Homeschool Alums Succeed as Adults
by Ed Vitagliano
March 30, 2004
(AgapePress) - While the subject of home schooling may still draw odd looks from some folks, the students themselves are demonstrating that they are no oddballs. An estimated one to two million students of middle and high school age are being home schooled in the U.S. As they make the transition to college life, success usually follows."As the numbers [of home-schooled children] have increased, and there have also been more admitted to college, they've actually performed quite well," Barmak Nassirian, a policy analyst with the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, told Associated Press.
One student said her home-schooling experience may have actually been an advantage as she entered her college years. "It prepared me better than going to a regular high school would have because I was independently motivated," said Holly Porter, who is now attending graduate school at the University of Denver.
Moreover, a survey of 7,300 adults who were home schooled found that they were far more likely than the average American to be civic-minded -- that is, appearing to be more informed about politics and government and more apt to vote.
Ed Vitagliano, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is news editor for AFA Journal, a monthly publication of the American Family Association. This article appeared in the April 2004 issue.
