I had never heard of homeschooling while I was growing up and if I had I would have ignored the concept or cringed at the very idea of staying at home all day. Now I think of it, I really was staying at home all day at my boarding school, but the dormitories and classrooms were pretty well segregated.
When I returned to England this year to visit my Mum (I mean, just how many one sided phone conversations can one have?), I decided to investigate this homeschooling trend amongst my British cohorts while I was on their turf.
I found it to be alive and kicking and by the way, they call it “Home Education.” The mothers I talked to said that because we Brits are law abiding citizens and support our government for the most part (??!!), anyone challenging the establishment was frowned upon. Home Education is allowed by default because education is compulsory, school is not.
Today I will be airing the show I broadcast in England earlier this year so tune in and listen to my conversation with three British Home Educators and hear how some of their concerns are the same as ours in America and some of them are not. I think you’ll be surprised.
Vivienne McNeny
Well hello there! My name is Vivienne McNeny.
I am an empty nester exploring life as a Boomer…you could say I'm happily Boomering along!
As a homeschooling Mum I have finally quit the job of role model and mentor to my four children. I do what I want to do, eat when I feel like it, enjoy life with my blue eyed cowboy and clean my house once a month or so whether it needs it or not!
In true English form I write about the emergence of my true identity now that I can no longer hide behind my children as their Mum.
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