In Canada, homeschooling doubled in the first year of the pandemic. More than 83,000 students enrolled in homeschooling in the 2020/2021 school year,
On the lower level of a townhouse in Port Moody, three children are busy making dough as part of a science experiment in their kitchen that has turned into a classroom.
"It's extremely busy but extremely fulfilling at the same time," says Joc Widjaya, their mom and full-time homeschool teacher. There is no shortage of options for families between public schools, private schools, homeschooling and alternative schools. Hendra sees family as a child's foundation and parents as the first teachers, adding homeschooling is a big decision and one that can work with the proper support.
"We don't build school systems that children have to fit into," she says. "We build school systems that are for children. And so ... who is the system serving? And if it's not serving them anymore, well, then the system has to change, not the child, right?" "You only have a limited amount of time," says Widjaya. "You're still a wife. You're still a housewife. You're still ... [you] have your own pursuits.""It's busy; there's tons of planning," says Widjaya. "As any homeschool parent can say, you're teaching your own child, which has its own dynamics because they would react differently to an outsider teacher than their parents.
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