The Choice Channel

“Many homeschoolers have trouble with the typical grade level system in schools. Maybe you can identify with some of these scenarios: ‘So what grade are you in, honey?’ the nice grocery store clerk asks your eight-year-old, upon finding out that your family homeschools. Your child looks up at you with a confused look, bewildered at this common question. Turns out your family is one of many that just doesn’t really think about grade levels, and your child never knows what to say in this situation. ‘Am I in third grade, Mommy?’ she says, tugging at your skirt a bit plaintively. By now the grocery clerk is confused along with the child. It seems so . . . well, American to immediately know what school grade you are in. Something must be wrong with your child, or with this homeschooling idea, if your child doesn’t even know this.” (04/06)