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bers as the highlight of being homeschooled. “The best part of being homeschooled I would say was the freedom to develop in the direction that was important to you and not be constrained by the needs of 50 other people in a classroom
“It made schooling something which was designed much more for' your personal needs. You were really able to develop yourself,” she said.
Hallee explained that while the basics of education were still covered, “after a certain point you get to explore the things that interest you most on a deeper level.” She feels that this is not something she experienced after she entered the public school system.
Morgan’s daughters were placed in public school when Hallee was in tenth grade and Hannah was in sixth.
“I wish I had not sent them,” lamented Morgan, who feels the quality of education at home was higher and better suited for the girls’ needs.
Recent studies back up this belief, stating that on average home-schoolers do as well or better than children in the public school system.
Dr. Brian Ray, president of NHERI, asserts that children who are homeschooled, even if their parents are not certified teachers, and the state does not closely monitor the process, rate “very high,” in academic achievement.
Rappahannock County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bob Chappell had neither positive nor negative sentiments towards homeschooling.
“We recognfze parents’ legal right to determine how their children will be educated. We also feel that we have two excellent “fully accredited” schools that stand ready to provide educational services to Rappahannock students and families. Our students are taking more difficult subjects at younger ages than ever before,” he said.
But academics are not the only reason families choose to keep their chil- dren at home. Dove says her-^uldren, who beg^n their education wl public schools but were later remoyed, are being home-schooled “to improve family
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Doy^said she already invested a greataeal of time in their education, by driving them too and from school and assisting with homework.
“They had a lot of homework and it was as if I was teaching it to them. I thought I might as well just teach them myself. They weren’t accomplishing as
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