Is Your Homeschool Focused on the Wrong Thing? Character vs. College Readiness
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This episode discusses the importance of character development over standardized testing in homeschooling.
Are you spending more energy on SAT scores than on your child's character — and wondering if you've got your priorities backward? In this episode of the Everyday Educator podcast, host Amy Jones sits down with 15-year CC veteran Rachel Thompson and co-host Delise Germond to make the case that true college readiness isn't built in a testing center — it's built in community, around the Word, one habit at a time. Rachel shares what she's learned raising three CC kids — including a college senior — and why the skills colleges now prize most (resilience, collaboration, empathy, and perseverance) are the very things Classical Conversations builds from Foundations all the way through Challenge. From CC's community triangle to the Odyssey post-graduate program, Rachel and Delise walk through how classical Christian homeschooling quietly equips students for everything that comes after the diploma. Delise reflects on her own college experience — the misconceptions she carried in and the ones the Lord had to correct along the way — offering honest encouragement for moms who want to start well, even with a houseful of littles. Whether your oldest is four or seventeen, this episode will…
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