Stephanie Pollack gave a brilliant description of home education as per how her family experiences on the ABC Radio National Country Breakfast 'Country Viewpoint' segment show this morning. Read the entire transcript here. However, Tony's flippant comment at the end of piece about wondering if Stephanie will sound just as sounding 'idyllic' once she gets to Year 12 maths is yet another example of the lack of understanding in the general community about the nature of home education and it's benefits. I'm not surprised that most people disbelieve: it really does sound too good to be true.

Perhaps in a decade or so when most of the innovators and community leaders in Australia will proudly declare their homeschooling backgrounds, the general public, our educational bureaucrats and politicians will finally start to take notice...

Idyllic describes Stephanie's experiences perfectly, as it did mine. Stephanie did say that parenting wasn't always easy, but that doesn't detract from the sense of wonder and awe we experienced at sharing our children's educational journeys.

cheers
Beverley
http://homeschoolaustralia.com