10 School Swaps, Zero Clues: Homeschool to Public Confusion
KEY POINTS
- •The author frequently switched schools and educational methods due to her family's nomadic lifestyle.
- •After experiencing public, private, and homeschooling, she struggled to fit in upon returning to public school.
- •Reflecting as a parent and teacher, she recognizes her parents' efforts amid challenging circumstances.
Raised by a 17- and 19-year-old church planter duo, this educational nomad endured exactly 10 school switches slicker than a Netflix user flipping shows monthly. From private evangelical bubble wading to homeschooling rebellion, then begging to rejoin the public school fishbowl, our protagonist survived social alienation worthy of an alien cult. Post-college, they became a Title I English teacher, dealing with cognitive and emotional curveballs akin to juggling flaming chainsaws, while tailoring lesson plans probably more customized than an Apple Store order. Parenting now, they juggle public and private Montessori like a pro, yet acknowledge education remains less GPS, more broken compass with a dead battery.
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When your educational resume looks like a Tinder profile for schools — public, private, homeschool, repeat 10 times — and you still can’t decode the language of middle schoolers. Welcome to the real-life Hogwarts of academic identity crises.
Switching schools 10 times before middle school sounds less like education and more like professional RSVP-ing to every single option. If schooling was a party, this kid was the guest who arrived everywhere and piggybacked on every type of curriculum.
Becoming a parent AND a teacher after basically living school hopping 101 means this person’s loyalty lies with the eye-roll generation — mastering the art of trying to do right by every confused kid and exhausted parent they meet.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 11/8/2025 | Author: Katrina Donham
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