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Friday, January 13, 2006

Why Homeschool College?

Homeschooling is usually a better option than public schooling—this applies to high school, and even to college!

What—homeschool college? Is there really such a thing, and if so, why would we want to do it?

I can’t think of any place that works harder to change the values of young people than a public college. And they charge you for the privilege! Freshmen in particular receive tremendous pressure to toe the politically correct ideological line.

Homeschooling College can save you thousands of dollars, by testing out of classes and taking AP, CLEP and DANTES tests.

In most cases, Homeschooling College can get you college credit that is worth just as much as credit you get at a public college.

You save yourself a lot of time and aggravation. You can tailor make your college education, just like in lower grades.

Most young people can be ready for college level classes before the age of eighteen. Once you have enough college credit accumulated, you will be able to enroll in a university, if you wish, as an adult learner—which means you might not have to take SAT, ACT, or entrance exams. Even more important, you will not be burdened with the all too common poor quality, biased freshman courses.

If you are high school age, pick your favorite subject, and start studying at a college level. What are you waiting for? If you like homeschooling, you might love Homeschooling College.

Check into non-traditional methods for reducing college costs and graduating early. Look into ways students have received college credit for life experience such as extensive unit studies, portfolio evaluations, internships, travel, and ministry work. For information on credit for prior learning and life experience credit, check out http://www.nationalponsi.org/ and http://www.collegeispossible.org/ .

For more information on how you can homeschool college, investigate the free and inexpensive resources at http://ww.eaglesnesthome.com/unit.htm

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3 Comments:

  • At 9:05 AM, Blogger Patricia said…

    Excellent advice, Melissa! Blessings ~ Patricia

     
  • At 9:52 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Thank you for the links. I have an 11-yr-old who tells people all the time that he his going to go to college at home, too.

    Have a blessed day! Tami

     
  • At 4:07 PM, Blogger Melissa Morgan, eaglesnesthome.com said…

    I appreciate the comments and dialogue about homeschooling college. One of the great things about blogging is getting instant (sometimes) feedback, and a broad range of views. I hope you'll indulge me occasionally as I share some of my thoughts and concerns. As a busy mom, I unfortunately don't have time to write a detailed treatise on my personal views, nor do I consider myself qualified to do so. However, your views are more than welcome.

    I certainly didn't mean to say that churches don't change student’s views, or parents don't, or anyone else doesn't, as the blog entry topic was simply referring to college.

    Regarding public colleges and freshman courses, as well as any future opinions that might creep out in my blogging, here's a disclaimer:
    "In your reading of this blog and commenting, you agree to absolve the blog author of any liability regarding blanket statements, as the author hereby acknowledges that there are few absolutes in life. I write this statement in the hopes that you will please show this harried mom and writer understanding and mercy in her many failings in grammar, style, detail and too brief comments on the run."

    If my comments aren't considered, and lack factual support, please don't blame my mother (who didn't have time to edit this, but has eagle eyes when it comes to Engish, style and all things related to documentation) or my post-secondary English teachers (several of them are well-known authors, with plenty of experience writing well reasoned arguments.) My main goal for this blog is to share free educational and travel resources that others have kindly shared with me. I hope you all, dear friends, will indulge me and allow me to share an occasional opinionated or personal comment.

    I also hope you'll check back in--as I have time, I'll post more homeschool college resources, including specific organizations that have the time (that I don't) to track and document propaganda and abuse that is often (not always--see disclaimer) directed at our young people.

    At the risk of sharing another personal note, I've seen the syllabus for the freshman comp. course that our oldest avoided, I can only encourage parents to personally check the content for individual courses. In this specific case, the syllabus actually used the words "values clarification." Isn't that a blast from the past? Do you guys remember it? I am an amateur book collector, and I own a copy of the Values Clarification manual, written for teachers in the 1979s. I'll try and dig it out of my cabinet. If I can find it, I'll share a few quotes.

    Tami, I hope to hear more about your 11 year old! It is so fun seeing our kids grow up, isn't it? May God bless!

     

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