Reasons Why Some Conservative Christians Shouldn't Homeschool Their Kids
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1.
While watching a documentary in class I heard the term American-Japanese war
in an interview over B-roll of the bombing of Hiroshima
Horrified, I texted my friend
When did we go to war with Japan?!?
I didn't realize I was watching footage from World War 2
2.
Nothing from my last year of homeschooling was graded
I'm not actually sure what I studied that year
I only remember being afraid of change.
3.
The reality of going to Rock Valley College scared the shit out of me
Because I knew that I didn't know anything
I couldn't show my work in math
and forget about socializing with people
I was a seventeen year old with the social skills of an awkward twelve year old
who just had a growth spurt
4.
In my sophomore year, I was given school credit for watching Glen Beck
every day at three o'clock. With my mother
Extra credit if I took notes
5.
I was never allowed to go anywhere, except for home, school, and church.
Except home and school were the same thing.
Sometimes, if my mother got mad at the pastor, church was too.
When I did go to the church youth group
I was too eager to talk about things nobody knew about
And too sheltered to be able to talk about anything else
6.
If I didn't conform to the christian expectations that were placed on me
my few freedoms were taken
even my books were taken once
I was stripped of the novels that kept me company
for whatever weird reason (I think I was reading instead of doing homework?)
7.
In biology 101 my professor skipped the chapter on evolution
because it was basic ideas everyone should have learned in high school.
I had to go to his office hour and admit to never studying anything but creationism
and I didn't know the theory of evolution.
I wasn't the first homeschooled kid to have trouble with that section,
just the first to admit why
8.
Before March of 2014, I had never been to an art museum
I had been to the Kentucky Creation Museum twice
but I was not allowed to be in an art museum
Art was a space unoccupied by my mother
And any space unoccupied by her was one I couldn't be in
9.
I thought John Hancock was at the Alamo.
Yes, the man who signed the declaration of independence in 1776
was also at the battle of the Alamo in 1836... the battle where everyone died