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PRIVATE-- CHARTER
SCHOOLS OR HOMESCHOOLED.
THERE'S MANY WAYS TO EDUCATE
YOUR CHILD-- WHEN IT'S THE
ADULT CHOOSING THE LESSON PLAN.
BUT-- AS FOX21'S ALY MYLES
FOUND OUT-- THERE'S EVEN ONE
WAY-- WHERE THE KIDS CHOOSE
WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN.ALY?
JOE...IT'S CALLED UNSCHOOLING.
RATHER THAN HAVING A SET
CURRICULM-- PLANNED WORKSHEETS
OR TESTS-- THE STUDENTS SET
THE LESSON PLAN.BUT WHAT ABOUT
THE SUBJECTS-- THE STUDENTS
DON'T WANT TO LEARN ABOUT?
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R- 33:20 "Our schooling has
been interesting our whole life"
life."I do like maybe 2 hours
of school and I skate 3 to 4
hours a day3 TO 4 HOURS A DAY.
5 TO 6 DAYS A WEEK.
WEEK.Sometimes we skate
Saturdays. Every once in a
while, we take it Every once
in a skate Saturdays.
Sometimes we Sometimes we
skate Saturdays. Every once in
a while, we take it off.17
YEAR OLD JOEL... 15 YEAR OLD
REBEKAH... AND 12 YEAR OLD
ANNABELLE-- ARE USED TO
SPENDING TIME AT THE ICE HALL...
HALL..."It's basically a place
I grew up in."BUT THEY'RE NOT
USED TO SPENDING A LOT OF TIME
IN THE CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOM."The kids have
sometimes told me they think
high school is like High
School Musical."THE TRIO OF
SIBLINGS ARE NATIONAL SKATING
CHAMPS-- AND HOMESCHOOLED...
.."I feel like my kids are
happy. They don't wake up in
the morning worrying about
anything I worried about when
I was in Jr High or HS."BUT--
JUST LIKE CHOOSING BETWEEN
PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS--
THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO
HOMESCHOOL YOUR KIDS.THE
SCHNEIDER FARRIS FAMILY--
CHOOSE TO BE "UNSCHOOLED."
"UNSCHOOLED.""Unschooling is
kinda the more relaxed version
of homeschooling."
homeschooling.""You can kinda
choose your curriculm and only
get the books you want."THE
CONCEPT BEHIND UNSCHOOLING--
IS KIDS CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT
TO LEARN.THAT WAY-- THEY'LL
LEARN MORE IF THE SUBJECT IS
SOMETHING THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
IN."What about stuff that you
don't like learning about?" "I
still have to do that."
that."I think a lot of the
homeschoolers mentality is
hoping things will balance out
and take care of themselves."
THE SIBLINGS-- DON'T ALWAYS
CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO LEARN.
ONE DAY A WEEK-- THEY GO TO
MOUNTAIN VISTA HOME SCHOOL ACAD.
ACADEMY.They come for
enrichment activities:
English, art, history,
critical thinking, technology,
and science.STARTED BY
HOMESCHOOLING MOMS-- THE IDEA
BEHIND THE ACADEMY IS A PLACE
FOR EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES-- THAT DON'T
INTERFER WITH HOMESCHOOLING CUR.
CURRICULMS...- "By the last
test you're like- I wanna go ho"
home."- "It's about
understanding that all parents
should be able to choose what
they feel is best for their
children without judgment as
long as their kids are being
educated."AND FOR THE
SCHNEIDER-FARRIS KIDS-- THE
ONLY PROBLEM THEY HAVE WITH
THE WAY THEY'RE TAUGHT-- IS
THE STEREOTYPES THAT COME WITH
IT.A- 44:28- Homeschoolers
aren't crazy!R- "Everyone has
times when they wish they had
someone else's life- but I
think mine's great and I'm
really happy with it. So no. I
wouldn't change it at all."
THE SIBLINGS MOM-- JO ANN--
SAYS MOST HOMESCHOOLING
FAMILIES ACTUALLY ARE
UNSCHOOLING FAMILIES...BUT--
BECAUSE IT SEEMS SO STRANGE
FROM AN OUTSIDER'S
PERSPECTIVE-- THE FAMILIES
DON'T LIKE TO ADMIT THAT THEY