Word: homeschooling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choice to homeschool their children was an unconventional one for Micki and David Colfax, both of whom went through the traditional American public education track. Micki Colfax says they both found the "normal route" of education "rather static," adding that "things have gotten a lot worse in American education since the '40s and '50s, when they attended primary and secondary school...
When parents call the Colfaxes for advice, Micki Colfax says they "don't pretend to have any answers. We are uncomfortable with the idea of being experts." Her main advice for parents who want to homeschool their children is that they should relax. "They get too frustrated," she says...
...reasonably intelligent parents can homeschool" their children, Micki Colfax says. "It takes a lot of patience...Having a child with you 24-hours-a-day seems to take a lot of time, but to us it just seemed to be the norm," she says...
...says the couple has a "high regard for schools that do a good job." She insists that the decision to homeschool their sons was not a sign of contempt for the American education system...