I'm home schooled, always have been and plan to be for a while still.
Which means I've gotten pretty used to the criticism that us home school kids get.
I've gotten pretty good at answering the grocery clerk's question of "no school today?" whenever I go out before 3 o'clock on a weekday.
I'm used to the fact that a decent portion of the population thinks I won't ever be smart enough, or that all of my social issues are because I home school, or even that I would get better special education treatment if I went to public school.
But this week I heard a new reason why I shouldn't home school.
Because I'm home schooled I will lead less people to the Lord.
I'm not kidding, someone actually told me this recently.
I was at youth group when we were reading from Mathew 5 and discussing how to be "Salt and Light" in our community.
Most of the other people who sit at the same table as me aren't great at the discussion part of the lessons, so I've been labeled as the one who answers the leader's questions. So when he asked how we can be Salt and Light in our community, and the table went silent, I answered. I can't remember exactly what I said but I think I mentioned the Fruit of the Spirit. The leader then said to me "Ya I suppose, but I guess you wouldn't really know. That's one disadvantage to homeschooling, you probably don't know that many non-Christians."
At this I looked over to my friend, I was thinking 3 things.
1.) It'll be OK Robyn, you don't have to thump him out
2.) The friend i'm looking at right now was a non-christian when I met her and because God gave me the strength to invite her to church week after week, both her and her brother have now accepted Christ as their savior, and are heavily involved in their church. (this was all God not me, He totally could have done it without me, my point was that I know a bit about evangelism. Please save the hate mail! :P)
3.) I think this guy is retired, and he certainly isn't in high school anymore. Maybe he should go back to work or school because by not he could be stopping people from spending eternity in the Kingdom of God. Is that what he wants, heaven all to himself?
But maybe in some ways he is right. I am home schooled through a christian group so all of the people that I meet through that are in a christian family. I meet lots of people and have lots of friends, but it is more difficult then I imagine it would be for a kid who goes to "normal school" (I hate it when people refer to to public school as "normal")
Then again, I learn differently then the "normal" person does, so I don't think I would be a very happy person in public school. I doubt I'd be doing a great job of being salt and light and showing the fruit of the spirit.
Plus, the group that I'm with has bible learning outcomes. So I actually HAVE to spend time in God's word and talk to God, and do bible studies in order to pass each grade.
So I'm a little undecided. At this point I don't plan to start going to public school soon. I don't believe that I would help lead more people to the Lord if I did.
But, you know, I'll try and do what God tells me. So if that's what God thinks and He tells me I should go to public school, then me and my family will have to trust Him.
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