The Homeschool Teacher True or False Test
1) The homeschool teacher carries the responsibility of her child’s entire education. T or F
2) The homeschool teacher teaches all subjects with expertise. T or F
3) The homeschool teacher never seeks outside help or her homeschool would be tainted. T or F
4) The homeschool teacher is smarter than a fifth grader. T or F
5) The homeschool teacher knows all areas of academics or else she would not homeschool. T or F
6) The homeschool teacher does not know everything. T or F
7) The homeschool teacher has little to no resources to aid her in educating her children. T or F
8) The homeschool teacher can split the atom, solve calculus equations, and write a novel, all while grading a science quiz. T or F
9) The homeschool teacher must find ways to learn a subject in order for their kids to learn it. T or F
10) The homeschool teacher understands she cannot know everything and therefore seeks qualified people to aid her in her child’s education. T or F
Answers:
1) F. The homeschool teacher does not carry the full weight of her child’s education. I don’t carry my car from place to place, I drive it. A homeschool teacher guides her children through their education.
2) F. No one can teach every subject with expertise; not even a homeschool teacher.
3) F. The wise homeschool teacher seeks advice, counsel, and help, from those who are experts in a field she is not.
4) T. Of course, we are smarter than a fifth grader. Homeschool teachers have no choice but to retain and review the coursework of a fifth grader. Put a homeschool mom on the game show and she would rock.
5) F. One does not need to be an expert in all subject areas to homeschool. Your level of knowledge is not as important as your willingness to seek the right avenues and a savvy to find the right resources.
6) T. Well, if anyone was going to know everything it would be the homeschool teacher. However, even she does not know it all.
7) F. There are many resources, guides, experts, and tutors, for a homeschool mom to gather information from and possibly employ to serve her children.
8) F. Now, had it said grade a spelling test it might be a different answer.
9) F. You do not need to learn or master a subject before your children can learn it.
10). T. Homeschool teachers seek the wise to bring wisdom to their children.