NextGen Perspectives

NextGen Homeschooler Reminisces

Tonight I am sitting here remembering the very first Homeschooling Convention I went to with my parents. It was in 1986 (or 85?) at the Mabee Center in Tulsa. I was made to join in with the few other homeschool children attending with their parents and sing a song on stage for the attendees.

I am sitting here tonight trying to remember the words to that song. I think it was sung to the tune of “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” and went something like this:

“There’s no school like homeschool, no school I know.
Mom and dad they teach me all I need to know; to learn and grow, God told them so.
Now I hope that you will take a look and see the possibility
of teaching your own children in their home sweet home…”

— Rosanna Ward

Rosanna Gotcher is a mother of four children, two of which are homeschool graduates. She is a homeschool graduate and a graduate of Oral Roberts University who began homeschooling in 2005. Rosanna loves to study History and Genealogy, publishing the genealogy education guide "Making History Personal" during her homeschooling years. Now a full-time paralegal for a criminal law firm in Sapulpa, OK, Rosanna continues to write, publishing two books: a children's book called "Stone's Story" and a historical fiction novel called "Grace 11:11." When not working or writing, she enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren, crocheting, reading, and working on genealogy.

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