A Home School Question

Oh those common homeschool questions that we are so very used to hearing!!

I love them! 
I usually think they're pretty darn funny.
My favorite questions when people learn that I'm homeschooled, are:
"Do you get to wear your PJ's all day?"
or
"Is your dad your principal?"
or
"Do you have friends?"
or
"So then you must be real smart, right?"
-(Uuuhh, did any of you notice that I spelled Tagged "Taged" in my last post? That should answer that question!;)
or
"Can you wake up whenever you want?"

*laughs*
The list could go on and on!
(Do any of you have any you'd like to add?;)

 One of my bestest blogger buddies asked me a homeschool question on a previous blog post, 

and it's deeper than most homeschool questions I get, and I'm going to answer it to the best of my ability. :)


Her question was,
"I reckon having a big family and being homeschooled is awesome, but I don't quite understand how you meet people outside your family & church.
(This isn't meant as a criticism, just a question!) 
Eventually, we're all going to have to deal with people who aren't Christian and think/behave very differently to us, so why not get used to this kind of thing young, so as to make it less of a shock when the child leaves home?"



First of all, I have no problem meeting people.
I understand why people would think that's not true though because we do go to school at home. :)

I meet people through activities such as tennis and swimming and I've been in a homeschool group for my whole life, so I feel like I have an abundance of great friends. :) 
Friends are definitely important, but I have built in BFFs right here in my house. :D
I've never been in a clique, and I'm glad to have avoided the "girl drama" that so many gals my age have gone through and are going through now.
There are not many things I hate more than drama! hehee


Now, my friend made the seemingly true point that if we're all of the sudden exposed to the world, then it's going to be such a huge shock.

This semester I'm taking two classes at our local technical college and only on Saturdays while my dad waits for me in the hall. ;D
In a way it's really sad to see all the hopeless people, but I've made friends with my whole class, and they all know for WHOM i stand.

It's been pretty amazing! :)

Yes, it has been shocking!
The blatant anti-christian rhetoric that I have been exposed to this semester has been a pretty big surprise for me, but I feel like I was better prepared at the age I'm at now, as opposed to if I were sent to school at a younger age. 

 Often when parents send their children out in the world before they're ready, the world shapes them and they conform to its patterns.
Roman 12:2

I think if I were put in a school environment from an early age, I would have been more calloused to the hatred toward God and the sad hardened hearts that strongly protest God's greatness.
I guess I am glad that I have been so shocked by and not immune to the rebellion that is so obvious in our culture.  I have compassion for the lost and a desire to communicate the gospel to them.



My parents kept, and are still keeping, me at home so they can shape, sharpen, and mold me into the young woman God calls me to be.

I am so thankful for their protection, and the older I get the more I understand why they protect and prepare us the way they do.

Thanks mom and dad for guarding me like spider monkies! :) *teehee*

So, I would say, yes, it is shocking but
shocking in a very a good way. :)