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An Accidental Homeschooler Story:

Because of sudden health problems, we make the wholly unexpected decision to homeschool him "for awhile".

During that first year, we also discovered the little guy was also quite gifted...

When he got better, I couldn't bring myself to send him back to a traditional classroom when homeschool was obviously meeting his needs so well...

And when number two son came along, we started him out in a schools where his teachers quickly noted some learning difficulties.

Now, were we supposed to leave our learning disabled son in a classroom where he might receive professional services or might not?
Well, we could have, but we didn’t.

He is now in fifth grade and is reading and testing at grade level and above. Go figure.
I guess you could call our family the ‘Accidental Homeschoolers.’

We didn’t plan to homeschool, and we didn’t really even choose to. Though we are a family of faith, we didn’t homeschool for religious reasons, as many do. We aren't philosophically opposed to public schools. Nor or we adventurers seeking a road less traveled. We didn’t find inherent fault with mainstream educational philosophies, or get fed up with a particular teacher, or even give up because the gifted and special education programs in our local school system were less than perfect. We simply had a child who got sick, and we decided to homeschool him, and it worked. And then we decided to give it another try with a totally different kiddo, and it worked again. Purely accidental.

Kerry Jones, Homeschooling Mother, Atlanta Georgia, Jan 2007