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Sketch a day # 26  - 10 min  What set of homeschool siblings are probably the most famous and least understood?  No. Not the Duggar kids.  It is the Smiths.  Jaden and Willow Smith, children of Will and Jada. I'm not even sure they consider themselves homeschoolers, they went to school for a year after being officially homeschooled, and now they are lifelong learners.  According to Jaden, " School is not authentic because it ends. It’s not true, it’s not real. Our learning will never end. The school that we go to every single morning, we will continue to go to."  Since they are still minors and bound by education laws in their state, I consider that homeschooling.  So people are weirding out because these famous and talented (some might disagree) children gave an interview and spoke about subjects that is not typical of children.  Gawker magazine tweeted "Every single thing about this Jaden and Willow Smith interview is nuts". ...

 Have you ever noticed just how long the lists of famous homeschoolers is getting?  After coming across one such list, I had to call foul on a common entry.  More and more people are reporting that Whoopie Goldberg was homeschooled.  This is not true.  Whoopie Goldberg dropped out of high school. Whoopi Goldgerg didn't even make it through the first month of high school before dropping out.  Two weeks in, she quit.  She didn't know that she had dyslexia, which was why she

It looks like Wil and Jada Smiths homeschooling endeavors have led to them opening a private school. They have been homeschooling for six years now, and have decided to take thier experience and build a private school. In a way I am dissapointed because they may no longer be a visible force in homeschooling, but at the same time, they are also forging roads for the future of education in general. Here's a quite from the article: In 2005, Jada Pinkett Smith told ESSENCE: The school system in this country, public and private is designed for the industrial age. We're in a technological age. We don't want our kids to memorize. We want them to learn. article here: 6/5/08 UPDATE: There are reports that the school is Scientology affiliated. .. hmmm. Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog