People homeschool for many reasons: religion, quality, etc. It wasn't until I was halfway through fourth grade that my mother started schooling me and my siblings. Now, I don't know any particular reason that my mom decided to homeschool other than that she has said that she always wanted to; perhaps there was an underlying reason (the school we attended for half a year after we moved could have had something to do with the thought becoming an action - it was not the greatest). Anyway, for me, I find it the best decision that was ever made.
Even now, I remember the feeling that I did not fit in anywhere (I still don't, not really). I almost never had anyone to play with during recess, I had "friends" but really they weren't, and I am socially awkward even now. What did homeschooling do to me? Because I was at home alot and did not associate with many people outside of my faith, I became a much, much stronger Christian than I think I might have been had I gone to public school; I could take my time with my schoolwork to learn it perfectly; I learned to love what I learned; my mother also encouraged us to learn what interested us outside of the mandatory math, English, science, history, geography, and health so that we could become a "well-rounded" person. Particularly, as I got older, I learned to value my education, and regretted not taking the time to learn things that I could have. Being homeshooled, having my sister to apply to college, and learning about other large (and "not-so-large") families who found the value of homeschooling also motivated me to apply to college. Little did I dream that I would actually pass my first year!
