I just found this article about a teen in Montana who initiated her homeschooling career.
"Sixteen-year-old Beth Gates of Manhattan, Montana is one such trailblazer. Before beginning her high school years, Beth decided - with her parents' blessing - to retire from public school. The modern school culture, after all, can be a social rat race.
"I was tired of the cliques, the gossip, the drugs, and the drinking," says Beth of the decision to become a homeschooler.
She has even coined a phrase for these adolescent distractions: "the drama."
My son at the age of 8 made a similar decision. When he found out I planned to homeschool his sister, he said to me..." If she's not going back to school, there is no way I'm going back to that place".
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