🙌 Homeschool Stories

Meet Hunter Muse is a husband and dad to three young children. Hunter hails from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area and has built a career in the technology industry as a product manager.

Hunter is a proud graduate of homeschooling, where he experienced a blend of different educational approaches, including co-ops, tutors, and self-driven learning. After high school, he attended Brigham Young University, following a two-year mission trip to Brazil for his church.

Hunter's wife was also homeschooled, and together they plan to homeschool their own children. They intend to use a mixed approach of self-directed learning and microschools to guide their kids as they grow.

We invited Hunter to share his thoughts on homeschooling:

Hunter shares: 

• What are the key differences between homeschooling and traditional schooling

• How has homeschooling changed since he was a teenager

• What challenges did he face as a homeschooled student

And more…  

🛠️ Tools & Resources

CK-12 : Get free, personalised tutoring in maths and science with interactive explanations and practice problems.

K12.com : High schoolers (grades 8-12) can enrol in a virtual school program accredited by the George Washington University.

Home Science Tools : Spark scientific curiosity in kids aged 4-14 with hands-on science projects and a vibrant online community.

Calvert Homeschool : Access a comprehensive curriculum of printable courses, complete with student worksheets and resource books.

Bridgeway Academy : Receive customised learning plans and 24/7 online support from certified teachers for a personalised homeschooling experience.

🙌 Food for thought

Public schools were not only created in the interests of industrialism—they were created in the image of industrialism.

In many ways, they reflect the factory culture they were designed to support.

This is especially true in high schools, where school systems base education on the principles of the assembly line and the efficient division of labor.

Schools divide the curriculum into specialist segments: some teachers install math in the students, and others install history. They arrange the day into standard units of time, marked out by the ringing of bells, much like a factory announcing the beginning of the workday and the end of breaks.

Students are educated in batches, according to age, as if the most important thing they have in common is their date of manufacture. They are given standardized tests at set points and compared with each other before being sent out onto the market.

I realize this isn’t an exact analogy and that it ignores many of the subtleties of the system, but it is close enough.

― Ken Robinson, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything