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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 $truggle$

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