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or Mrs. Mullen the main reason for teaching her children at home is to give them a strong sense of “self esteem. Children are not respected enough as individuals in our school system.” she said.
She added that there are “a lot of good people who are sincerely dedicated to trying to serve society” in the public schools. She also opposes what she sees as a heavy emphasis on “grades and failing” in public schools. “It is appaling for a child to try to deal with that,” she said. “If a child doesn’t understand, it means they need more time on that idea, not that they are failures.”
She believes when her daughters are ready for fifth grade, she will send them to public school. By then, she believes they will have a strong enough sense of “self worth” to deal with their experiences in school.
These children are some of the 20 or so who gather each Wednesday afternoon for a Spanish lesson. Elizabeth Blubaugh, who teaches Spanish part time in the public schools, also teaches children being taught at home once a week at the public library.
Some of these children also are getting special music lessons by meeting with musicians and listening to their music and learning about their instruments.
There are 15 children whose parents have received permission from the School Board to teach them at home this year. Another seven children have been granted “religious
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