by Spencer Mason | Aug 13, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
13 Aug 2014 Why would anybody in their right mind homeschool their children? Why would a person with a good education not work at a job that pays? Why would an adult do without the nice things that money can buy: the fun vacation, the in style clothes, the better...
by Spencer Mason | Jul 16, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
16 Jul 2014 Each year I look forward to attending NCHE’s homeschool conference in Winston-Salem. From all over the state we steadily roll in, building like a rising tide. For three days, we homeschoolers descend upon the city by the thousands, pushing...
by Spencer Mason | May 7, 2014 | Spring 2014, GREENHOUSE
7 May 2014 Upon a life I have not lived,Upon a death I did not die,Another’s life, Another’s death,I stake my whole eternity. This hymn by prolific nineteenth century Scottish hymn writer and pastor Horatius Bonar has become my homeschool theme song, both my...
by Spencer Mason | Apr 16, 2014 | Spring 2014, GREENHOUSE
16 Apr 2014 We started this journey eighteen years ago. Through a series of circumstances, we found ourselves in a situation we never could have predicted. The system had failed us, and we had pulled our oldest son out of public school. The ensuing years have been...
by Spencer Mason | Apr 2, 2014 | Winter 2014, GREENHOUSE
2 Apr 2014 You are facing extraordinary challenges, regardless of how easily your kids are learning. Parenting itself is more demanding, more fraught with difficulties, than ever before, and homeschooling adds layers of complexity, stress and labor beyond that. Don’t...