| There are various issues that parents have to resolve | | | | community which at times is unregulated. I should even |
| pertaining to their homeschooled children. First, parents | | | | say that parents must exercise due diligence in coming |
| have to look into the policies of these community | | | | up with a well-discerned decision. They should not be |
| colleges regarding homeschool students. It must be | | | | swayed by the band wagon effect. They must |
| stressed that each community college has its own | | | | understand the ramifications of this decision and the |
| policy regarding homeschool students. It thus benefits | | | | impact that it will have on the lives of their children. In |
| the parents a lot if they take time to assiduously verify | | | | other words, parents must act like parents and put |
| applicable policies. | | | | premium on the total well-being of their homeschooled |
| Verification of existing community college policies is not | | | | children. |
| however the end of the story! I hasten to add that one | | | | I am saying all this because I care about the well-being |
| very crucial issue that parents have to consider is | | | | of homeschooled teens. They have already benefited |
| whether or not they really have to send their | | | | so much from their homeschooling years and can be |
| homeschooled children to any of these local | | | | allowed to continue to enjoy a family-friendly |
| community colleges. | | | | atmosphere and an environment that does not |
| I do not take issue if parents send their homeschooled | | | | threaten to erode the values that they have learned to |
| students to a community college. This is something that | | | | embrace. Hopefully, the issues that I am raising here will |
| only the parents can decide and I assume that parents, | | | | encourage homeschoolers to open their eyes to some |
| especially Christian parents, only have the welfare of | | | | of the sad realities occurring in the local community |
| their children in mind in making such a decision. Also, | | | | colleges and decide for themselves and for the benefit |
| they are in a better position to evaluate the readiness | | | | of their children whether to send homeschooled kids to |
| of their children to socialize and interact with an adult | | | | a local community college. |