California
High School Proficiency Exam: One Teen's Experience
The CHSPE is a high-school equivalency exam that California teenagers
may take in lieu of hanging around for a high school diploma.
From Homefires.
Essay
on Homeschooling
Throughout my high school years I have taken the majority of
the responsibility for my education. By Larla Dey Maloney.
Homeschool Alumni
As a venue and sounding board for the community, we also seek
to support, inform, educate and inspire our membership by sharing
news, articles, and essays that are specifically relevant to
the homeschool alumni community.
Must Be
A Sign of the Times
From the heart of the British Columbia wilderness... Joseph McLean
was homeschooled there until the tender age of 16, when he decided
out of the blue to spend his life savings on a school with no
teachers, no grades, and an atmosphere that makes you tingle
all over.
Things
I Didn't Learn
This contribution was written by Rebakah Baglini in October,
2002, when she was applying for admission to college. Rebekah
is currently (summer 2005) a junior at Bryn Mawr College, majoring
in linguistics and working with the Serendip/SciSoc summer working
group.
Voice
of an Autodidact
Lindsey Johnson writes about how she taught herself all her life
in this HEM feature article.
What's
it like growing up outside the school system?
Bethan and Wendy of Great Britain have written articles giving
their perspective on the experience.
Why
I Like to Read
My friends tell me I read too much. Every time they see me, my
nose is buried in a book. Mysteries, thrillers, romance, fantasy
- I read them all. And I learn a lot, too! By Elizabeth Gaston.
