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Homeschooling is opting out of formal public and private schools in order to educate children in the home or in specially arranged classes or cooperatives.  Parents take a more active role in the education of their children when they homeschool.
 
Homeschooling is opting out of formal public and private schools in order to educate children in the home or in specially arranged classes or cooperatives.  Parents take a more active role in the education of their children when they homeschool.
  
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Homeschooling is not new, and a disproportionate number of high achievers have been homeschooled throughout history.  Examples include Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison.
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The primary reason for homeschooling is to give the child a better education.  A close second in reasons, however, is to avoid the culture of public school and its many adverse effects of hostility to Christianity and parental control, political bias, boredom, confusion, depression, etc.
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Homeschooling is not new, and a disproportionate number of high achievers have been homeschooled throughout history.  Here is a list of Christian homeschoolers:
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<br>Leonardo da Vinci
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<br>Claude Monet
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<br>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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<br>Stonewall Jackson
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<br>John Paul Jones
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<br>Robert E. Lee
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<br>Douglas MacArthur
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<br>George Patton
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<br>Alexander Graham Bell
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<br>Thomas Edison
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<br>Cyrus McCormick
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<br>Orville and Wilbur Wright
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<br>
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<br>George Washington
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<br>John Quincy Adams
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<br>Thomas Jefferson
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<br>James Madison
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<br>William Henry Harrison
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<br>John Tyler
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<br>Abraham Lincoln
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<br>Theodore Roosevelt
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<br>Joan of Arc
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<br>John the Baptist
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<br>Jesus Christ
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<br>William Cary
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<br>Jonathan Edwards
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<br>Dwight L. Moody
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<br>John Newton
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<br>Charles Wesley
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<br>John Wesley
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<br>Brigham Young
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<br>George Washington Carver
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<br>Pierre Curie
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<br>Charles Louis Montesquieu
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<br>Blaise Pascal
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<br>Booker T. Washington
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<br>Winston Churchill
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<br>Benjamin Franklin
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<br>Patrick Henry
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<br>William Penn
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<br>Henry Clay
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<br>John Jay
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<br>John Marshall
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<br>John Rutledge
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<br>Hans Christian Andersen
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<br>Pearl S. Buck
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<br>Agatha Christie
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<br>Charles Dickens
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<br>Bret Harte
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<br>C.S. Lewis
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<br>Sean O’Casey
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<br>George Bernard Shaw
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<br>Mark Twain
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<br>Daniel Webster
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<br>George Clymer
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<br>Benjamin Franklin<ref>raised a Christian, Benjamin Franklin's religious beliefs late in life are disputed</ref>
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<br>William Livingston
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<br>George Mason
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<br>Charles Pickney III
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<br>George Wyeth
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<br>Ansel Adams
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<br>Clara Barton
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<br>John Burroughs
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<br>Andrew Carnegie
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<br>George Rogers Clark
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<br>Florence Nightingale
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<br>Leo Tolstoy
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<br>and … you???
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The primary reason for homeschooling is to give the child a better education. A close second in reasons, however, is to avoid the culture of public school and its many adverse effects of hostility to Christianity and parental control, political bias, boredom, confusion, depression, etc.
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Revision as of 23:14, January 13, 2007

Homeschooling is opting out of formal public and private schools in order to educate children in the home or in specially arranged classes or cooperatives. Parents take a more active role in the education of their children when they homeschool.

The primary reason for homeschooling is to give the child a better education. A close second in reasons, however, is to avoid the culture of public school and its many adverse effects of hostility to Christianity and parental control, political bias, boredom, confusion, depression, etc.

Homeschooling is not new, and a disproportionate number of high achievers have been homeschooled throughout history. Here is a list of Christian homeschoolers:

Leonardo da Vinci
Claude Monet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Stonewall Jackson
John Paul Jones
Robert E. Lee
Douglas MacArthur
George Patton

Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Cyrus McCormick
Orville and Wilbur Wright

George Washington
John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt

Joan of Arc
John the Baptist
Jesus Christ
William Cary
Jonathan Edwards
Dwight L. Moody
John Newton
Charles Wesley
John Wesley
Brigham Young

George Washington Carver
Pierre Curie
Charles Louis Montesquieu
Blaise Pascal
Booker T. Washington

Winston Churchill
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
William Penn
Henry Clay

John Jay
John Marshall
John Rutledge

Hans Christian Andersen
Pearl S. Buck
Agatha Christie
Charles Dickens
Bret Harte
C.S. Lewis
Sean O’Casey
George Bernard Shaw
Mark Twain
Daniel Webster

George Clymer
Benjamin Franklin[1]
William Livingston
George Mason
Charles Pickney III
George Wyeth

Ansel Adams
Clara Barton
John Burroughs
Andrew Carnegie
George Rogers Clark
Florence Nightingale
Leo Tolstoy

and … you???

References:

  1. ↑ raised a Christian, Benjamin Franklin's religious beliefs late in life are disputed
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