HELLO EV I AM A HOMESCHOOLER AND I AM GOING THREW THE CHARTER SYSTEM RIGHT NOW TO GET MY BEARRING ON WHAT IS EXPECTED OUT OF ME. BUT I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO A GREAT GUY BY THE NAME OF MICHAEL PEARL WITH NO GREATER JOY MINISTRIES AND HE AND HIS WIFE HAD HOMESCHOOLED THIER KIDS AND IT WASNT THE TRADITIONAL SIT DOWN AND LEARN OUT OF A BOOK. THEY READ ALOT AND THEY EXPLORED ALOT AND USED THIER LOCAL LIBRARY TO REACEARCH THE THINGS THAT WERE INTERESTING TO THE KIDS AT THE TIME. BUT THEY ALSO GREW UP ON A FARM WITCH DOESNT HELP US IN THE BIG CITY BUT THE STANDARDS ARE THERE AND THE MORALS. I WILL GO TO THE STRAIGHT HOMESCHOOLING WHEN I NO LONGER HAVE GAURDINSHIP OF MY NIECE THE COURTS HERE IN CALIF. DONT LIKE HOMESCHOOLERS (THEY LOSE TOO MUCH MONEY) MY SON IS THE TYPE OF LEARNER THAT HE WOULD GROW LEAPS AND BOUNDS IF I JUST SCHOOLED HIM THE "PEARL" WAY. BUT MY NIECE IS A DIFFRENT STORY. SO, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE KID AND HOW MUCH PAPER WORK ARE YOU WILLING TO DO. I HOPE THIS HELPS AND GLAD TO SEE THIS FORUM HERE THANKS TIFRS