Do the Math! By Jeannette Webb Today’s teenagers live in a privileged world. They have plenty of food. They live in a nice home. Dad functions as an ATM machine and picks up the tab for shopping mall trips, cars, travel, and entertainment. Our student’s hands do not labor to butcher or prepare the [read more] …
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Explaining Your Homeschool to Colleges
Explaining Your Homeschool to Colleges By Jeannette Webb Did you know that you have only 5-15 minutes to tell a college admissions officer everything they will ever know about your child? With more students applying to college, with each of those students applying to larger numbers of college because of the ease of online applications, [read more] …
Standardized Tests: Dreaded Adversary or Fun Challenge?
Standardized Tests: Dreaded Adversary or Fun Challenge? By Jeannette Webb There is little in the life of a competitive high school student that can dredge up as much fear as the standardized testing cycle. It seems that so much is riding on the performance of a few hours. However, there are things a student [read more] …
Tips for Staying Sane When Kids Leave For College
Tips for Staying Sane When Kids Leave For College By Jeannette Webb While much of the world seems eager for their kids to grow up and get out of the house, I haven’t found that to be the case for the families I know and work with. In fact, many parents fight valiantly to ignore [read more] …
A Quiver of Arrows
A Quiver of Arrows By Jeannette Webb The topic of college is a troublesome one in many homeschooling circles. In fact, what we do after homeschool is one of the most divisive issues in our community: · Do we even send our kids to college? · Do we dare prepare our kids to a top [read more] …