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Why I’m homeschooling

And I’m not telling the bureaucrats

21 September 2013

9:00 AM

21 September 2013

9:00 AM

My journey from homeschooling sceptic to homeschool cheerleader was in two parts. There is the practical journey, which takes in literacy, numeracy, and science; and there is what I will call the emotional journey.

My practical journey actually pre-existed. As a teenager, I would routinely read the essays submitted to my university lecturer mother by her aspiring-teacher students.

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Chris Ashton is completing masters degrees in church history (Presbyterian Theological Centre) and United States studies (University of Sydney).

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