Homeschooling: The Begining

Part I of Essay
Approx. 9 yrs ago I was introduced to homeschooling by a freind who was known for her ecentric-ness. I promptly blew it off as just another 'hair-brained scheme' of hers. As I observed her intentness of learning and reasearching the topic, it began to gain appeal to me. ....

Part II of Essay
.... to mention here that we are one of those narrow-minded, right-wing, sold-out, fundamental born-agains!! So we attempt to ask our God about the choices that we make in life. We did just that, and after some real soul searching, just began having a 'peace' down deep in our hearts about this crazy homeschooling thing. Hard to explain, but it just 'felt right'. So, our decision was made. We would begin our daughter in 2nd grade the next fall. How excited we were as we attended the much-needed cirriculum fairs to come our way! What fun it wa ....