Isabel Lyman's The Homeschooling Revolution was one of the first blogs I ever read. She did a great job covering homeschooling news. I was sad when she stopped blogging. Isabel also wrote a book of the same name, published nine years ago. I had the privilege to interview her three years ago.
I was pleased to find she has recently written about homeschooling. In Trailblazers: Tale of a Tween and Teen she writes about two homeschoolers. The first is about a homeschooler in Florida:
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At age 12, Sky is the youngest student (ever!) to attend Florida International University, located in Miami, Florida. He’s double majoring in physics and mathematics with a minor in astronomy. He hopes to graduate with his bachelor’s degrees when he turns 17. Since he’s participating in a dual-enrollment program, he will finish the high school component of his education this spring.
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The article goes on about Sky's amazing accomplishments.
The second featured homeschooler is a teenager in the UK who was recently in a BBC show:
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Meanwhile, across the Atlantic Ocean and deep in rural England is where Deborah
13: Servant of God was filmed.
The one-hour BBC documentary stars Deborah Drapper, a 13-year-old, who, like Sky Choi, leads an unconventional life. The young teenager is an outspoken evangelical Christian who learns at ome and resides with her family in a farmhouse in picturesque Dorset. When quizzed by the BBC interviewer, Deborah, who has a computer but no access to television, admits to not knowing who Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham or Britney Spears is. Nor is she interested in fashion fads or partying with other teenagers. Conversely, she can recite the Ten Commandments, thinks that evolution is a fairy tale for grownups, and loves to learn: everything from speech to West African agriculture captivates her. She also participates in that most modern of pastimes –blogging.
The film’s creators tried a little too hard to make Deborah look like everybody’s favorite
stereotype of a holy-roller homeschooler –brainwashed, sheltered, and God-crazed. But it’s the products of all that carefree liberal parenting —the young Brits whom Deborah is shown
evangelizing —that come across as boorish, hedonistic, and boring. Deborah, in contrast,
appears poised, principled, and daring.
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It is nice to still see Isabel writing about homeschooling!
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