Discovering yourself Quote by Quinn Cummings

“Without knowing it, I had stumbled upon one of the basic postulates of homeschooling: Anything you do with a home-schooled child outside the home…

— Quinn Cummings

“I wanted her to stretch her mind and her self-confidence, but I also wanted her to play with friends, read books, listen to music…

— Quinn Cummings

“At then end of this experiment we call Alice's childhood, I imagine if she's as eager to move ahead with her passions as the…

— Quinn Cummings

“More important...you've assembled a curriculum that works for him. It's his education. I suspect he's more likely to have a real education, an education…

— Quinn Cummings

“I sometimes wonder if my last words on this earth will be something like, 'Oh, I knew this wouldn't work.”

— Quinn Cummings

All the homeschooling parents I know meet on a regular basis with other families. They organize field trips, cooking classes, reading clubs and Scout…

— Quinn Cummings

Homeschooling will certainly produce some socially awkward adults, but the odds are good they would have been just as quirky had they spent twelve…

— Quinn Cummings

“…my brain works like an etch-a-sketch; even the slightest movement causes it to go completely blank.”

— Quinn Cummings

Most of the homeschooled children I know have about the same amount of after-school peer time as the rest of the population but, obviously,…

— Quinn Cummings

“I was shocked, however, to discover that homeschooling is not allowed in the Netherlands. I could only imagine that after legalizing pot, prostitution and…

— Quinn Cummings

“I still have this nagging feeling that I'm supposed to know stuff without actually learning it, and that anything requiring a mental effort beyond…

— Quinn Cummings

The process of socialization is nowhere near complete at age five or six, when modern children start spending up to half their waking hours…

— Quinn Cummings