I've received a lot of comments lately about my plan to homeschool through high school. There is an argument where we live about the fact that the local high school has not one LDS student. The idea is that we should all send our LDS children to the local high school in order to be missionaries. The youth that have left the high school explain that they are ostracized, picked-on, and left out of everything including sports. Out of the 11 students old enough to take Seminary in our town, only 3 go. Our town has a Home Study Seminary where they meet once a week instead of an Early Morning Seminary like most areas. Just North of us in the next town there is a swelling number of LDS students, which is why we have over 60 youth in our ward.
My feeling is that my children can be missionaries to our neighbors and community without going to the high school. We have been homeschooling for over 5 years now and we love it! Why should we change a good fit for our family? Do I sacrifice my child's education so that she can be a missionary at the school? Heavenly Father entrusted these children to Mike and I. We'll go with what He has directed us to do and that is to continue our home education plan.
