about homeschooling...

I had someone post a comment on my blog about homeschooling- saying that her husband was concerned about the social aspect of homeschooling... so I am posting this entry to assuage any doubts about the subject.

http://www.hslda.org/research/ray2003/Socialization.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/hshb/30/hshb3011.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000068.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/washingtontimes/200406010.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/washingtontimes/familytimes/199706100.asp
http://nche.hslda.org/docs/news/washingtontimes/familytimes/200006060.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/ray1997/default.asp

These are all good articles from the Homeschool Legal Defense Association, that talk about socialization, and why/how well homeschooling works...

Socialization isn't an issue- if anything, being homeschooled has helped me develop better social skills to interact with adults, instead of just with my peers- and I will be an adult much longer than I have been a child... so why is the childhood socialization (learning to be part of the "grade" herd) so important? It just means that I didn't get seduced in high-school, or middle-school, or have to deal with people doing drugs and being immoral- I got grounded firmly in my faith at home.. and now I am at a public university- and what an experience it is. Everyone is always aghast at how easy I say it was to adjust to college life.

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000017.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000001/00000147.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200204301.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200301/200301310.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000002/00000229.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200301/200301161.asp

these are documents showing how homeschoolers do in college, and how it is to get into a college, as a homeschooler.

The following articles have to do with statistics concerning homeschooling, and the academic ability of homeschoolers.
http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200410250.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/rudner1999/default.asp
http://www.hslda.org/research/default.asp
http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/comp2001/default.asp
http://www.hslda.org/research/ray2003/HomeschoolingGrowsUp.pdf
http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/comp2001/HomeSchoolAchievement.pdf

Note: even though all of these addresses begin with "HSLDA".. that does not mean they are all written by the same people, nor are they all from the same place- but HSLDA has done a good job of compiling this information.. so I use their site.

Have fun reading thist stuff.. :-)

~Danette