Homegrown scholars

DailyPrincetonian.com
By Sophia Ahern Dwosh
Princetonian Senior Writer


Photo by Michael Zhang
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Homegrown scholars: Brian Brown '07. who was homeschooled as a child, shows a photograph of his family. Brown is one of about eight students at the University who were "Home Educated." Between one million to two million students nationwide are currently educated at home.
Before arriving at the University, Steve Apple '08 had not gone to school for a single day in his entire life.

A friend took Apple to his second grade classroom as part of a show-and-tell demonstration. "He stood me up there and said, 'Hey, this is my friend Steve. He's homeschooled. Talk to them, Steve!'" Apple recalled in an interview.

More than a decade later, though his peers no longer look at him as an outsider, Apple is still part of a small minority of students whose educational background has involved home-based schooling.