Most people don’t place any of the above words together. However, aside from the predictable and ridiculous legislation attempted in California, Homeschooling is receiving fairly high marks in academics throughout the states. Now you can add athletics to the roster of success achieved by homeschoolers.
The New York Times ran a recent story about a prominent basketball tournament that plays out in Oklahoma City each year. I found it refreshingly positive. Here is an excerpt.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Taber Spani, one of the best high school girls basketball players in the nation, holds hands with two opponents as a coach reads a Bible verse. It is the way each game in the National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships begins.
This is more than a postseason tournament for the 300 boys and girls teams from 19 states that have competed here over the past six days. As the stands packed with parents and the baselines overrun by small children attest, this is also a jamboree to celebrate faith and family.
Here is the whole story.
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