Educational Gaps
Will your kids have education gaps if you homeschool them?
Let me rephrase the question: Do you?
There’s no finish line for learning.
Your kids don’t need to learn every subject to mastery by 18.
Our biggest task is to fuel the desire to learn so that your kids keep wanting to learn for the rest of their lives.
Let me add a caveat—because I can already picture some of the negative reactions. There’s a difference between a gap and a child who hasn’t mastered the fundamentals, like reading, writing, and basic math.
We do want to pay attention to whether or not our child is displaying a learning disability, or if the model of instruction is failing. I do wish I had learned math in a more effective manner. I believe I have the aptitude to learn it. The instruction method failed me. Even so, I have launched a successful business without math acumen.
It’s important to remember the scale of what education is and can be. A quality education isn’t simply the result of pushing your children to follow a curriculum so that you don’t leave anything out. Learning has to be effective (meaningful) if it’s going to last a child’s lifetime.
Gaps are inevitable. The key is to embrace a lifelong learning journey.
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