem is that I don't think the term homeschooler really exemplifies what we do. Sure people are familiar with the term, and everyone seems to think they know exactly what that means but..... well..um... no!
Therefore I decided that a new term was needed in order to better describe what it is our family does (you know, us toddler gymnastics apparelstrange folks that don't send our kids to school). We tried 'Autodidacts' for a while, but it seemed to just cause more confusion! So, I've adapted the term "Independent Education" and that is what we call ourselves around here.... "Independent Educators."
I think it's unfairly confusing to the common person who has not had a chance to glance inside the world of home-schoolers. This confusion has lead to the dumbfounded stares from our family members when we first announce our intentions to educate at home, and the 'tsk' sounds from neighbors who appear to instantly feel sorry for our poor kids. Oh yes, all this is due to a wide misunderstanding of exactly what it is we "homeschoolers" do. So maybe it's time for a new term?
See, I've come to the conclusion that it is the term itself that causes the misunderstanding.
It could be the word "home" that is confusing and causes people to automatically picture lonely pale children learning in a make-shift classroom literally inside their "house". The reality is that while some learning does indeed happen inside the house - a great deal of it takes place everywhere and that includes outside the house and among other people! The idea is that the word "Home" means with the family, not inside the house! But most folks just don't seem to see it that way.
I realize that not everyone makes the same choice as I did - to avoid "school". Just as there is a great deal to be learned outside the 'house'....http://itfvn.com/201009-toddler-gymnastics-great-thing-to-begin.phptoddler gymnastics apparelThere's lots to be learned (A WHOLE LOT) outside of that classroom.
It's all about learning so, Go learn!
by: Laurette Lynn

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