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8/18/2019 Why We Home Educated
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Why We Home-
Educated and Why We’dDo It Again
Michael GoheenBurnaby, B.C.
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Introduction
Bac!ground " Home educated #our to end o#
$econdary $chool
" %ecture &orld&ide in education
Why did &e home-educate' " (ot) academic e*cellence, character
building, moral training, +rotection#rom &ic!ed &orld
" But) Christian education
Why &ould &e do it again'
" ruit$ and re$ult$ &e neer antici+ated
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Academic ea$on$
E*cellent education
ead/&rite/thin! creatiely and critically
Able to #o$ter $trength$ o# each
Breadth o# $ub0ect$) e.g., able to teachintellectual hi$tory, art hi$tory
E*tracurricular actiitie$ and $ub0ect$. 1tring2uartet.
Im+ortant #oundational $tudie$) Biblical and
&e$tern &orldie&. E*+licitly Chri$tian) mo$t im+ortant con$ideration.
3id$ en0oy learning4 curio$ity remain$.
5erbal $!ill$
le*ibility
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1ocial ea$on$
Deelo+$ leader$
(ot +rimarily +eer-oriented orde+endent4 6lemming$’ or clone$
Boundary brea!ing) Age4 gender More +o$itie interaction$ +er day
Contribution to broader community
elation$hi+$) !id$ at home are #orcedto &or! through +roblem$ &hen theydi$agree, argue, or #ight
1u++ort grou+. amily relating to #amily
not 0u$t !id$. More &holi$tic.
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amily ea$on$
riend$hi+$) 3id$ and +arent$
le*ibility in $chedule$) enabled u$ to beinoled in other creatie thing$
Marnie continued to learn a$ $he +re+are$ andread$.
Marnie really !no&$ our !id$
ather$ are able to +lay bigger role in lie$ o#!id$.
%earning $ame $ub0ect$ at di##erent leel$ 3id$ learn #rom each other. 7lder teach
younger.
(o home&or!8 Hae eening$ together.
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61+iritual’ rea$on$
amily &or$hi+. 1ingle mo$t
im+ortant dimen$ion o# our #amily
Many $+ino##$ hae come &e didnot antici+ate
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Moral rea$on$
Able to deelo+ moral maturity.
ollo&ing $cenario common) !id$
learn #rom +eer$, learn thing$ not
acce+table to +arent$, +arent$ lay
do&n la& to curb behaiour,
legali$m, #riction
Moral #ibre and coniction$4 +eer-orientation not #actor.
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Ae$thetic ea$on$
3id$ able to deelo+ in$ight and
di$cernment in)
" mu$ic
" art
" drama.
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Emotional ea$on$
Deelo+ more healthy emotional
$tability. (ot +eer and $ocial +re$$ure.
1ecurity
" bullying ram+ant in 9al$o Chri$tian: $chool$4
" +re$$ure #or 6romance’
6Adole$cent ang$t’) Come$ #rom
grou+ing together !id$ &ho $truggling&ith identity
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%earning/%i#e Integration
7ngoing connection and
di$cu$$ion bet&een li#e and
learning. (o arti#icial 96rational’:
$tructure$.
Better +re+ared #or $o-called 6real
&orld’
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;ublic %i#e
Able to critici
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Challenge
Challenge each o# you to li$t $ome
categorie$ and li$t/tal! about
bene#it$
=ell $torie$
=al! about $truggle$