บทถอดความฉบับเต็มของ Brooklyn - Building Independence Through Homeschooling

us and their beliefs because I've I've you know been to youth groups in different places where I thought I would find people that were like me, but I actually didn't, and I have found that troop is definitely the best place to find those people. 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:50.639 Um, and I just graduated out uh just last Thursday. 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:58.560 I had my graduation ceremony from the troop, so now I've graduated out, but I'm still best friends with my friend Lily, who who goes there. 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:03.439 Um, so that's where yeah, most of my friends have been back in Washington and here. 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.959 I've met a lot of people through troops that I've been best friends with. 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:08.319 Oh, that's wonderful. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:12.959 So, did you go for your Abigail Adams or anything like that? 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:20.639 Yes, so I joined HG when I was like 11, I think. 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:24.800 So I was an explorer, so I didn't get my explorer level award. 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:30.879 But then as soon as I got into the Pioneers and Patriots, I got my Harriet Tubman and then I got my Abigail Adams. 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:39.120 And actually, I originally planned to get my Stars and Stripes, so I got my Abigail Adams early so I'd have enough time to. 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:44.480 And then after I completed my Abigail Adams, I realized Stars and Stripes wasn't actually what I wanted to go for. 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:48.240 I just kind of wanted to enjoy my years and earn the last badges I wanted. 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:53.439 So then it was kind of nice because my last two years were just enjoying it, all of that stuff. 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:55.920 Um, so yeah, that was that was fun. 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:05.839 That sounds like such a fun way to have friends and a community and a social life that reflects your personal values. 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.120 And I love that it is your values. 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:12.160 It's not this is what mom and dad are making me do. 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.319 So tell us a typical homeschool day in your life. 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:20.480 Was there a routine or did it change depending on the season or the year? 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.040 Um, it depended a little bit on the year. 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:30.240 Some years we would do a little bit of each subject each day, and then other years we would kind of focus in on certain subjects on certain weeks. 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:42.480 Um, but pretty much all of the years of my homeschooling, my mom would make a checklist and it would have either how much of a subject you should do each day or how much you should have completed by the end of the week. 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:59.040 So mom would wake me up at like 10 o'clock each day, and then I would usually get something to eat, and then I just start working on whatever subjects I had, and I could just pick and choose which ones I wanted to start

with, and at a certain point I would have gone through all of them and completed them for the day. 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:04.720 So it was it was pretty simple, more self-led than anything, especially as the years progressed. 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:06.720 I became much more independent. 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:10.319 Mom didn't have to help me with all these different subjects. 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.279 So that sounds amazing. 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:20.800 So how did you decide what you were gonna do each day, like where you would start and things like that? 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:31.680 Yeah, I would usually start with maybe some of my easier subjects are like I would check like my language arts where I'd be like, okay, do I have to like prep out an essay today? 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:33.920 Or like, do like what do I need to be thinking about? 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:42.399 Kind of, and I would maybe start it there and be like, okay, I need to be thinking about this book throughout the day, and then I can kind of come together later and plan that out. 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.000 Or I'd look at my science and be like, okay, do I have an experiment today? 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:48.800 I need to plan that into my schedule. 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:59.600 Or I would do something easier like word roots and just kind of get it out of the way, which was a lot of just um like suffixes, prefixes, roots, all of that, putting them together. 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:02.720 It just kind of depended on where where what I was feeling. 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:06.000 If I was like, I'm ready to tackle the hard subjects, I would start with those. 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:10.959 Or if I was like, I need to start in something easier and make my way to the harder subjects, then I would do that. 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:13.279 Just kind of depended on how I was feeling that day. 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:14.160 I love that. 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:20.639 So you got to kind of decide, hey, my brain needs to wake up a little bit, so let's start with something easier. 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:25.199 Or nope, I'm ready for this, so let's dive into the hard stuff and get it done. 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:26.319 Yes, exactly. 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:33.519 Like on Monday, I would definitely start with the easier stuff at the beginning of the week, but then by Friday I'd probably be like, okay, come get the hard stuff out of the way. 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.279 Let's let's get all those out of the way. 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:37.279 I'm ready for the week to be over. 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:38.320 Yes. 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:39.679 Yes. 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:46.799 What is a memory from homeschooling that still makes you smile or maybe even laugh? 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:50.799 Um, I remember back like when I was way younger. 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:54.720 I don't remember what grade I was, maybe kindergarten, first grade. 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:59.679 And for part of my curriculum at the time, I was kind of doing a lot of reading. 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:03.039 I was beginning to get into reading a lot of books and all of those things. 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:09.600 And normally my mom taught me, but I think at this point she went to go do some errands, go get some groceries, something like that. 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:12.559 So my dad was gonna be there while I was reading. 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:17.519 And I remember I was so excited because I couldn't wait to show him how my reading would have been. 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:22.080 So I just grabbed like a ginormous stack of books from the bookshelf. 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:25.440 I brought them over to the couch and I was like, Dad, I'm ready to read. 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:30.080 And he came over, and I remember him looking at the stack and being like, Whoa, you're gonna read all of those? 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:32.159 And I was like, Yep, this is what I'm gonna do. 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:35.039 I'm gonna show you how much I can read with this giant stack of books. 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:36.559 I was so excited. 00:09:37.279 --> 00:09:39.279 That sounds like so much fun. 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:41.120 Oh wow. 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:45.039 So have you always loved reading, or did you ever yes? 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.399 I've always been a big reader. 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:53.919 My mom's a big reader, my dad isn't, he's dyslexic, but my mom's always been a big reader, and so I've always just kind of loved books. 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:59.440 And as I've gotten older, I kind of go through swings where like I won't read for like a month. 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:05.840 Like I won't read anything outside of like my required school books, and then I'll read like 30 books in a couple of weeks. 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:10.000 Like I'll like just zoom through a ton of them, so I kind of go back and forth. 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:11.039 That is great. 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:14.080 Do you ever do the Goodreads annual challenge? 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:25.200 Yes, I literally just downloaded and made my own Goodreads account like two weeks ago to start doing all of that stuff because my mom has had a Goodreads account forever and I never even thought about getting my own. 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:27.919 And she was like, you know, you could probably just get your own. 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:29.279 I think you just need to give your email. 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:30.559 And I was like, I can do that. 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:32.639 And I was like, okay, I made one. 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:39.039 The easy, easy, fun way to get into reading, right? 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:39.919 Yeah. 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:44.480 So were there any tough parts about being homeschooled? 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:47.039 And if so, what helped you get through them? 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:51.519 I mean, obviously being a little bit lonely because I'm the only girl. 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:57.440 I have four brothers, and

even though we're close in age, being the only girl, you're still a little bit separated. 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:04.159 But luckily, the troops was kind of what made that not such a thing, being with other girls my age. 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:12.080 The other challenging thing is that I'm two years accelerated, and my older brother is one year accelerated, which puts us in the same grade. 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:21.120 So we've done the same like curriculum for many years, and we have completely different styles of learning. 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:26.639 Because I will like sit down with a subject and finish all of it, set it aside, done with it for the day. 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:33.120 But my brother will do like a tiny bit of each subject, and then slowly over time do a tiny bit more, tiny bit more. 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:40.000 And I have to be like, okay, some of the stuff we have to do together, and I have to just get used to not being like, Okay, are you ready? 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:40.720 Are you ready? 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:43.919 Because I know he won't be because he hasn't finished any of the subjects yet. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:45.279 He's still working on all of them. 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:49.600 So I have to get used to this relaxing a little bit on having his help with things. 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.080 I have to be like, okay, just tell me when you're finished. 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:53.679 Just come to me when you're ready. 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:55.200 That is fantastic. 00:11:55.360 --> 00:12:06.080 I love how you and your brother and your mom have figured out how to make one curriculum work for multiple learning styles. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:10.240 I mean, it sounds like there have been challenges to that. 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:16.480 Was there ever any like like how did your mom walk you through that? 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.879 Or did you just figure it out on your own? 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:33.120 My mom was always, I mean, she did some of the overall learning, but that stuff of us going at different speeds was a little bit more our personal kind of challenge. 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:38.000 Um, just trying to get used to how differently we do things. 00:12:38.159 --> 00:12:42.559 Um, and my mom usually just like, you just gotta be patient and just work with each other. 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:43.519 That was her favorite phrase. 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:44.480 Just work with each other. 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.480 Like yeah, that's not that's not gonna help too much, but okay. 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:51.360 And then it was just yeah, trying to get trying to get used to that. 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:55.679 I think I only finally was okay with that this final year. 00:12:55.840 --> 00:13:01.279 After all these years, I finally just stopped being aggravated by how slow he was going through every little thing. 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:02.879 And I was like, Yeah, it's fine. 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.200 I'll just be here relaxing, reading or whatever. 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.360 Just tell me when you're finished and we'll work on it. 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:09.519 I finally just accepted it. 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:16.879 So how does it feel being accelerated and graduating two years early? 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:31.039 It's it's honestly pretty cool because I'm so much younger than most people, because I'm graduating at 16, and then I'll be graduating college with my associate's degree when I'm like 18, maybe just 19. 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:41.200 So I'll be like really young, which is both cool, but it's also daunting because that means everyone else around me has more life experience. 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:49.279 They have different things, like they have their licenses, or they've had jobs, different things like that that I haven't experienced yet because I'm too young. 00:13:49.519 --> 00:14:00.240 And so sometimes it's a little bit annoying, perhaps, because I feel like I'm not where I should be because of how different everyone else is. 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:08.080 Um, so it's kind of kind of a mix of it being really cool and also kind of like, do I actually want to be this accelerated? 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:11.600 Or is this like what is this, a challenge or a benefit, you know? 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.360 Yeah, absolutely. 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.840 I love that honest feedback. 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:17.840 Thank you so much for sharing. 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:25.440 So you were homeschooling somewhere else, and then you moved to South Carolina. 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:29.519 You uh how did that transition go? 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:34.080 Like, do what was it like working with SKES? 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:36.000 Did you join SKES right away? 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:36.480 Do you know? 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:46.480 Yeah, so we had listed our house in Washington State in like May, and it didn't end up selling until like November. 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:54.559 But in the meantime, my mom signed up for SKES for that new school year because she knew we would be moving at some point, she just didn't know when. 00:14:54.879 --> 00:15:04.639 So we were signed up for SCAES while still in Washington, and then when we moved in November, we were already signed up, so we were already involved. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:24.559 There wasn't any like hard transition because we'd already made that transition while still in Washington, and there wasn't anything too crazy except for homework-wise, because in Washington state, you just have to do like a test at the end of the year and have it on file for if they ever want it. 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.879 And my mom basically just has to say, I'm homeschooling my kids for the year, and that's it. 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:34.000 Versus for skates, you have to have all these different paperwork, and you have to calculate all the grades and you have to put them in. 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:44.399 So it was a little bit

different, but I enjoy doing all of that stuff because I'll collect all of the work and I'll sort it all out, and then I'll like tell mom all the grades and she'll calculate them and put them in. 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:50.720 Um, so I've enjoyed it, but uh, it hasn't really been too hard of a switch, in my opinion. 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:56.320 It was more it was good because it was our high school years that we started in on SCAES. 00:15:56.399 --> 00:16:02.799 All of our high school years were with SCAES, and it was nice because we could see all of the credits that we needed. 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:10.080 Back in Washington, I think we would have been a little bit lost not knowing what to do because there wasn't any guidance for that type of stuff. 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:18.399 And so with SCAES, we could see all the things we needed to do, different curriculums, what electives would actually count, stuff like that. 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:19.679 So it was really helpful. 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:21.200 That is amazing. 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:28.720 So did you ever have a relationship with your SCAES counselor, or was that mostly just between your mom and them? 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:36.480 Um, Miss Tori is my counselor, and I have reached out to her a couple of different times with different questions. 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:48.159 Like when I started doing my foreign language, I wanted to do sign language, so I reached out to her and asked her, and she was super nice and said, Yeah, you can do that, and here are some curriculums you could use that will count. 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:49.840 Um, so she's been super nice. 00:16:49.919 --> 00:17:07.759 I've emailed her a couple of times, and I think I've met her at one of the um uh homeschooling conventions that they had in Greenville, because I've been to a few of those, and I think one of the times she was there, last time she wasn't, so I didn't get to see her, but I think I've I've seen her in person there before. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:14.640 Um so yeah, she's been super nice, um, and I have talked to her a little bit, but she's talked to my mom more often than than I have. 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:16.079 That makes sense. 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.200 That does. 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:31.359 Has there do you know, have there been any um challenges or anything that Miss Tori was able to help you guys with, like maybe finding that uh curriculum for sign language or something like that? 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:40.480 Yeah, she was able to give me the curriculums that I needed to that could count and would actually like be worth a credit. 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:47.519 Um besides that, I think she also just helped like direct us to different things. 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.519 I think my brother, he needed help with one of his subjects. 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.319 I forget what it was. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:53.759 It was one of his, I think, electives. 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:55.279 It might have been his Latin or something. 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:59.759 They needed to know what curriculum would work, and she was really helpful with that. 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.960 And then she's also really nice. 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:05.920 Whenever we put in the grades, my mom will usually send her an email saying, Hey, can you just double check everything's good? 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:08.319 She's like, she's usually like, Yep, everything's good. 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:10.799 I've approved everything, it's all in, which is super great. 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:16.319 She's super good about responding really quickly and knowing that everything's, you know, correct. 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:18.880 Oh, that's great to hear. 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:22.880 So it sounds like working with SKES and Ms. 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:31.599 Tori kind of gives you guys a little bit of peace of mind about your homeschooling and simplifies some of the high school records and stuff. 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:35.200 Yes, personally, for me, that is definitely how I feel about it. 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:37.680 I totally enjoy all of that stuff. 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:40.960 Um, my brother Grant is like not involved at all. 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:42.880 He would be like, eh, whatever. 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:51.359 And my mom would be like, it's a lot more work than Washington, but I enjoy it personally, as the high schooler, I think it's really great. 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:59.279 And I'm super impressed that you stepped up and you took responsibility and ownership of stuff and helped your mom out. 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:05.680 Like that is really speaks highly to your character and the type of person that you are. 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.880 Thank you. 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.000 So, what are your plans for after high school? 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:12.480 You said associate's degree? 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:16.400 I'm getting my associate's degree for supply chain management. 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:24.880 Um, and that's gonna be at Greenville Tech, Greenville Technical College, which is just like 15 minutes down the road for all my in-person classes. 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:26.640 Um, and I'm starting this fall. 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:31.200 I originally thought about taking a gap year simply because of how young I am. 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:39.119 I thought it might be better to start as a little bit of an older student, but then I was honest with myself and realized I'm way too much of a procrastinator. 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:43.839 And I think if I stopped my schooling, I would never be able to force myself to go back. 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:53.359 So I was like, I'm just gonna keep going, you know, I'm not gonna stop my schooling, I'll just continue into college and make sure I can actually I'll actually do the schooling and and all of that. 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:55.359 So yeah, I'll be getting my associate's degree. 00:19:55.519 --> 00:20:00.480 So I think I'll be in

for two, two and a half years because I have five semesters. 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:03.039 Um, so yeah, that's what I'm gonna be doing. 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.799 That's super exciting. 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:08.160 So, how did you land on supply chain management? 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.920 I know it's very random. 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:22.480 I've always known I wanted to be in some part of the business sector because I've always been interested in like leadership, management, finances, logistics, all of those types of things. 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:31.359 And originally I was debating between having some kind of management role or being a paralegal, which is like a lawyer's assistant basically. 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:43.920 And I actually shadowed a paralegal office for a day to see what how like they do things, and I realized I think this is not what I'm looking for because I want to be more of the manager and they were being managed. 00:20:44.000 --> 00:21:08.559 And I was like, I think I would get annoyed doing this job, like I would get bored or I'd get tired of this, and so I decided I wanted to do management, and then choosing which one I wanted, just looking at the descriptions that they had for supply chain management, operations management, business management, it just seemed like it was catering best to my leadership skills, and so I was like, sure, let's just go with it. 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:11.440 Any of these management degrees I would be fine with. 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:16.880 I think I could do any of them, but this one seems like it's best catered to me, so let's go for it. 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:24.799 That takes a lot of insight into who you are, and that is super impressive at such a young age. 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:26.880 I am just blown away. 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:31.599 You are doing such hard things so well. 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.400 Oh, thank you. 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:38.079 So if you could speak directly to a student who's unsure about homeschooling, what would you say? 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:50.240 I would say for someone who's unsure about homeschooling, I would say maybe do some research or talk to people you know who have homeschooled and see how they feel about it. 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:54.400 Because I think there is some people do better being public schooled. 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:56.000 It's a better setting for them. 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:59.759 I think homeschooling is great for people who want to kind of. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:11.039 build their own curriculum who feel like the curriculum they're using now just maybe isn't talking to them, isn't working for them, then homeschooling would be great because you can pick and choose your curriculums. 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:12.319 You can try different ones out. 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:15.359 You can kind of figure out what works best for you. 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:24.799 And then you can actually enjoy the school you're doing and actually study subjects you want to instead of just doing the work because you have to do school. 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:27.680 That sounds like fun though. 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:31.759 I mean who doesn't want to enjoy what they do every day? 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.720 Yeah. 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:40.960 What advice would you give to a parent who is thinking about taking their child from school to homeschool? 00:22:41.279 --> 00:23:08.079 I would say first talk to your child because like I said, I know some students really thrive being public schooled and for some there might be a trade-off of saying I want my kid to be public schooled but can they kind of distinguish between what's the schooling and what is the school trying to like tell my kid to do you know like what are my beliefs gonna be and can I stick to those while being public schooled? 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:12.960 And if your kid can stand by their beliefs but still enjoy public schooling then maybe they stick with it. 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:17.839 Or maybe if they're having a hard time in school are the curriculum just like not working for them. 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:25.119 It's like anguish trying to get through it then homeschooling would be the way to go because there's so many options out there. 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:45.519 Like there are unlimited possibilities for what you can choose that you will be able to find something that works for you undoubtedly in homeschooling it just kind of depends on whether or not you're willing to take that step and be able to like walk with your child and try out some different curriculums and figure out what actually works for you. 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:49.039 So if you're willing to put the time in then I would say go for it. 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.000 It'll be great. 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:53.759 That is really sage advice thank you for sharing. 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:59.519 Is there anything else you want people to know about your journey or about SKES? 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:11.200 Um about my journey I would say that homeschooling my whole life has really helped me become a more independent person. 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:49.200 I've just become very like I can think for myself I can use logical thinking I can kind of you know be a leader to people I've just kind of been cultured in all these different things so that I've become this whole new person based off of all of these different curriculums that I've done and now I can just kind of roll with whatever comes my way because I have all these skills now that I've been equipped with and it's a blessing to be able to to have done all that schooling and be prepared for what's coming next. 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:51.519 That is really great to hear. 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:56.079 Thank you so much for talking with us today Brooklyn and sharing all of that. 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:58.400 And thank you for listening today. 00:24:58.559 --> 00:25:03.200 Remember to follow like and share SKES stories and I'll be talking with you soon. 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:21.599 Thank you for listening to today's episode if you have any questions or just want to find out more about SKES you can find us online at SCHomeschooling.com or email us at S C A I H S at SCAIHS dot org. 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:24.960 This podcast was produced by Bobstone Audio Production