I'm sitting in a coffee shop down by the beach and I am suppose to be working on my senior project outline, but instead I'm drinking a vanilla bean latte, calling my mom on the phone, and talking about home schooling. I mean that part is good because my senior project topic is homeschooling. I am sitting here staring at a blank screen with
Homeschooling: A new Trend
staring back at me, and yet I don't know what else to say. Starting is always the hardest. I have all of these memories, knowledge, and information in my brain about home schooling and I just want to spit it all out on the screen, but for this, I can't. I'm suppose to talk about the pros, cons, history of, types of, and then at the end, my opinion of, homeschooling. Easy enough...
I'm not saying everyone should be home schooled. Because everyone should not be home schooled. But also everyone should not go to public school and also everyone should not go to private school. Some kids need to go to public school, some kids need to go to private school, and some, like me, needed to be home schooled. My mom always tells me that every student has a different educational journey. I really believe that to be true, too.
I think one reason why I chose this as my topic is because I wanted something that meant something to me and would be applicable to my life. Right now, I do not want to teach elementary education in the public school system, but I DO want to home school my own kids some day, therefore, the rising trend in homeschooling, has developed. I also wanted to write about it because I feel like so much of my life growing up was, Why were you home schooled? What is home schooling? Do you have any friends? Isn't that illegal? And of course, "Oh that explains a lot."
What is the most important thing to say in my senior project is just like with anything else, home schooling varies from child to child and family to family. YES, some kids who are home schooled are not socialized with others. BUT not ALL home schoolers. Yes, some kids who are home schooled might have benefited better in a public school, but not ALL home schoolers. So, in a sense, when I am talking about pros and cons, the positives are not for all home schoolers and the negatives are not for all home schoolers. But you know. I think what I just need to remember throughout this process is I am proud of to have been home schooled, I am proud to be a graduate from Ramona High school, and I am going to be SO proud when I am a graduate from Cal Poly.
As the process has moved along with Mission Nanny and I wait to hear back if I will be in Spain or Honduras in the upcoming months, I feel so overwhelmed with joy and nervousness all in one. The other day it dawned on me that I am really doing this and it was a little terrifying. But I am so excited for this next step in my journey.
Through conversations and self analysis this year I have had many moments where I said to myself, "And that's great because that's who you are." Whether it be the way I get really excited when I see my friends, or run around the house with Mushu singing Let's get down to business, or how playing leap frog last year in kine made me giggle for days and how I actually enjoyed it, or how the littlest things can make me cry, and how I love giving people good hugs. But I've realized I am a very passionate person and emotionally I can be all over the place at times, but if I giggle I giggle long, if I cry, I cry a lot, if I yell, it can be loud at times, and if I show you a love you, I sure hope you can feel it. I know some people think I'm weird and I know I am, but I've realized that's who I am and I am really proud of who God has made me to be!
Alright alright, I'll get back to this outline, happy Saturday you guys and who ever stuck it out and read this whole thing, thanks for listening :)
xoxo,
Whit
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