Socialization of homeschoolers a non-issue

BY DIETTE COURRÉGÉ
BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
May 18, 12:00 AM EDT



Homeschool students work on painting a still life in Emily Cortrill's art class at Calvary Baptist Church in Bristol TN.
BY DAVID CRIGGER (Bristol Herald Courier)


BRISTOL, Tenn. – Fourteen-year-old Kayla Freeman has heard it before – that those who learn at home must be social dunces who don’t feel comfortable meeting new people and don’t have any friends.

In her three years as a homeschooled student, however, she’s found the opposite to be true.

She knows more people than she did while in traditional school, and she has discovered better friends in the homeschool community, she said.