I am an Independent Educator. What is that? Well to help you understand, the more common term is "Homeschooler. toddler gymnastics apparelBut the problem is that I don't think the term homeschooler really exemplifies what we do. Sure people are familiar with the term, and everyone seems to think they know exactly what that means but..... well..um... no!
It's been nearly a decade that I've been doing what we do and in my experience it has become evident that most folks really do not truly understand. Therefore I decided that a new term was needed in order to better describe what it is our family does (you know, us
toddler gymnastics apparelstrange folks that don't send our kids to school). We tried 'Autodidacts' for a while, but it seemed to just cause more confusion! So, I've adapted the term "Independent Education" and that is what we call ourselves around here.... "Independent Educators."
Alas I still find myself having to use the word homeschool in many conversations but while it is the accepted term, I just don't like it. I think it's unfairly confusing to the common person who has not had a chance to glance inside the world of home-schoolers. Hence it does folks like us a great injustice by misrepresenting our intentions. So maybe it's time for a new term?
This is because what we do, is not "schooling". While it's true we all made this decision for a vast variety of different reasons - the fact remains that we made a deliberate decision to avoid the school environment.
So just keep in mind, that a family wherein the children do attend some kind of 'school' can still be "Independent Educators". Just as there is a great deal to be learned outside the 'house'....http://itfvn.com/201009-toddler-gymnastics-great-thing-to-begin.php
toddler gymnastics clothesThere's lots to be learned (A WHOLE LOT) outside of that classroom.
It's all about learning so, Go learn!
by: Laurette Lynn
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