La historia de Max

La historia de Max

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“La educación en el hogar ha sido una parte fundamental de mi vida desde que tengo memoria. Me ha brindado oportunidades emocionantes en el camino que nunca hubiera podido cumplir de otra manera. Estoy más que agradecido por la decisión de mis padres de enseñarme sus propios valores y verdades en lugar de someterme al mundo a veces improductivo de la escuela pública”.

Max Rollins, un estudiante de toda la vida de la Academia West River, ahora está inscrito en el Programa de Graduación para la Clase de 2018. En su Biografía Educativa, describe su infancia como un estudiante no escolarizado en Colorado.

Nuestro Hogar fue construido sobre dieciséis acres de bosque denso, que consiste en extensos barrancos, prados áridos donde pasta el ganado y arroyos serpenteantes, llenos de vida. Todo parecía ser tan infinito como el universo para mi imaginación juvenil. Pasé horas explorando cada rincón y grieta de la superficie cultivada con mis amigos más cercanos e incluso dibujé nombres ficticios y senderos que habíamos descubierto en un mapa. Todavía, hasta el día de hoy, pienso en lo emocionante que fue tropezar con un nuevo arroyo o en un claro en el bosque y cuán obsesionados nos volvimos por encontrar todos los secretos que nuestra trama tenía que mostrar.

A medida que fui creciendo, mis padres comenzaron a enseñarme el arte de la jardinería y el cultivo de la tierra. Me mostraron que un día de trabajo duro tiene más valor que casi cualquier otra cosa en esta vida. No lo vi como un valor en ese momento y lo vi más como una distracción lejos de las cosas verdaderamente importantes en la vida, mis figuras de acción de Star Wars. Pero eventualmente, comencé a ver de qué se trataba.

Cuando tenía alrededor de 8 años, mi madre y algunas otras mamás que educaban en casa en el valle comenzaron una escuela de los jueves a la que asistí con muchos de mis amigos durante algunos años. Participábamos en artes y manualidades, hacíamos parodias y hacíamos otras actividades divertidas que difícilmente parecían estar en la escuela, lo cual estaba muy bien para mis amigos y para mí.

Para cuando llegó la escuela secundaria, el tiempo en que mi madre me enseñaba estaba llegando a su fin de forma natural, ya que necesitaba una salida más social para aprender y ella no podía enseñarme las materias más difíciles en la escuela, como Química y Matemáticas. Empecé a asistir a clases en Grand Valley Academics en el otoño de mi octavo grado. Era una especie de escuela improvisada dirigida por un puñado de padres educadores en el hogar que estaban bien educados en diferentes materias y campos. Mi primer año de asistencia, tomé Escritura Creativa, Biología y Literatura, todo con el mismo maestro. Raro, ¿eh? ¡Afortunadamente, en un año habían pasado de la sala de jóvenes de una iglesia local a su propio edificio con aulas reales! He tomado clases con ellos durante toda mi experiencia en la escuela secundaria y he adquirido una gran cantidad de conocimientos de todos sus brillantes maestros a lo largo del camino. He tenido muchos de ellos durante toda mi carrera en la escuela secundaria y me entristecerá verlos desaparecer cuando me gradúe. Sin embargo, todavía estoy entusiasmado por ir a la universidad y emocionado de ver a dónde me lleva.

La educación en el hogar ha sido una experiencia increíble para mí y, si pudiera, no cambiaría nada de mi educación. Me ha dado la oportunidad de ahondar por completo en temas de interés que no habría tenido si estuviera confinado a una rutina de 8:00 a 4:00. Aprecio mucho el esfuerzo que mis padres hicieron para que mi tiempo de aprendizaje fuera lo más beneficioso y agradable posible, y espero brindarles una experiencia similar a mis hijos algún día.

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