Yesterday there was a great talk about homeschooling on CJAD…the talk-radio station that I listen to on a daily basis…
A homeschooling mom of 4 was invited to talk about homeschooling and the opinionated host turns out to be quite pro-homeschooling… which made the show and interview really positive.
The questions that came in where the normal ones… what about friends? are they socialized? are they being sheltered? how does it work? how do you get time for yourself? what about highschool? Is it Legal?
All the questions where answered with great answers that I hope will get the idea out more and I have to say that I learned a few things also… Though I knew that homeschooled students can go straight to University and bypass CEGEP I didn’t know that the easiest way to get in is to pass the american SAT’s.. something that isn’t availible to the public/private school system here…
I really do wish that we lived somewhere else… or closer to the west end of Montreal at least so that we could be more involved with homeschooling groups and the activities that were mentioned…
I did start a facebook group yesterday though for Unschoolers in Quebec… hopefully I will be able to get a few members and meet some more families with simular philosophies about learning…
